Mount-Aberdeen-Nationalpark

The Mount Aberdeen National Park (English: Mount Aberdeen National Park ) is a national park in the eastern part of the Australian state of Queensland. It is located 961 km north-west of Brisbane and 40 kilometers south-west of Bowen.

The park consists of two separate areas. The eastern section of Mount Aberdeen 1840 hectare area was declared a National Park in 1952, the western section Highlanders Bonnet 1370 hectares in 1967.

The park has no special features and is not accessible to the public without further notice.

Provincial nature

The two mountains Mount Aberdeen ( 901 meters) and Highlanders Bonnet ( 624 meters ) are made of granite.

In the neighborhood of the National Park Mount Abbot, Cape Upstart, Gloucester Iceland and Dryander lie.

Flora and Fauna

The park is the only occurrence of tropical cloud forest in the region, and indeed around the summit of Mount Aberdeen. Guinea - araucaria growing on the slopes of both mountains. Dry forest is found in sheltered places. Also there is an otherwise unusual in Queensland symbiosis of Red Gum (Eucalyptus tereticornis ) and tussock grass.

The mammals were in the park the Queensland rock wallaby, eastern gray kangaroo, the wallaroo, the dwarf Quoll and the Koala observed. Among the invertebrates, the Mount Elliot Grey Ant, an ant that occurs from here to the north, to mention.