Nicoll-Scrub-Nationalpark

The Nicoll Scrub National Park (English Nicoll Scrub National Park ) is a nearly 27 -acre national park in Queensland, Australia directly on the border with New South Wales.

Location

It is located in the hinterland of the Gold Coast in South East Queensland region about 90 kilometers south of Brisbane and 16 km north of Murwillumbah. The nearest town is Currumbin. From here you can reach the park via the Currumbin Creek Road towards West, approximately 8 km you will pass the National Park. There are no visitor facilities.

In the neighborhood of the National Park Springbrook and Burleigh Head lie.

History

Is named the park after the Nicoll family, early pioneers of Currumbintals and one of the first Europeans in the area, which recognized the value of the forest and have therefore received it in its original condition. 1986 acquired the Queensland Government, the plot of the family and declared it a national park.

Flora and Fauna

The Nicoll Scrub National Park protects a small area of primary tropical rainforest on the northern to north-western slopes of the McPherson Range. In the upper, up to 180 m altitude areas mainly grows open araucaria rainforest, dense littoral rainforest. In a survey in 2000, 78 different vertebrate species, including seven mammal species, 56 bird species, six species of reptiles and eight amphibian species were counted.

Among the endangered species that live in the park include the Grey-headed flying foxes ( Pteropus poliocephalus ), the orange -tailed skinks Shade ( Saproscincus rosei ) and the Richmond birdwing ( Ornithoptera richmondia ) from the family of butterflies.