Oyala-Thumotang-Nationalpark

The Oyala - Thumotang National Park (English Oyala Thumotang National Park ) until 2012, Mungkan - Kandju National Park called, is an approximately 3800 square kilometer national park on the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. It is managed by the local Aboriginal people, together with the National Park Authority of Queensland under the Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land Status ( CYPAL ).

Location

The park is located in the region of Far North Queensland, 330 kilometers north-west of Cooktown and 150 kilometers south east of Weipa. About 20 kilometers north of Coen branches off Rokeby Road from the Peninsula Developmental Road to the west into the park. The trail leads to 125 kilometers through the park and is suitable only for four-wheel vehicles. Most sections of the road are simple Bushtracks, therefore, the vehicles should have a proper mechanical condition.

In the vicinity of the national parks KULLA ( McIlwraith Range) and Iron Range lie.

Provincial nature

In the area of ​​Langi and Coen River in the east grows on the slopes of the McIlwraith Range dense rainforest, to the west along the rivers there is a climbing plant thicket. These green fingers are important corridors for many species. In contrast to these widely ramified, many canal-like rivers of the Archer River runs in a single, deep bed, lined with Myrtenheiden and dense rainforest. In the land between the two rivers prevail open Eukalyptenwälder, interspersed with swamps and lagoons that are filled during the rainy season by overflow of surrounding rivers with water.