Paluma-Range-Nationalpark
The Paluma Range National Park (English Paluma Range National Park ) is a 764 square kilometer national park in Queensland, Australia. A large part has been listed since 1988 because of its natural beauty, biological diversity, its evolutionary history and as a habitat for many endangered species as a UNESCO World Heritage Wet Tropics of Queensland. The park is also part of the Paluma Important Bird Area are located in the numerous endemic and endangered bird species. It is characterized by tropical rainforest along the mountain range of the Paluma Range to the 1000 meter high Mount Spec.
Location
The park is located in the region of North Queensland and is located about 65 kilometers northwest of Townsville and 40 kilometers south of Ingham. The two main attractions of the park, Mount Spec with the McClelland viewpoint and the Jourama waterfalls can be reached from the Bruce Highway about 10 kilometers to the north at Mutarnee respectively. In the rainy season the river crossings to the Jourama waterfalls can be impassable.
In the neighborhood of the National Park Halifax Bay Wetlands, Orpheus Iceland, Iceland and Magnetic Pinnacles lie.
History
Paluma Range and the small village of Paluma are named after a research vessel in the Queensland Government, the HMS Paluma, which charted the coast of northern Queensland in the 1880s and 1890s.
The village of Paluma, formerly known as the Clouds clearing, arose in 1875 when in the area tin was discovered. The mining activity reached its peak in 1905, however, was due to the remote location and the resulting high transport costs sometimes less. Remnants of this period can be found in the National Park today.
Rich in high-quality wood has been harvested throughout the territory of the early 1930s to the mid-1970s wood.
During the Second World War, the nearly 1000 meter high Mount Spec by the U.S. Army was selected as the radar base. This could be successfully warned of an air raid in July 1942, the city Townsville. The station was closed in 1945.
Flora and Fauna
The deeply incised plateau of the Paluma Range is a maze of waterways. Depending on altitude, climate and soil conditions are located here different animal and plant communities. In the higher, damp prevails layers of tropical rain forest, in the low, dry areas of eucalypt forests.
Along the rivers, bordered by Forest Oaks ( Allocasuarina torulosa ) and Sperber Myrtenheiden live pigeons, garden fantail, hunters Liesten ( Dacelo ) and Flinkwallabys.
In the rain forests you will find the rare Chowchillas ( Orthonyx spaldingii ), Panther Birds ( Acanthiza katherina ) and column Gardener ( Amblyornis newtonianus ). In addition, the more frequently encountered bush chickens ( Alectura lathami ), gold ear - honey -eater ( Meliphaga Lewinii ), Ring Beutler, Northern Barred Frog ( Mixophyes schevilli ) and the Great White Rat Tail ( Uromys caudimaculatus ).