Pipeclay-Nationalpark

The Pipeclay National Park (English: Pipeclay National Park ) is a national park in the southeast of the Australian state of Queensland. It is located 165 km north of Brisbane, 40 kilometers northeast of Gympie and 5 kilometers south of Tin Can Bay in the vicinity of the Great Sandy National Park.

The park is managed by the Queensland Government, together with the Great Sandy Region Heritage Advisory Committee of the Aborigines. Access is only possible with a special permit.

History

The park was built in 1963 to protect a Bora ring, which is known as Little Bora ring. For the Aborigines of Fraser Iceland and the adjacent mainland, this ring was especially important because only there the highest level of human existence could be achieved according to their faith. 1865, the last initiation took place there. Since 1962, the place of the Queensland Government was known as an important cultural site. Its diameter was 21-23 meters and the Mound was 15-18 cm high. The park was named after the clay, which is found in a nearby stream and that of the European settlers for molding clay pipes (English: clay pipe) was used.

Provincial nature

The small park is located on the coastal plain south of Tin Can Bay Inlet, a river valley, which sank with the rising sea levels in the Pacific.

Flora

In Pipeclay National Park is found heathland and light forest with Leptospermum Leptospermum flavenscens and semibaccatum and Banksia oblongifolia.

Facilities and access

The park has no facilities for tourists. The Bora Ring is still recognizable.

The town of Gympie Tin Can Bay is reachable along State Road 15 (57 miles). The park is located in the east of the district Cooloola Cove at the end of Vendetta Avenue.