Piper-Islands-Nationalpark
The Piper Islands National Park ( CYPAL ) (English: Piper Islands National Park ( CYPAL ) ) is a national park in northeastern Australian state of Queensland. It is located 1977 km north-east of Brisbane and 160 kilometers north-east of Weipa in the Temple Bay off the eastern side of Cape York Peninsula.
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 ).
In the neighborhood are the national parks Sir Charles Hardy Group, Forbes Islands, Mitirinchi Iceland, Iceland and Ma'alpiku Kutini Payamu.
Islands
- Baird Iceland (1 ha) - coral island with mangrove ( Rhizophora stylosa and Avicennia dominated by marina) whose treetops reach 5 meters.
- Beesley Iceland ( 2.4 ha) - coral island with grasses and herbs, on the same reef as Baird Iceland.
- Farmer Iceland (7 ha) - coral island with grass and bushes on the beach and a wooded interior, which is dominated by Pisonia grandis with a height of up to 4 meters.
- Fisher Iceland (3 ha) - coral island with bushes and mangroves, on the same reef as Fisher Iceland
- Kay Islet.
The islands were declared by Birdlife International for Important Bird Area (IBA ) because they exceed 1% of world occurrence of the two-color fruit pigeons (with up to 4,000 nests ) and the Weißkopfnoddis ( Anous minutus, a species of the tern family, with up accommodate up to 7,500 nests ).
Facilities
There are no roads or other facilities for tourists on the islands. The camping is not permitted. On the grassy side of Farmer Iceland is a burial place of the Aboriginal tribes of the Kuuku Ya'u. From this tomb respectful distance is to be held.
Driveway
The islands can only be reached by private or charter boats. Nearest dock is 60 km south to Lockhart River. Since the islands are located on platform reefs, you can moor a boat there with difficulty. Only Farmer Iceland provides an anchorage for ships and is therefore also the most visited island of the group.