Precipice-Nationalpark
The Precipice National Park (English Precipice National Park ) is a 104 square kilometer national park in Queensland, Australia. The name is derived from the English word Precipice, which means precipice or cliff.
Location
The park is located about 380 kilometers north- west of Brisbane and 200 kilometers south-east of Gladstone in the Darling Downs. The nearest town is Taroom; from here you can reach the park via the Leichhardt Highway, which leads in the direction of further North located Theodore. Half way you will pass the approximately ten kilometers east of the highway nearby National Park. Some agricultural roads lead to the vicinity of the park. There are, however, no visitor facilities.
Provincial nature
Similar to the nearby Isla Gorge National Park the Precipice National Park is located in the sandstone belt of central Queensland. The 82,000 -square-kilometer area was created in Jurassic about 190 million years ago. At this time the area formed the basis of a wide river, the sand and clay was deposited here. By raising and the concomitant erosion numerous valleys, cliffs, monoliths and canyons were formed. The north-west edge lies at an altitude of 390 meters, the south-east on the banks of the Dawson River at 165 meters above sea level.
Flora and Fauna
The park is located in the Brigalow Belt bioregion South, which is named after the Brigalow (Acacia harpophylla ), an up to 25 -meter-high acacia tree. He was widespread in the central highlands before the arrival of Europeans. Only about two percent of the stock remained within protected areas preserved in their original state.
The special position between the arid, dominated by Mulga or Brigalow country's interior and the wetter, mainly populated coastal strip of eucalyptus makes the vegetation varied in the park and offers many different types of animals a home.
In the National Park Paradelma orientalis vulnerable Strophurus taenicauda, a gecko species come, and from the class of fins feet before. In addition, there is the Regenbogenspint (Merops ornatus ) and Carlia vivax, a skink.