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| Tamborine National Park Queensland | |
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 Curtis Falls in Tamborine National Park | |
  Tamborine National Park | |
| Coordinates | 27°51′37″S 153°10′42″E / 27.86028°S 153.17833°E |
| Established | 1993 |
| Area | 11.60 km2 (4.48 sq mi) |
| Visitation | 1,727,000 (domestic visitors only) (in 2012[1]) |
| Managing authorities | Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service |
| Website | Tamborine National Park |
| See also | Protected areas of Queensland |
Tamborine National Park is a protected area split between the City of Gold Coast and the Scenic Rim Region in South East Queensland, Australia,[2][3] 67.5 km (41.9 mi) by road south of Brisbane.[4]
It covers 11.60 square kilometres (4.48 sq mi) on the plateau of Tamborine Mountain and around its foothills. The plateau is 8 km (5.0 mi) long, 5 km (3.1 mi) wide and rises to an altitude of 525 m (1,722 ft). The elevation of the plateau keeps the temperature down a little in summer although December to April is also the wettest time to visit. Winter is drier but also cooler.
The protected area is scattered across 14 separate reserves[5] which make up the National Park, interspersed with villages. There are a number of picnic areas as well as scenic drives and many bushwalks to lookouts, gorges, cliffs, waterfalls, rainforest areas, wet eucalypt forest, open forest and woodlands.
Wildlife in the park includes Lyrebirds, the elusive platypus, brush-turkeys, lorikeets, eastern whipbirds and satin bowerbirds. The significance of the park is underscored by the fact that it provides habitat for 85% of all fauna species and 65% of all flora species in the Scenic Rim Regional Council area. Camping is not permitted in any part of the park. A range of small-scale cottages, bed-and-breakfast style accommodation, hotels and motels is available.[6]
The main areas to visit in the park are Joalah, Cedar Creek, The Knoll, MacDonald Park, Niche's Corner, Palm Grove and Witches Falls. All have picnic facilities and walking tracks. All but Cedar Creek have information centres; most have toilets and some have barbecues.
- ^ "Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service Community Survey 2012" (PDF). Department of Environment, Science and Innovation. December 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "Tamborine National Park – national park (entry 52101)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ "Layers: Locality; Protected areas and forests; Land use". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ "Brisbane to Tamborine National Park" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ "Tamborine National Park". queenslandholidays.com.au. Tourism Queensland. Archived from the original on 26 August 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ^ Explore Queensland's National Parks. Prahran, Victoria: Explore Australia Publishing. 2008. p. 51. ISBN 978-1-74117-245-4.