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Molle Islands National Park

Molle Islands National Park

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Molle Islands National Park
Queensland
IUCN category II (national park)
South Molle hiking.JPG
Track on South Molle Island, 2007
Molle Islands National Park is located in Queensland
Molle Islands National Park
Molle Islands National Park
Nearest town or cityAirlie Beach
Coordinates20°22′36″S 148°51′27″E / 20.37667°S 148.85750°E / -20.37667; 148.85750Coordinates: 20°22′36″S 148°51′27″E / 20.37667°S 148.85750°E / -20.37667; 148.85750
Area18 km2 (6.9 sq mi)
Managing authoritiesQueensland Parks and Wildlife Service
WebsiteMolle Islands National Park
See alsoProtected areas of Queensland

Molle Islands is a national park in North Queensland, Australia, 913 km northwest of Brisbane. The park covers several continental islands a short distance offshore including Long Island, Tancred Island, Repair Island, Planton Island, Goat Island, Denman Island and the majority of North Molle Island, Mid Molle Island and South Molle Island. The park features white sandy beaches, open eucalypt forests, rainforest-clad gullies and grasslands. The traditional owners of the islands were the Ngaro people.[1]

Environment[edit]

Planton Island, 2007

211 different species have been identified in Molle Islands National Park.[2] This includes two vulnerable species, the coastal sheath-tailed bat and the beach stone-curlew.[3]

Recreation[edit]

Sandy Bay, South Molle Island, 2007

On South Molle Island and Long Island there are marked walking tracks. Most are graded easy and some are suitable for mountain biking. Viewing wildlife, swimming and snorkelling are other popular recreational activities.[1]

Access[edit]

The park is accessed by boat from Airlie Beach or Shute Harbour.[1] Tour operators provide day tours and ferry transfer is available from nearby resort islands.[1]

Facilities[edit]

There are numerous locations available to campers. Some have picnic tables and toilets.[1] Open fires and ash-producing stoves are banned.[1]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "About Molle Islands". Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Wildlife of Molle Islands National Park". Department of Environment and Heritage Protection. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Rare or threatened wildlife of Molle Islands National Park". Department of Environment and Heritage Protection. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
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Minerva Hills National Park

Minerva Hills National Park

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Minerva Hills National Park
Queensland
IUCN category II (national park)
Minerva Hills Natl Park Qld Australia.jpg
The Tower, 2014
Minerva Hills National Park is located in Queensland
Minerva Hills National Park
Minerva Hills National Park
Nearest town or citySpringsure
Coordinates24°04′50″S 148°03′51″E / 24.08056°S 148.06417°E / -24.08056; 148.06417Coordinates: 24°04′50″S 148°03′51″E / 24.08056°S 148.06417°E / -24.08056; 148.06417
Established1994
Area27.90 km2 (10.77 sq mi)
Managing authoritiesQueensland Parks and Wildlife Service
WebsiteMinerva Hills National Park
See alsoProtected areas of Queensland

Minerva Hills is a national park in Central Queensland, Australia, 626 km northwest of Brisbane. Lookouts within the national park overlook the town of Springsure. The park features a rugged landscape with volcanic peaks, sheltered gorges, sheer cliffs, open woodlands and dry rainforest.[1]

The park lies within the water catchment areas of the Comet and Nogoa rivers and within the Brigalow Belt bioregion.[2]

There are four lookouts and a picnic area for visitors. Camping is not allowed in the park.[1]

Geology[edit]

The Minerva Hills National Park sits on the Oligocene Minerva Hills Volcanics. These volcanics have been broadly divided into a basal series of mafic lavas (some 70 m thick) overlain by a series of intercalated mafic volcanics, felsic volcanics ranging from trachyte to rhyolite and trachytic pyroclastics.  The pyroclastics are related to plugs and domes. The lower sequence has been dated at approximately 33 -34 Ma (million years) and the upper sequence 28.5–27.5 Ma.[3][4]

View of Minerva Hills National Park

The Minerva Hills Volcanics is a remnant  of Oligocene hot spot volcanism known as the Cosgrove Hot Spot. This hot spot forms the longest continental hot spot track on earth.[5]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "About Minerva Hills". Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing. 14 February 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Minerva Hills National Park". WetlandInfo. Department of Environment and Heritage Protection. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  3. ^ Ewart, A. (10 November 1981). "The mineralogy and chemistry of the anorogenic tertiary silicic volcanics of S.E. Queensland and N.E. New South Wales, Australia". Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 86 (B11): 10242–10256. doi:10.1029/JB086iB11p10242@10.1002/(ISSN)2169-9356.GANDR1. ISSN 2156-2202.
  4. ^ "Macrostrat". macrostrat.org. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  5. ^ Hansma, Jeroen; Tohver, Eric (13 June 2019). "Paleomagnetism of Oligocene Hot Spot Volcanics in Central Queensland, Australia". Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 124. doi:10.1029/2019JB017639.


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