Main Range National Park

Coordinates: 27°48′57″S 152°15′56″E / 27.81583°S 152.26556°E / -27.81583; 152.26556
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Main Range National Park
Lake Moogerah.
Main Range National Park is located in Queensland
Main Range National Park
Main Range National Park
Nearest town or cityWarwick
Coordinates27°48′57″S 152°15′56″E / 27.81583°S 152.26556°E / -27.81583; 152.26556
Established1965
Area301.7 km2 (116.5 sq mi)
Managing authoritiesQueensland Parks and Wildlife Service
WebsiteMain Range National Park
See alsoProtected areas of Queensland

The Main Range is a

threatened birds.[2]

Description

Main Range including Cunninghams Gap viewed from Rosevale, 2015

The park extends from Kangaroo Mountain, near Frazerview, south to Wilsons Peak on the New South Wales border[3] and includes Mount Superbus (1,375 m), South East Queensland’s highest peak.

Lizard Point, Mount Roberts, Mount Mistake and Mount Superbus all lie within the Main Range National Park. In total, there are more than 40 peaks higher than 1,000 m.[1]

There are

walking tracks, camping areas and picnic facilities at a number of places such as Spicers Gap, Cunninghams Gap and Queen Mary Falls
.

Geology

The Main Range Volcanics are thought to be remains of a widespread lava field that probably had multiple simultaneous eruptive centres.[4]

The Main Range

dykes that created horizontal lava flows; these are mainly basalt but also sometimes consist of trachyte. These flows now form the bulk of the Main Range, Little Liverpool Range and Mistake Range, and once covered a much wider area that includes both the Lockyer Valley and Fassifern Valley.[5]

Flora and fauna

Goomburra Forest Reserve became part of the national park in 1994.

The steeper slopes have avoided any

sub-tropical rainforest and dry sclerophyll forest.[6] The park's forests and montane heath provide habitat for many animals, including the eastern bristlebird, Coxen's fig parrot, and the black-breasted buttonquail, all of which are threatened by extinction. The vulnerable and rare red goshawk
may also be seen.

The giant barred frog, Fleay's barred frog, spotted-tailed quoll and the Hastings River mouse are listed as endangered species, once more commonly found in the Goomburra section of the park.[7]

History

Spicers Gap is believed to be a traditional pathway for Indigenous Australians travelling between the inland and the coast.

Near Cunninghams Gap, Mount Mitchell rises to an elevation of 1168 m.

In 1828, Allan Cunningham 'officially' discovered the route through the mountains now called Cunninghams Gap; however, it can be easily seen from Brisbane. Stockman Henry Alphen discovered Spicers Gap in 1847. The Spicers Gap Road, used to carry supplies to and from the Darling Downs, is the best remaining example of sophisticated 19th-century engineering in Queensland.

In 1840,

Australian National Heritage List.[8]

Heritage listings

In 1994, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee extended the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves of Australia to include Goomburra Forest Reserve within Main Range National Park.

Australian National Heritage List
.

Main Range National Park has a number of

heritage-listed sites, including Spicers Gap Road now within the Spicers Gap Road Conservation Park[9]

See also

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-0-7345-1008-2
  2. ^ BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Scenic Rim. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org Archived 30 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine on 2011-10-03.
  3. ^
    ISBN 1-875992-47-2
    .
  4. ^ Simmons, J.V.; Edwards, D.C.; Ferdinands, N. (2013). "Managing slope performance in uncertain geological conditions at Meandu Mine, Queensland" (PDF). Australian Centre for Geomechanics. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  5. ^ a b Neville Stevens and Warwick Willmott. "The Main Range" (PDF). Rocks and Landscape Notes. Geological Society of Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
  6. ISBN 0-9592418-3-3
    .
  7. ^ Environmental Protection Agency. Wildlife Online Extract:Species List. Retrieved on 2 April 2006.
  8. ^ a b Rainforest Conservation Society Inc; Keto, Aila; Scott, Keith (1992), The central eastern rainforests of Australia : World Heritage nomination, Rainforest Conservation Society, retrieved 14 October 2021
  9. ^ "Spicers Gap Road Conservation Park (entry 601732)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 13 July 2013.

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