Jardine River National Park

The Jardine River National Park is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 2,137 km (1,328 mi) northwest of Brisbane and about 900 km (559 mi) northwest of Cairns, on the tip of Cape York Peninsula.[1]

Jardine River National Park
Queensland
Jardine River National Park
Nearest town or cityWeipa
Established16 December 1994
Area2,370 km2 (915.1 sq mi)
Managing authoritiesQueensland Parks and Wildlife Service
WebsiteJardine River National Park
See alsoProtected areas of Queensland

The park and reserves encompass the traditional country of several Aboriginal groups including people from the Atambaya, Angkamuthi, Yadhaykenu, Gudang and Wuthathi language and social groups. The area is a living cultural landscape, with places and features named in Aboriginal languages, story-places and story-beings, and occupation and ceremony sites throughout. Today the traditional owners retain a strong and continuing interest, through their traditional rights to, and responsibilities for, the land, in the protection and management of the area.[2]

Coastal features

Coastal features include:[3]

  • The southern half of Orford Bay
  • Orford Ness
  • False Orford Ness
  • Hunter Point

Vegetation

The Jardine River National Park features a complex array of vegetation types, many of which, with the exception of minor occurrences in limited zones close to the south, do not exist elsewhere. [4] The forest types which occur in the National Park can be broken down into nine broad categories:

Closed Forests

Simple notophyll vine forest - Simple notophyll vine forest with Leptospermum fabricia and Melaleuca species - Araucarian vine forest - Mesophyll palm forest.[4]

Closed Scrub

Asteromyrtus lysicephala scrub - Ericaceae (Epacridaceae) scrub.[4]

Closed Heath

Grevillea pteridiifolia heathland.[4]

Closed Sedgeland

Gahnia sieberana sedgeland.[4]

Open Forest

Eucalyptus nesophila forest - Eucalyptus nesophila / Eucalyptus tetrodonta forest - Eucalyptus tetrodonta forest.[4]

Low Open Forest

Asteromyrtus symphyocarpa / Leptospermum fabricia forest.[4]

Open Heath

Nepenthes mirabilis / Asteromyrtus lysicephala heath.[4]

Tall Shrubland

Melaleuca viridiflora shrubland - Grevillea glauca shrubland with Eucalyptus species.[4]

Low Open Shrubland

Baeckea frutescens / Asteromyrtus lysicephala shrubland.[4]

Waterfalls

The park contains several waterfalls and rock pools, including Twin Falls, where the waters of Elliot River and Canal Creek meet, Fruit Bat Falls, Savo Falls and Elliot (Indian Head) Falls.

  • Jardine River National Park
  • Fruit Bat Falls

See also

References
  1. Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-86500-456-3.
  2. Qld. Govt. Department of National Parks - Jardine River
  3. "Wuthathi Tumra Region - Schedule 2" (PDF). June 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  4. Lavarack, P. S. (Peter S.); Stanton, J. P. (James Peter), 1940- (1976), Vegetation of the Jardine River catchment and adjacent coastal areas, the Royal Society of Queensland, pp. 39–48{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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