Blackwood is a national park in the
Charters Towers Region,
Queensland, Australia.
Geography
The park is west of
Mount Coolon
Mount Coolon is a rural town and locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Mount Coolon had a population of 64 people.
Geography
The Suttor River rises here. The river marks part of the eastern and all ...
in
North Queensland
North Queensland or the Northern Region is the northern part of the Australian state of Queensland that lies just south of Far North Queensland. Queensland is a massive state, larger than many countries, and its tropical northern part has been ...
, 924 km northwest of
Brisbane. It is named after the
Australian Blackwood
''Acacia melanoxylon'', commonly known as the Australian blackwood, is an ''Acacia'' species native in South eastern Australia. The species is also known as Blackwood, hickory, mudgerabah, Tasmanian blackwood, or blackwood acacia. The tree belon ...
tree species.
The parks is accessible via the
Gregory Developmental Road
The Gregory Highway is a state highway in Queensland, Australia that serves the major coal-mining centres of Central Queensland. The highway was named after Augustus Gregory, an early explorer.
Route description
The highway runs southward from ...
. Blackwood was created to protect
Brigalow Belt
The Brigalow Belt is a wide band of acacia-wooded grassland that runs between tropical rainforest of the coast and the semi-arid interior of Queensland, Australia. The
Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) divides the Bri ...
plant communities and includes landscapes of rugged hills and gorges, stony ridges and alluvial flats.
About 80 species of birds have been recorded in the park.
Restrictions
Camping and fires are not permitted within the park.
See also
*
Protected areas of Queensland
References
National parks of Queensland
Protected areas established in 1991
North Queensland
1991 establishments in Australia
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