Byfield National Park is a
national park in the
Shire of Livingstone
The Shire of Livingstone is a local government area located in the Capricornia region of Central Queensland, Queensland, Australia, to the immediate north and east of the regional city of Rockhampton. The shire, administered from the coastal to ...
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Queensland
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, Australia.
Geography
The park is 70 km north-east of
Rockhampton. The parks encloses 12 km of coastline including four beaches.
To the north of the national park is
Shoalwater Bay
Shoalwater Bay is a large bay on the Capricorn Coast of Central Queensland, Australia 100 km north of the coastal town of Yeppoon and 628 km north-north-west of the state capital, Brisbane. Since 1966, the land surrounding Shoalwater Ba ...
and Byfield State Forest is located to the west of Byfield National Park.
The park contains a number of
four-wheel drive
Four-wheel drive, also called 4×4 ("four by four") or 4WD, refers to a two-axled vehicle drivetrain capable of providing torque to all of its wheels simultaneously. It may be full-time or on-demand, and is typically linked via a transfer cas ...
tracks and camping areas.
The average elevation of the terrain in the park is 48 meters.
Climate
The park demarcates the southern boundary of a
tropical savannah climate
Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry winter) and ''As'' (for a dry summer). The driest month has less than of p ...
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* Bernd Köppen (born 1951), German pianist and composer
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: ''Aw''), although the
subtropics are almost a degree to the south.
Flora and fauna
The park is home to ''
Pandanus tectorius
''Pandanus tectorius'' is a species of ''Pandanus'' (screwpine) that is native to Malesia, Papuasia, eastern Australia, and the Pacific Islands. It grows in the coastal lowlands typically near the edge of the ocean. Common names in English incl ...
'', a plant useful against
coastal erosion
Coastal erosion is the loss or displacement of land, or the long-term removal of sediment and rocks along the coastline due to the action of waves, currents, tides, wind-driven water, waterborne ice, or other impacts of storms. The landwa ...
and provides important habitat for many insects and animals. Rangers are fighting a destructive pest known as the
pandanus planthopper in the park, using various means including the use of a native wasp called ''
Aphanomerus pusillus''.
Waterpark Creek
The Waterpark Creek is a creek located in Central Queensland, Australia.
The headwaters of the creek rise below Samuel Hill in the Great Dividing Range and flows in a south easterly direction. It continues through the Byfield National Park ...
, a
creek which flows through the park, contains a population of ''
Rhadinocentrus ornatus'', a small freshwater fish species.
See also
*
Protected areas of Queensland
Queensland is the second largest state in Australia. It contains around 500 separate protected areas. In 2020, it was estimated a total of 14.2 million hectares or 8.25% of Queensland's landmass was protected.
List of terrestrial protected ar ...
References
External links
National parks of Central Queensland
Protected areas established in 1988
Shire of Livingstone
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