D'Aguilar National Park is a national park in

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, Australia. It contains the

D'Aguilar Range The D'Aguilar Range is a mountain range near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The town of Dayboro is situated on the lower foothills midway along the range and the Sunshine Coast Hinterland town of Mooloolah lies at the northernmost point of ...

and is located along the northwest of the

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...

metropolitan area. The park is traversed by the winding scenic Mount Nebo Road and Mount Glorious Road. The park contains eucalyptus woodlands, sheltered pockets of sub-tropical rainforest, a number of crevasses and views of

Moreton Bay Moreton Bay is a bay located on the eastern coast of Australia from central Brisbane, Queensland. It is one of Queensland's most important coastal resources. The waters of Moreton Bay are a popular destination for recreational anglers and are ...

and the

Glass House Mountains The Glass House Mountains are a cluster of thirteen hills that rise abruptly from the coastal plain on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. The highest hill is Mount Beerwah at 556 metres above sea level, but the most identifiable of a ...

.D'Aguilar National Park
Retrieved 18 November 2012. The Walkabout Creek Visitor Centre is located at the edge of the park. There are two formal, vehicle accessible camping areas in the Mount Mee section and eight remote bush camping sites (accessible only by walking) in the southern D'Aguilar (formerly

Brisbane Forest Park Brisbane Forest Park (now officially the southern part of D'Aguilar National Park), is located on parts of the D'Aguilar Range. The large nature reserve lies on the western boundary of City of Brisbane into the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, A ...

) section.Camping information
Retrieved 18 November 2012. Popular lookouts include Jolly's Lookout, Westridge Outlook, Camp Mountain Lookout and Wivenhoe Lookout, overlooking

Lake Wivenhoe Lake Wivenhoe is the name both a lake formed by the Wivenhoe Dam and the locality which contains it in the Somerset Region, Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Qu ...

. The villages of

Mount Nebo Mount Nebo ( ar, جَبَل نِيبُو, Jabal Nībū; he, , Har Nəḇō) is an elevated ridge located in Jordan, approximately above sea level. Part of the Abarim mountain range, Mount Nebo is mentioned in the Bible as the place where Moses ...

and

Mount Glorious Mount Glorious is a rural locality in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Mount Glorious had a population of 296 people. Geography Mount Glorious is a mountain which is part of the D'Aguilar Range and is a suburb in Moreton ...

are located on Mount Nebo Road on the edges of the national park and are popular stops for tourists driving through the park. The southern part of the park was formerly known as

, while the northern part of the park is at Mount Mee.

Flora

Woodlands and dry eucalypt forests predominate on the drier, shallower soils of the park's foothills.

Spotted Gum Spotted gum usually refers to the Australian tree species ''Corymbia maculata'' but may also refer to other closely related species within the genus '' Corymbia'' as follows: *''Corymbia citriodora'' (usually referred to as the lemon-scented gum) *' ...

(Corymbia variegata) and Narrow-leaved Ironbark are two of the main species. There are also small areas of heath and ridges dominated by grass trees ( Xanthorrhoea spp). Remnant pockets of lowland rainforest occur in the valleys along some of the watercourses. At higher altitudes the forests become more complex due to the increased rainfall and generally deeper soils. These mid-altitude forests are dominated by Grey Gum, Pink Bloodwood and

Brush Box ''Lophostemon confertus'' (syn. ''Tristania conferta''), is an evergreen tree native to Australia, though it is cultivated in the United States and elsewhere. Common names include brush box, Queensland box, Brisbane box, pink box, box scrub, a ...

. Occasional rainforest species are also present and there is a thick understorey of ferns, vines and shrubs.Wild places of Greater Brisbane - Stephen Poole et al. Queensland Museum. 1996. Moist sub-tropical rainforest grows on the highest parts of the range where the rainfall is two-thirds greater than in the foothills, particularly on the rich basaltic soils north of Mt Glorious. Huge strangler figs (''Ficus watkinsiana'') can be seen emerging through the canopy.

Fauna

More than 240 species of birds have been recorded in the park, including the noisy pitta (''Pitta versicolor''), southern logrunner (''Orthonyx temminckii''), paradise riflebird (''Ptiloris paradiseus''), regent bowerbird (''Sericulus chrysocephalus''), satin bowerbird (''Ptilonorhynchus violaceus''), brush-turkey (''Alectura lathami''), laughing kookaburra (''Dacelo novaeguineae''), pied currawong (''Strepera graculina''), red goshawk (''Erythrotriorchis radiatus''), marbled frogmouth (''Podargus ocellatus''), bush-hen (''Amaurornis olivacea''), black-breasted button quail (''Turnix melanogaster''), white-bellied sea eagle (''Haliaeetus leucogaster''), comb-crested jacana (''Irediparra gallinacea'') and cotton pygmy goose (''Nettapus coromandelianus''). 66 mammal species have been recorded in the park, including the echidna (''Tachyglossus aculeatus''), platypus (''Ornithorhynchus anatinus''), red-necked pademelon (''Thylogale thetis''), short-eared possum (''Trichosurus caninus''), common ringtail possum (''Pseudocheirus peregrinus''), northern brown bandicoot (''Isoodon macrourus''), long-nosed bandicoot (''Perameles nasuta''), Long-nosed potoroo (''Potorous tridactylus''), insectivorous bats, fruit bats ("flying foxes") (''Pteropus ''spp.), several species of gliding possums and small numbers of koalas (''Phascolarctos cinereus'') and

kangaroo Kangaroos are four marsupials from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning "large foot"). In common use the term is used to describe the largest species from this family, the red kangaroo, as well as the antilopine kangaroo, eastern ...

s. There are a variety of reptile species in the park. This includes the tree goanna/lace monitor (''Varanus varius''), which is a large

monitor lizard Monitor lizards are lizards in the genus ''Varanus,'' the only extant genus in the family Varanidae. They are native to Africa, Asia, and Oceania, and one species is also found in the Americas as an invasive species. About 80 species are recogn ...

and the land mullet (''Egernia major''), which is a large, shiny black

skink Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Ski ...

. 26 species of frogs have been recorded in the park, including the great barred frog (''Mixophyes fasciolatus''). The most common amphibian in the park is an introduced pest, the cane toad (''Rhinella marina'').

References

External links

D'Aguilar National Park
— Queensland Government website {{DEFAULTSORT:D'aguilar National Park National parks of South East Queensland Protected areas established in 1938 1938 establishments in Australia

Flora

Fauna

See also

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