Eurimbula National Park is a

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in the

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Eurimbula, Queensland Eurimbula is a coastal rural locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Eurimbula had a population of 4 people. It is home to the Eurimbula National Park. The town is part of the Gooreng Gooreng Aboriginal people's tradit ...

, Australia, in the

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near

Agnes Water Agnes Water is a coastal town and a locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Agnes Water had a population of 2,729 people. Geography Agnes Water is in Central Queensland approximately south-east of the Bruce Highway, Q ...

, 411 km north of

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Location and Features

The Park is located on the central Queensland coast, nearly 112-km north-west of

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. The first Europeans to visit the place were Captain James Cook and botanist Sir Joseph Banks. It is covered with diverse vegetation including mangroves, littoral rainforest and coastal vine thickets, freshwater paperbark swamps, eucalypt forests and much more. In addition to 757 species of plants, there is a habitat here for 430 species of animals, of which 26 are on the list of rare or endangered species. The average elevation of the terrain is 40 meters.

Visitor facilities

Eurimbula National Park consists of three separate sections. The main section is centred on Eurimbula Creek and is accessible (

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recommended) from the main Agnes Water road. There are camping facilities at Bustard Beach near the mouth of Eurimbula Creek. Inland, a short uphill walk leads to a lookout, known as Ganoonga Noonga, with views of the coast and

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swamps of the park. Further north, there is another camping ground at Middle Creek; however, there are no facilities here. The northern section of the park includes Rodds Peninsula and Bustard Head and its

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; nearby is

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Creek.Eurimbula National Park
Department of Environment and Science, Queensland Government Tours from the Town of 1770 regularly visit Bustard Head; however, Rodds Peninsula is accessible only by private boat. The western section of the park is rugged and extremely difficult to reach.

References

External links

Eurimbula National Park
National parks of Central Queensland Protected areas established in 1977 {{Queensland-national-park-stub