Mount Colosseum is a national park in

Central Queensland Central Queensland is an ambiguous geographical division of Queensland ( a state in Australia) that centres on the eastern coast, around the Tropic of Capricorn. Its major regional centre is Rockhampton. The region extends from the Capricorn Coas ...

, Australia, northwest of

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ...

and about south of the town of

Miriam Vale Miriam Vale is a rural town and locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Miriam Vale had a population of 512 people. Geography The town is situated on the Bruce Highway, north of Brisbane, the state capital, and south ...

. Mount Colosseum is a

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and is the dominant feature on the skyline of the area. The dome rises to an elevation of and is sparsely covered in

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s, while the dry rainforest below contains

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s and

bloodwood Bloodwood is a common name for several unrelated trees, including: * '' Baloghia inophylla'' (Brush or Scrub bloodwood), '' Baloghia marmorata'' (Marbled bloodwood), '' Baloghia parviflora'' (Small-flowered bloodwood), all found in Australia * ' ...

s. The park is undeveloped and has no facilities available for visitors. No

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is allowed in the park and no walking tracks exist within the park. It is strongly suggested that visitors visit in cooler months.

References

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

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