Pinnacles National Park is a protected area in the localities of

Hervey Range The Hervey Range is a large mountain range about north of Townsville, in Queensland, Australia. It is one of the highest peaks in the Townsville region and is also the location of the Herveys Range Heritage Tea Rooms. The highest point of the ...

and Granite Vale in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

Geography

Pinnacles National Park is a site () on the ridge and eastern slopes of the

History

The park was gazetted on March 2011 as the start of an effort to protect the rugged bushland character of Townsville's scenic rim. It is named for the exposed granite

batholith A batholith () is a large mass of intrusive igneous rock (also called plutonic rock), larger than in area, that forms from cooled magma deep in Earth's crust. Batholiths are almost always made mostly of felsic or intermediate rock types, such ...

Fauna and flora

The park protects an endangered plant ''

Sannantha papillosa ''Sannantha'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae that are native to Australia and New Caledonia. Plants in the genus ''Sannantha'' are shrubs or trees with leaves arranged in opposite pairs, flowers usually arranged in small g ...

'' and an endangered bird, '' Poephila cincta'' (black-throated finch).

References

External links

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