Snake Range is a national park in

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, 665 km northwest of

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. The park lies within the

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drainage basin in the

Brigalow Belt The Brigalow Belt is a wide band of acacia-wooded grassland that runs between tropical rainforest of the coast and the semi-arid interior of Queensland, Australia. The Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) divides the Bri ...

bioregion. It is only accessible to the public via tracks over private land. Snake Range was gazetted for its high scenic, biological and cultural heritage values. The land is mountainous, with weathered sandstone ridges and small gorges. There are balancing rocks, cliffs, buttresses, wind blown caves and flowing springs. No cultural survey has been undertaken, but there is evidence of cultural sites throughout the park. The Queensland Department of National Parks considers the Rubbervine,

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, to be a moderate threat to the ecology of the park.

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National parks of Central Queensland Protected areas established in 1972 {{Queensland-national-park-stub

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