Ferntree Creek National Park
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Ferntree Creek is a national park in
Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , establishe ...
, Australia, 97 km north 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 ...
. 50 species of birds were recorded in the park, including the endangered gray goshawk. It is also a refuge for very unusual animals, such as the
tusked frog The tusked frog (''Adelotus brevis'') is a species of ground-dwelling frog native to eastern Australia from Eungella National Park, Queensland south to Ourimbah, New South Wales. It is the only species in the genus ''Adelotus'' - ''adelotus'' me ...
. The average elevation of the terrain is 57 meters.


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Protected areas of Queensland Queensland is the second largest state in Australia. It contains around 500 separate protected areas. In 2020, it was estimated a total of 14.2 million hectares or 8.25% of Queensland's landmass was protected. List of terrestrial protected ar ...
National Parks on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland Protected areas established in 1947 1947 establishments in Australia {{Queensland-national-park-stub