Forty Mile Scrub National Park
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Forty Mile Scrub is a national park in
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(Australia), 224 km drive southwest of
Cairns Cairns (, ) is a city in Queensland, Australia, on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland. The population in June 2019 was 153,952, having grown on average 1.02% annually over the preceding five years. The city is the 5th-most-p ...
. Ancient volcanic streams, grass forests, springs, streams, and a preserved isolated pocket of semi-evergreen vines are just some of the contents of this beautiful national park. Many species of animals have found refuge here, some permanently, and some come occasionally, like koalas. This is home to the largest cockroach in the world.


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Protected areas of Queensland (Australia) 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 are ...
*Fensham, R. J. “Floristics and Environmental Relations of Inland Dry Rainforest in North Queensland, Australia.” Journal of Biogeography, vol. 22, no. 6, Wiley, 1995, pp. 1047–63, https://doi.org/10.2307/2845834 National parks of Far North Queensland Protected areas established in 1970 1970 establishments in Australia {{FarNorthQueensland-geo-stub