Nerang National Park (commonly referred to as Nerang State Forest) is a national park in

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, Australia situated on the

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. The protected area is located from Surfers Paradise on Nerang’s north-west outskirts. Nerang National Park is known for its variety of birds, trails, and views. Making it a popular place for mountain bike riders, bushwalkers and bird watchers. Nerang National Park is of cultural significance to the local indigenous people, the Kombumerri clan.

Environment

Nerang National Park is an open forest environment providing a habitat for lot of native and non-native animals. The land of the Nerang National Park is around 100 m above sea level and located from the Pacific Ocean. The Nerang National Park is mostly small-large hills. Both the Coombabah and

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creeks run through the Nerang National Park. The soil in the park is mostly clay and limestone though near rivers and in fertile areas the soil is more loamy and aerated. Towards the centre of Nerang National Park is a small patch of critically endangered subtropical lowland rainforest, listed under the ''EPBC Act 1999''. This area of the National Park is the headwaters of the

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-listed

Coombabah Lake Conservation Park The Coombabah Lake Conservation Park is a conservation park that is an Important Wetland in Australia, located in the Gold Coast region of South East Queensland, Australia. Part of the Coomera River catchment, Lake Coombabah is a tidal lake a ...

, an area of international conservation significance. There are several threatened fauna species that reside in Nerang National Park including the greater glider,

koala The koala or, inaccurately, koala bear (''Phascolarctos cinereus''), is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae and its closest living relatives are the w ...

glossy black-cockatoo The glossy black cockatoo (''Calyptorhynchus lathami''), is the smallest member of the subfamily Calyptorhynchinae found in eastern Australia. Adult glossy black cockatoos may reach in length. They are sexually dimorphic. Males are blackish bro ...

, Richmond birdwing butterfly,

grey-headed flying fox The grey-headed flying fox (''Pteropus poliocephalus'') is a megabat native to Australia. The species shares mainland Australia with three other members of the genus ''Pteropus'': the little red '' P. scapulatus'', spectacled '' P. conspicill ...

powerful owl The powerful owl (''Ninox strenua''), a species of owl native to south-eastern and eastern Australia, is the largest owl on the continent. It is found in coastal areas and in the Great Dividing Range, rarely more than inland. The IUCNRed List ...

echidna Echidnas (), sometimes known as spiny anteaters, are quill-covered monotremes (egg-laying mammals) belonging to the family Tachyglossidae . The four extant species of echidnas and the platypus are the only living mammals that lay eggs and the ...

, and

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 ...

. Conservation-significant flora known to occur in Nerang National Park include '' Rhodamnia rubescens'', '' Rhodomyrtus psidioides'', '' Cassia marksiana'', ''

Endiandra floydii ''Endiandra floydii'' is a small-sized rainforest tree. Despite its common name, Crystal Creek walnut, this tree is unrelated to northern-hemisphere walnuts, and is a laurel. It is named after the Australian botanist, Alexander Floyd. Habit ...

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Endiandra hayesii ''Endiandra hayesii'' is an Australian rainforest tree. Despite the common name of rusty rose walnut, this tree is unrelated to northern hemisphere walnuts, and is a laurel. The former habitat is lowland sub tropical rainforest, most of which h ...

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Macadamia integrifolia ''Macadamia integrifolia'' is a small to medium-sized tree, growing to 15 metres in height. Native to rainforests in south east Queensland and northern New South Wales, Australia. Common names include macadamia, smooth-shelled macadamia, bush n ...

'', ''Sophora fraseri'', '' Randia moorei'', Leichhardtia coronata, and Leichhardtia longiloba. Two near threatened rainforest plant species are known to occur in the gullies and along the wetter creeks, Richmond birdwing butterfly vine and the long-leaved tuckeroo.

Recreation

The Nerang National Park is used for all sorts of sports such as horse riding, mountain biking and trail running. The park consist of many fire trails and tracks making it very popular for bike riding, horse riding and walking.

References

External links

Map of Nerang National Park
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Environment

Recreation

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