Russell River is a national park in North

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, Australia, 1352 km northwest 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 ...

. The park protects a coastal strip between the sea and the Russell River. It is part of the

Coastal Wet Tropics Important Bird Area The Coastal Wet Tropics Important Bird Area comprises a disjunct 521 km2 stretch of coastal and subcoastal land in tropical Far North Queensland, Australia. It extends from just south of Cairns in the north for about 150 km to Ca ...

, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for the conservation of lowland

tropical rainforest Tropical rainforests are rainforests that occur in areas of tropical rainforest climate in which there is no dry season – all months have an average precipitation of at least 60 mm – and may also be referred to as ''lowland equa ...

birds.BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Coastal Wet Tropics. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2011-12-16. Camping is allowed with a camping permit, but the park itself has no visitor facilities.

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Russell River National Park at Queensland's Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing
National parks of Far North Queensland Protected areas established in 1969 1969 establishments in Australia Important Bird Areas of Queensland {{FarNorthQueensland-geo-stub

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