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The second largest state of Queensland has the most amount of national parks in Australia, with a good 237 national parks (and that number is increasing), from the Daintree in the north to Boodjamulla in the north-west, to Lamington in the south-east, and the Whitsundays in the centre-east, the state of Queensland has a vast variety of landscapes, and most of them can be found in its national parks.
Understand
[edit]Whilst Queensland might have the largest amount of national parks (even more than even the PRC) and some of Australia's most internationally recognised ones, the efficacy of its national park system and its management has received a fair amount of criticism. Queensland also has the least amount of area as a percentage that is protected (includes other areas like nature reserves, conservation parks, etc.) and like its southern neighbour New South Wales, does not distinguish the finest landscapes of the state and parks that are no more than your ordinary suburban park so under the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Services, Burleigh Heads National Park and Daintree National Park both get the same classification.
Visitor information
[edit]Official park information can generally be found on des.qld.gov.au, the parks and forests section of Queensland government's Department of Environment and Science. The information may not be the most informative of all though, and there are fewer resources available than what you can find on the parks pages of other states. However, if you go and pick up a park brochure at a visitor information centre in the nearest town with one, those brochures are usually very detailed and informative – if you're going to a park, try and pick one of these up if you can.
Get in
[edit]Most national parks into Queensland will have some form of road access, but many parks in the Far North or the Outback may only be connected via a gravel road – keep in mind that you can go for hours on these roads and still be a while away from anything.
National parks
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Regions
[edit]The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Services divides the state into the following regions
- Tropical North Queensland
- Outback Queensland
- Townsville
- Whitsundays
- Mackay
- Capricorn
- Southern Queensland Country
In SE Queensland
- Gladstone
- Bundaberg
- Fraser Coast
- Sunshine Coast
- Brisbane
- Gold Coast
South-East Queensland
[edit]Brisbane Region
[edit]- 1 D'Aguilar National Park
- 2 Fort Lytton National Park
- 3 Gheebulum Kunungai (Moreton Island) National Park
- 4 Moogerah Peaks National Park
- 5 Mount Barney National Park
- 6 Naree Budjong Djara National Park (Blue Lake)
- 7 Southern Moreton Bay Islands National Park
- 8 St Helena Island National Park
- 9 Teerk Roo Ra National Park
- 10 Venman Bushland National Park
Gold Coast Region
[edit]- 1 Burleigh Head National Park
- 2 Lamington National Park
- 3 Nerang National Park
- 4 Nicoll Scrub National Park
- 5 Sarabah National Park
- 6 Springbrook National Park
- 7 Tamborine National Park
Sunshine Coast Region
[edit]- 1 Amamoor National Park
- 2 Bellthorpe National Park
- 3 Bribie Island National Park
- 4 Conondale National Park
- 5 Dularcha National Park
- 6 Eudlo Creek National Park
- 7 Great Sandy National Park (Cooloola)
- 8 Glass House Mountains National Park
- 9 Kondalilla National Park
- 10 Mapleton Falls National Park
- 11 Mapleton National Park
- 12 Mooloolah River National Park
- 13 Mount Coolum National Park
- 14 Mudlo National Park
- 15 Noosa National Park
- 16 Tewantin National Park
- 17 Triunia National Park
- 18 Tuchekoi National Park
- 19 Woondum National Park
Southern Queensland Country (Darling Downs)
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- 1 Alton National Park
- 2 Bendidee National Park
- 3 Bunya Mountains National Park – Queensland's second national park home to the 10 kg bunya pine
- 4 Crows Nest National Park
- 5 Culgoa Floodplain National Park
- 6 Girraween National Park
- 7 Lockyer National Park
- 8 Main Range National Park
- 9 Ravensbourne National Park
- 10 Southwood National Park
- 11 Sundown National Park
- 12 Tarong National Park
- 13 The Palms National Park
- 14 Thrushton National Park
- 15 Wondul Range National Park
Outback Queensland
[edit]- 1 Astrebla Downs National Park
- 2 Bladensburg National Park
- 3 Blackbraes National Park
- 4 Boodjamulla National Park – a
UNESCO World Heritage Site, home to some of the most finest collections of megafauna fossils, and some of Northern Australia's most impressive gorges. - 5 Camooweal Caves National Park
- 6 Currawinya National Park
- 7 Diamantina National Park
- 8 Forest Den National Park
- 9 Goneaway National Park
- 10 Hell Hole Gorge National Park
- 11 Idalia National Park
- 12 Lake Bindegolly National Park
- 13 Lochern National Park
- 14 Mariala National Park
- 15 Moorrinya National Park
- 16 Munga-Thirri National Park
- 17 Porcupine Gorge National Park – a highwayside attraction with a good hiking trail
- 18 White Mountains National Park
- 19 Welford National Park
Others
[edit]- 1 Alwal National Park
- 2 Annan River National Park (Yuku Baja-Muliku)
- 3 Auburn River National Park
- 4 Barnard Island Group National Park
- 5 Barron Gorge National Park
- 6 Beeron National Park
- 7 Black Mountains National Park
- 8 Blackdown Tableland National Park
- 9 Blackwood National Park
- 10 Bowling Green Bay National Park
- 11 Brampton Islands National Park
- 12 Broad Sound Islands National Park
- 13 Bulburin National Park
- 14 Bulleringa National Park
- 15 Burrum Coast National Park
- 16 Byfield National Park
- 17 Cape Hillsborough National Park
- 18 Cape Melville National Park
- 19 Cape Palmerston National Park
- 20 Cape Upstart National Park
- 21 Capricorn Coast National Park
- 22 Capricornia Cays National Park
- 23 Carnarvon National Park
- 24 Castle Tower National Park
- 25 Cedar Bay National Park
- 26 Chesterton Range National Park
- 27 Chillagoe-Mungana Caves National Park
- 28 Claremont Isles National Park
- 29 Clump Mountain National Park
- 30 Coalstoun Lakes National Park
- 31 Conway National Park
- 32 Crater Lakes National Park
- 33 Cudmore National Park
- 34 Curtis Island National Park
- 35 Daintree National Park
- 36 Dalrymple National Park
- 37 Danbulla National Park
- 38 Davies Creek National Park
- 39 Deepwater National Park
- 40 Denham Group National Park
- 41 Dinden National Park
- 42 Dipperu National Park
- 43 Djiru National Park
- 44 Dryander National Park
- 45 Dularcha National Park
- 46 Edmund Kennedy National Park (Girramay)
- 47 Endeavour River National Park
- 48 Epping Forest National Park
- 49 Eubenangee Swamp National Park
- 50 Eungella National Park
- 51 Expedition National Park
- 52 Fairlies Knob National Park
- 53 Family Islands National Park
- 54 Flinders Group National Park
- 55 Forbes Islands National Park
- 60 Goodedulla National Park
- 61 Goodnight Scrub National Park
- 62 Great Basalt Wall National Park
- 63 Green Island National Park
- 64 Grey Peaks National Park
- 65 Halifax Bay Wetlands National Park
- 66 Hann Tableland National Park
- 67 Hasties Swamp National Park
- 68 Herberton Range National Park
- 69 Hinchinbrook Island National Park
- 70 Holbourne Island National Park
- 71 Homevale National Park
- 72 Hope Islands National Park
- 73 Hull River National Park
- 74 Humboldt National Park
- 75 Isla Gorge National Park
- 76 Jack River National Park
- 77 Japoon National Park
- 78 Jardine River National Park
- 79 Kirrama National Park
- 80 Kroombit Tops National Park
- 81 Kulla National Park (McIlwraith Range)
- 82 Kuranda National Park
- 83 Kurrimine Beach National Park
- 84 Kutini-Payamu National Park
- 85 Lakefield National Park
- 86 Lama Lama National Park
- 87 Lindeman Islands National Park
- 88 Littabella National Park
- 89 Lizard Island National Park
- 90 Macalister Range National Park
- 91 Magnetic Island National Park
- 92 Malaan National Park
- 93 Maria Creek National Park
- 94 Marpa National Park
- 95 Mazeppa National Park
- 96 Melsonby (Gaarraay) National Park
- 97 Michaelmas and Upolu Cays National Park
- 98 Millstream Falls National Park
- 99 Minerva Hills National Park
- 99 Mitchell-Alice Rivers National Park (Errk Oykangand)
- 99 Molle Islands National Park
- 99 Moresby Range National Park
- 99 Mount Archer National Park
- 99 Mount Bauple National Park
- 99 Mount Colosseum National Park
- 99 Mount Cook National Park
- 99 Mount Hypipamee National Park
- 99 Mount Mackay National Park
- 99 Mount Spurgeon National Park
- 99 Mount Windsor National Park
- 99 Narrien Range National Park
- 99 Newry Islands National Park
- 99 North East Island National Park
- 99 Northumberland Islands National Park
- 99 Nuga Nuga National Park
- 99 Nymph Island National Park
- 99 Orpheus Island National Park
- 99 Oyala Thumotang National Park
- 99 Palmerston Rocks National Park
- 99 Paluma Range National Park
- 99 Peak Range National Park
- 99 Pipeclay National Park
- 99 Piper Islands National Park
- 99 Poona National Park
- 99 Possession Island National Park
- 99 Precipice National Park
- 99 Quoin Island National Park
- 99 Repulse Island National Park
- 99 Rocky Islets National Park
- 99 Round Top Island National Park
- 99 Rundle Range National Park
- 99 Russell River National Park
- 99 Sandbanks National Park
- 99 Saunders Islands National Park
- 99 Sir Charles Hardy Group National Park
- 99 Smith Islands National Park
- 99 Snake Range National Park
- 99 South Cumberland Islands National Park
- 99 Starcke National Park
- 99 Swain Reefs National Park
- 99 Taunton National Park
- 99 Three Islands National Park
- 99 Topaz Road National Park
- 99 Tully Falls National Park
- 99 Tully Gorge National Park
- 99 Turtle Group National Park
- 99 Undara Volcanic National Park
- 99 West Hill National Park
- 99 Whitsunday Islands National Park
- 99 Wooroonooran National Park
- 99 Yungaburra National Park