Camooweal Caves National Park

Camooweal Caves National Park
Queensland
IUCN category II (national park)

Camooweal Caves National Park
Camooweal Caves National Park
Coordinates 20°3′0″S 138°11′4″E / 20.05000°S 138.18444°E / -20.05000; 138.18444Coordinates: 20°3′0″S 138°11′4″E / 20.05000°S 138.18444°E / -20.05000; 138.18444
Established 1988
Area 138 km2 (53.3 sq mi)
Website Camooweal Caves National Park
See also Protected areas of Queensland

Camooweal Caves is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 15 km southeast of Camooweal and 1720 km northwest of Brisbane.[1]

Description

The national park consists of 13,800 hectares of eucalypt woodland, spinifex, wattle and Mitchell grass. Accessible to the public are two sinkholes that formed over 500 million years by water seepage through dolomite layers. A picnic table is provided at Nowranie waterhole.[2]

See also

References

  1. Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-86500-456-3.
  2. Queensland Government National Parks, Sport and Racing


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