QLD
Sunshine Coast - Kondalilla National Park
In
the Sunshine Coast hinterland, Kondalilla National Park is a cool retreat
with tall open eucalypt forest, subtropical rainforest and a spectacular waterfall,
Kondalilla Falls. The falls drop 90m over Skene Creek into a rainforest valley.
Surrounded
by farms and quaint villages, this park is an important refuge for many animals
and plants including the rare Australian marsupial frog Assa darlingtoni and
the bopple nut Macadamia ternifolia which is vulnerable to extinction. More
than 107 species of birds have been seen in the park, and 70 species of reptiles
and 32 species of frogs have been recorded from the Blackall Range and nearby
Conondale Range.
Part
of the traditional lands of the Gubbi Gubbi people, Kondalilla National Park
has special meaning for the Aboriginal people who travelled here when the
bunya nuts were in season. Kondalilla Falls got its name from the Aboriginal
word meaning “rushing waters”.
Escape the summer heat in this small pocket of remnant bushland in the heart
of the scenic Blackall Range.
Have
a bush picnic or barbecue. See brush-turkeys, lace monitors and kookaburras
in the picnic area. Don’t be tempted to feed them. Let them find their
own food.
Take
your binoculars and go birdwatching early morning or late afternoon.
Camping
is not allowed in the park but there are plenty of places to stay nearby.
The falls and rockpool are very popular.
Location
Travel
54km north of Brisbane along the Bruce Highway then follow the scenic Glass
House Mountains Road 22km north to the Landsborough turnoff
Further
Information
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
PO Box 15187
City East Q 4002
13 QGOV (13 74 68)
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