QLD
Central Tablelands - Blackdown Tableland National Park
Rising abruptly above
the surrounding dry plains, Blackdown Tableland protects spectacular sandstone
scenery with gorges and waterfalls at the north-eastern edge of the central
Queensland sandstone belt.
Woodlands, tall open forests
and heath cover the tableland, providing a home for a variety of plants and
animals, several found nowhere else, such as the Blackdown stringybark, a
macrozamia, red bottlebrush, the Blackdown “monster” (a type of
underground cricket), and a Christmas beetle.
Ferns grow around creeks
and gorges. The sheer-drop waterfall at Stony Creek Gorge is dry most of the
year.
This is the traditional
home of the Ghungalu people who have visited this place for thousands of years
and left behind rock art, vivid reminders of their special culture.
The park also contains
interesting relics of the park’s grazing past. Forest reserve surrounds
the park.
Location
Blackdown Tableland is
about 2·5 hours’ drive west of Rockhampton via the Capricorn
Highway. The park turnoff is 11km west of Dingo, 110km east of Emerald
Further
Information
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service PO Box 15187 City East Q 4002