On the Barkly Tableland,
dry open eucalypt woodland, turpentine wattle shrubland and extensive Mitchell
grass plains cover Camooweal Caves National Park. The special beauty of this
place lies underground. Here, water has percolated through 500 million years-old
layers of soluble dolomite creating an extensive cave system unique in Queensland.
Typical limestone cave formations are uncommon here due to the extreme temperatures
and sudden flooding during the wet season.
Ghost bats, other insect-eating
bats and owls roost in the caves. The ridge-tailed monitor which lives among
the park’s rocky outcrops is associated with a Dreaming legend of the
local Injilujji and Thethanu people
Location
Camooweal Caves is 24km
south of Camooweal. Take the Urandangi Road 8km south of Camooweal
Further
Information
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service PO Box 15187 City East Q 4002