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Lawn Hill National Park

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Lawn Hill National Park is situated 220km southwest of Burketown and has spectacular gorges with sheer sandstone walls up to 70 metres high, crystal clear green water and lush tropical vegetation. The area is alive with wallabies, bats, pythons, fairy martins tortoises and a variety of exotic birdlife. Lawn Hill is also where Queensland's first confirmed sighting of the rock-hunting possum occurred. Two areas of the park contain ancient Aboriginal sites with red ochre paintings shell middens and tool relics.
  • Size: 10 000 ha
  • Getting There: By road 150km south of Burketown. By light aircraft.
  • Contact: Australian Wildlife Tours
  • Be Aware: Remote area be prepared and carry plenty of water.

Riversleigh Fossil Field

 The immense field on the ancient Riversliegh Plateau has revealed creatures previously unknown to science. This graveyard is a former watering hole for animals where fossilised remains from three distinct periods have been discovered. Extrordinary animals identified include flesh-eating kangaroos, lungfish, large platypus, marsupial lions, carnivorous bats and 7 meter pythons.
  • Getting There: 150km south of Burketown, south-east of Lawn Hill N.P.
  • Be Aware: This is a protected area, visitors should seek advise from a park ranger beforing entering.

Forty Mile Scrub National Park

 A rare and relatively unique vine thicket that sits on a recent cap of volcanic basalt flow. Being part of the Undarra Lava Fields, the thicket includes bottle trees and giant fig trees as well as possums, gliders, wallabies and a large number of exotic birds which are usually seen in rainforests.
  • Size: 4 619 ha
  • Getting There: By road 150km south of Burketown. By light aircraft.
  • Contact: Australian Wildlife Tours
  • Be Aware: Remote area be prepared and carry plenty of water.

Australian , National Parks, Queensland, Savannah, Cairns, Townsville, DaintreeFor more information on the Parks of Queensland
 Queensland National Parks and Wildlife Service
Department of Environment
PO Box 155
BRISBANE, QLD 4002
Telephone (07) 3227 8185

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