Lawn
Hill
National
Park
         
Lawn
Hill
National
Park
is situated
220km
southwest
of Burke`1
qatown
and
has
spectacular
gorges
with
sheer
60 metre
sandstone
walls,
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.
Ancient
Aboriginal
art
is also
found
among
the
unique
rock
formations.
Also
in the
park
is the
Riversleigh
Fossil
Field.
This
immense
field
on the
ancient
Riversliegh
Plateau
has
revealed
creatures
previously
unknown
to science.
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.
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