Nearest town or city Mapleton, Queensland Area 3.27 km² | Established 1945 | |
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Managing authorities Website Kondalilla Tops National Park See also Protected areas of Queensland Address Montville QLD 4560, Australia Hours Open today · Open 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hours Similar Mapleton Falls National, Glass House Mountain, Blackall Range, Mooloolah River National, Baroon Pocket Dam | ||
Kondalilla national park
Kondalilla is a national park in the Blackall Range of South East Queensland, Australia, 91 km north of Brisbane. William Skene founded this area on his property while searching for lost cattle. He named it Bon Accord before giving it to the Queensland Government who, during the fifties, renamed it Kondalilla which is an Aboriginal word for running water. The area was first officially protected in 1906 as a recreational area, becoming a national park in 1945.
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- Kondalilla national park
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- Fauna
- Flora
- Walking Tracks
- References
Access is easiest by road from Flaxton, east of the park. There is a large picnic area where there are toilet facilities (non potable water). There are two tracks which lead to the upper falls swimming hole. A longer circuit track will take you to the bottom pool which is not suitable for swimming. Allow at least two hours for the circuit trip, which in some places is close to the cliff edge and is not fenced.
Camping in the park is not permitted.
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Fauna
The park provides habitat for 107 bird species. It is also home to the rare Pouched Frog. The vulnerable plant species, Macadamia integrifolia, also known as the Bopple Nut, grows in the park.
Flora
Protected within the park is remnant subtropical rainforest. The park contains stands of piccabeen palms, pink ash, hoop pines and casuarinas as well as eucalypt forests and rainforest. The stand of bunya pines is the most easterly in Australia.
Walking Tracks
Picnic Creek Circuit (Class 2)
Distance: 1.7km
Time: Allow 45 minutes
Kondalilla Falls Circuit (Class 3)
Distance: 4.7km
Time: Allow 2hrs