Nearest town or city Toowoomba Phone +61 1300 130 372 | Area 4.4 km² Established 1922 | |
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Managing authorities Website Ravensbourne National Park See also Protected areas of Queensland Address Esk-Hampton Road, Ravensbourne National Park, Ravensbourne QLD 4352, Australia Hours Open today · Open 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSuggest an edit Management Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service Similar Crows Nest National Park, Mount Chinghee National, Ferntree Creek National, Freshwater National Park, Southern Moreton Bay Islan | ||
This article is about Ravensbourne National Park, Australia. For other places named Ravensbourne, see Ravensbourne.
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Ravensbourne is a national park in Ravensbourne and Buaraba in South East Queensland, Australia, 33 km west of Esk. It is a small scenic park on the Great Dividing Range within the Lockyer Creek water catchment area and overlooking the Lockyer Valley. Small remnants of the rainforest and wet eucalypt forest that once covered this part of the Great Dividing Range are preserved in Ravensbourne National Park. Red soils of the park's west and south-west support rainforest that includes eucalypt species as well as palms, vines and ferns. Sandy soils of the park's eastern section support open eucalypt forest. The park is situated in the water catchment areas of the Brisbane River and Lockyer Creek.
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A total of four rare or threatened species have been recorded in the park. More than 80 species of birds have been recorded in the park.