Conway National Park Explained

Type:protected
Conway National Park
State:qld
Iucn Category:II
Coordinates:-20.2633°N 148.765°W
Relief:yes
Nearest Town Or City:Proserpine
Area:225
Established:1938
Managing Authorities:Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
Url:www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/conway

Conway is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 911 km northwest of Brisbane. The park's main feature is the Conway Peninsula which is covered by the largest area of lowland tropical rainforest in Queensland outside Tropical North Queensland.[1]

The average elevation of the terrain is 44 metres.[2]

Flora and Fauna

Among the plant species in the park are dry vine thicket, mangroves, open forests with a grasstree understorey, paperbark and pandanus woodlands and others. Park is also home to two mound-building birds, the australian brush-turkey and the orange-footed scrubfowl.[3]

Public access

Walk-in bush camping is permitted however there are no established camp sites. There are a number of walking tracks graded from easy to moderate.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About Conway . 3 August 2012 . Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing . 8 March 2014 . 3 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160903155053/http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/conway/about.html . dead .
  2. Web site: Conway National Park topographic map, elevation, relief . 2022-03-03 . topographic-map.com . en.
  3. Web site: 2009-10-21 . About Conway National Park . 2023-08-28 . Parks and forests . Queensland Government . en-AU.