| Type: | protected |
| Apudthama National Park | |
| State: | qld |
| Iucn Category: | II |
| Nearest Town Or City: | Weipa |
| Area: | 2370 |
| Established: | 16 December 1994 |
| Managing Authorities: | Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service |
| Url: | http://nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/jardine-river/index.html |
The Apudthama National Park (formerly Jardine River National Park) is a national park in Queensland, Australia, northwest of Brisbane and about northwest of Cairns, on the tip of Cape York Peninsula.[1]
The park and reserves encompass the traditional country of several Aboriginal groups including people from the Atambaya, Angkamuthi, Yadhaykenu, Gudang and Wuthathi language and social groups. The area is a living cultural landscape, with places and features named in Aboriginal languages, story-places and story-beings, and occupation and ceremony sites throughout. Today the traditional owners retain a strong and continuing interest, through their traditional rights to, and responsibilities for, the land, in the protection and management of the area.[2]
In 2022, land formerly encompassing Jardine River National Park, Heathlands Resources Reserve and Jardine Resources Reserve were re-described as Apudthama National Park and transferred to Traditional Owners.[3] [4]
Coastal features include:[5]
The Apudthama National Park features a complex array of vegetation types, many of which, with the exception of minor occurrences in limited zones close to the south, do not exist elsewhere. The forest types which occur in the National Park can be broken down into nine broad categories:
Asteromyrtus lysicephala scrub - Ericaceae (Epacridaceae) scrub.
Grevillea pteridifolia heathland.
Gahnia sieberiana sedgeland.
Asteromyrtus symphyocarpa / Neofabricia myrtifolia forest.
Nepenthes mirabilis / Asteromyrtus lysicephala heath.
Baeckea frutescens / Asteromyrtus lysicephala shrubland.
The park contains several waterfalls and rock pools, including Twin Falls, where the waters of Elliot River and Canal Creek meet, Fruit Bat Falls, Savo Falls and Elliot (Indian Head) Falls.