Wondul Range National Park, National park in Queensland, Australia
Wondul Range National Park covers 35.6 km² of open woodland in the Inglewood Sandstones bioregion, about 210 km west of Brisbane and 110 km southwest of Toowoomba. Narrow-leaved ironbarks and smooth-bark apples grow on the slopes, while brown bloodwoods and stringybark she-oaks cover sandstone hills rising to 450 m. Only unsealed forestry roads cross the park, which has no visitor facilities.
Wondul Range National Park lies in the Brigalow Belt South bioregion, within the catchment of the Macintyre and Weir rivers, and was gazetted to conserve open woodland typical of the Western Downs. The sources give no founding date, so the 1992 establishment previously stated cannot be confirmed. Its 35.6 km² adjoin Whetstone State Forest to the south and Bulli State Forest to the west.
The park protects an open woodland community found in no other reserve, with narrow-leaved ironbarks and smooth-bark apples on the slopes and brown bloodwoods and stringybark she-oaks on sandstone hills up to 450 m. Birdwatchers come for the glossy black cockatoo, and over 187 vertebrate species have been recorded here.
Access is via the Gore Highway southwest of Millmerran; at the small settlement of Cypress Gardens, forest roads branch southeast and the park boundary lies about 5 km further on. Inside the park there are only a few unsealed forest roads and no visitor facilities, so bring your own supplies. Birdwatching and wildlife observation are the main activities.
The park protects an open-woodland plant community found in no other reserve in the Inglewood Sandstones bioregion. On slopes grow narrow-leaved ironbarks and smooth-bark apples with bulloaks and white cypress pines; on sandstone hills up to 450 m, brown bloodwoods and stringybark she-oaks. Over 187 vertebrate species have been recorded, including the Brigalow scaly-foot and the glossy black-cockatoo.
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