Nicoll Scrub National Park, National park in the Gold Coast hinterland, Queensland, Australia
Nicoll Scrub National Park is a 27-hectare park on the McPherson Range between Mount Coolagang and Mount Boololagung, in the Currumbin Valley hinterland of the Gold Coast. It protects primary subtropical rainforest on north to north-west slopes, with open araucarian forest above and dense littoral rainforest below, rising to 180 m.
The park is named after the Nicoll family, early pioneers of the Currumbin Valley and among the first Europeans there to recognise the value of the rainforest and keep it in its original state. In 1986 the Queensland government bought the land from the family and declared it a national park.
The park is named after the Nicoll family, early pioneers of the Currumbin Valley and among the first Europeans there to recognise the value of the rainforest and keep it in its original state. Queensland bought the land from the family in 1986 and declared it a national park.
There are no visitor facilities in the park. Access is from Currumbin via Currumbin Creek Road heading west; the park is reached after about 8 km. The terrain rises to 180 m on the slopes of the McPherson Range, and the neighbouring parks are Springbrook and Burleigh Head.
The park protects the only remaining rainforest in the middle and lower Currumbin Valley. A 2000 survey counted 78 vertebrate species, including the Orange-tailed Shade Skink (Saproscincus rosei), a vulnerable reptile found here.
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