Ravensbourne National Park, Nature reserve in Toowoomba Regional, Australia.
Ravensbourne National Park sits on a ridge of the Great Dividing Range and contains wet sclerophyll forests, open woodlands, and sections of subtropical rainforest. The land is laid out with multiple walking trails that connect different vegetation zones throughout the reserve.
Ravensbourne National Park was established in 1922 and is administered by the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service. It covers 4.40 km² on the Great Dividing Range, 33 km west of Esk, within the Lockyer Creek catchment. The park protects remnants of rainforest and wet eucalypt forest that once covered this part of the range.
The park lies in the traditional country of the Dungibara people, whose name was recorded for the Lockyer Creek area. The rainforest remnants on the red soils, with their palms, vines and ferns, are the setting visitors walk through today; the open eucalypt forest on the sandy eastern soils is the other half of the park.
The park has two day-use areas equipped with parking, shelter structures, picnic tables, restrooms, and drinking water. Plan your visit according to weather and daylight hours, and bring sturdy footwear and water supplies for the trails.
Over 80 bird species have been recorded in the park, and four rare or threatened species live there. The park's red soils in the west and south-west carry rainforest with eucalypts, palms, vines and ferns, while sandy soils in the east support open eucalypt forest.
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