Palmerston Rocks National Park, National park in Queensland, Australia.
Palmerston Rocks National Park is a 9.52-hectare national park in North Queensland, 15 km west of Innisfail. It is reached via the Palmerston Highway and runs for about 600 metres along the road roughly a kilometre past the small town of Coorumba, but is only 200 metres wide. There are no visitor facilities.
Palmerston Rocks National Park is a very small protected area of 9.52 hectares in North Queensland, west of Innisfail. The sources give no founding date, so its gazettal year is not documented here. It lies beside the Palmerston Highway about one kilometre past the small town of Coorumba, and has no visitor facilities.
The park protects a 9.52-hectare strip of tropical rainforest along the Palmerston Highway, about a kilometre past the small town of Coorumba. This patch is a refuge for the critically endangered Common Mistfrog (Litoria rheocola); the Tapping Green Eyed Frog and the butterflies Orange Bushbrown and Orchard Swallowtail also live here.
The park is a narrow 9.52-hectare strip of rainforest running about 600 metres along the Palmerston Highway, roughly one kilometre past Coorumba and 15 kilometres west of Innisfail. It is only 200 metres wide and has no visitor facilities, so there is nowhere to stay or shelter inside. Stop on the highway verge rather than expecting a car park or trailhead.
Palmerston Rocks is one of the smallest national parks in Queensland, covering just 9.52 hectares. It lies about 15 km west of Innisfail, and the Palmerston Highway runs along its edge for 600 metres; the strip is only 200 metres wide and has no visitor facilities.
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