Eubenangee Swamp National Park, Nature reserve in Cassowary Coast Regional, Australia.
Eubenangee Swamp National Park lies in the Cairns Region of North Queensland, 12 km northwest of Innisfail and east of the Bruce Highway. It covers a flat hill and the lowland of the Alice River on nutrient-rich basalt, flooded in the wet season but never drying out completely. Melaleuca woodland lines the western and eastern margins, a central band holds mesophyll vine forest and feather palm swamp forest, and sedgeland and grassland lie to the north and east.
The protected area was established in 2003 to safeguard the swamp ecosystems and local wildlife. This designation marked an important step in protecting the wetland habitats of tropical North Queensland.
The park lies within the Coastal Wet Tropics Important Bird Area, identified by BirdLife International for its role in conserving lowland tropical rainforest birds, and more than 190 bird species have been recorded here. The name Eubenangee comes from the local area designation in the Cairns Region. A 1.5 km walking track along the Alice River and up the low hill gives birdwatchers a view over the swamp.
Access is from the Bruce Highway at the Mirriwinni exit, east onto Bramston Beach Road, then south after one kilometre onto Cartwright Road to the park entrance. A 1.5 km walking track follows the Alice River before climbing the low hill, which gives a view over the swamp and toward Mount Bartle Frere and Mount Bellenden Ker. The lowland is usually completely flooded in the wet season and does not dry out fully even in the dry season.
The park contains seasonal swamp forests with feather palms and rare grassland communities that flourish on seasonally flooded soils. These specific conditions create a distinctive landscape found only in limited tropical wetland areas.
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