Davies Creek National Park, Nature reserve in Mareeba Shire, Australia.
Davies Creek National Park is a nature reserve in Mareeba Shire covering around 4.86 square kilometers with granite formations and eucalypt forests. The landscape includes flowing waterways and natural pools fed by the creek system that runs through the protected area.
Davies Creek National Park was gazetted on 18 May 2001. It protects a valley of open eucalypt woodland and the Davies Creek Falls, where the creek drops about 75 metres over Tinaroo Granite. The granite intruded the metamorphic Hodgkinson Formation during the early Permian, about 260 to 270 million years ago, and later erosion exposed it.
The name comes from Davies Creek, which rises in the Lamb Range and joins the Barron River. Visitors today use the creek-side picnic area and the two-kilometre trail to the base of Davies Creek Falls, where the water drops about 75 m over Tinaroo Granite in several steps.
The park features designated picnic areas with toilet facilities and a walking trail of about two kilometers leading to Davies Creek Falls. Plan your visit during drier months when paths are more accessible and the creek is safer to navigate.
The northern bettong survives in only three refuges, and the Davies Creek valley is one of them. The creek itself rises in the Lamb Range before joining the Barron River. Look for the termite mounds and grass trees scattered through the low open eucalypt woodland along the valley.
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