QLD |
Bunya Mountains National Park, QLD, Australia |
Aboriginal name: "bunya"/"bonye"/"bunyi"/"bunya-bunya" = name of tree species & nut of tree
Here a few photos taken at Bunya Mountains NP. It is located near Dalby, QLD, a few hundred km west of Brisbane, and forms one in a series of small ranges on the western edge of the Great Dividing Range. Its name derives from the presence of Bunya pines, a type of Araucaria - one piece of evidence that Australia and South America were connected in the past (Gondwana)
Overview of an area of forest dominated by Bunya pines
Here two of the trees that give the NP its name - Bunya pines - "Araucaria bidwillii"
Bunya pine cone (not from a National Park!); it measures about
20x12 cm and is mature
The forest at Bunya Mountains NP is clearly rainforest
View from the Dandabah camping ground at sunrise
Bunya Mountains NP is not only about Bunya pines; this western slope is dominated by eucalypts and grasstrees
Grasstrees in evening sunlight
Wallabies (in this case Red-legged Pademelons) are so numerous at
Dandabah that one can get the impression that every house has its
own private pet animals on the lawn
Sooty Owl
looking down at the observer from its daytime roost
Regent Bowerbirds are found at Bunya Mountains NP
Sketch of the walking tracks at Bunya Mountains NP
Since we do not have a permit, photos from National Parks in QLD are not available for sale.
