Editing Apudthama National Park

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type                   = protected
| name                   = Apudthama National Park
| state                  = qld
| iucn_category          = II
| image                  = Jardine River National Park 0316.svg
| caption                = Apudthama National Park
| nearest_town_or_city   = [[Weipa, Queensland|Weipa]]
| area                   = 2370
| area_footnotes         = 
| established            = 16 December 1994
| established_footnotes  = 
| visitation_num         = 
| visitation_year        = 
| visitation_footnotes   = 
| managing_authorities   = Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
| url                    = http://nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/jardine-river/index.html
}}
The '''Apudthama National Park''' (formerly '''Jardine River National Park''') is a national park in [[Queensland]], Australia, {{cvt|2,137|km}} northwest of [[Brisbane]] and about {{cvt|900.|km}} northwest of [[Cairns]], on the tip of [[Cape York Peninsula]].<ref>{{cite map |title=Australia Road and 4WD Atlas|last=Hema |first=Maps|year=2007 |publisher=Hema Maps|location=Eight Mile Plains Queensland|isbn=978-1-86500-456-3|pages=104}}</ref>

The park and reserves encompass the traditional country of several Aboriginal groups including people from the [[Atambaya]], [[Angkamuthi]], [[Yadhaykenu]], [[Gudang]] and [[Wuthathi]] language and social groups. The area is a living cultural landscape, with places and features named in [[Indigenous Australians|Aboriginal]] languages, story-places and story-beings, and occupation and ceremony sites throughout. Today the [[traditional owners]] retain a strong and continuing interest, through their traditional rights to, and responsibilities for, the land, in the protection and management of the area.<ref>[http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/jardine-river/index.html Qld. Govt. Department of National Parks - Jardine River]</ref>

In 2022, land formerly encompassing Jardine River National Park, Heathlands Resources Reserve and Jardine Resources Reserve were re-described as Apudthama National Park and transferred to traditional owners.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hinchliffe |first1=Joe |title='New era': more than 360,000 hectares of Queensland's Cape York returned to traditional owners |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/sep/07/new-era-more-than-360000-hectares-of-queenslands-cape-york-returned-to-traditional-owners |access-date=4 October 2022 |work=the Guardian |date=7 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Queensland Government |title=Park alert: Apudthama National Park (CYPAL) |url=https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/park-alerts/22373 |language=en-AU |date=9 September 2022}}</ref>

==Coastal features==
Coastal features include:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/4791/gbrmpa_Wuthathi_TUMRA_Region_Map_A3_Schedule_2.pdf |title=Wuthathi Tumra Region - Schedule 2 |date=June 2008 |access-date=5 February 2022}}</ref>
* The southern half of Orford Bay
* Orford Ness
* False Orford Ness
* Hunter Point

==Vegetation==

The Apudthama National Park features a complex array of vegetation types, many of which, with the exception of minor occurrences in limited zones close to the south, do not exist elsewhere.<ref name="veg">{{Citation | author1=Lavarack, P. S. (Peter S.) | author-link1=Bill Lavarack | author2=Stanton, J. P. (James Peter), 1940- | author-link2=Peter Stanton | title=Vegetation of the Jardine River catchment and adjacent coastal areas | publication-date=1976 | publisher=the Royal Society of Queensland | pages=39–48 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34910413}}</ref> The forest types which occur in the National Park can be broken down into nine broad categories:

===Closed forests===
* Simple notophyll vine forest - Simple notophyll vine forest with ''[[Neofabricia myrtifolia]]'' and ''[[Melaleuca]]'' species
* Araucarian vine forest
* Mesophyll palm forest.<ref name="veg"/>

===Closed scrub===

''[[Asteromyrtus lysicephala]]'' scrub - Ericaceae (Epacridaceae) scrub.<ref name="veg"/>

===Closed heath===

''[[Grevillea pteridifolia]]'' heathland.<ref name="veg"/>

===Closed sedgeland===

''[[Gahnia sieberiana]]'' sedgeland.<ref name="veg"/>

===Open forest===

* ''[[Eucalyptus nesophila]]'' forest
* ''Eucalyptus nesophila / [[Eucalyptus tetrodonta]]'' forest
* ''Eucalyptus tetrodonta'' forest.<ref name="veg"/>

===Low open forest===

''[[Asteromyrtus symphyocarpa]] / Neofabricia myrtifolia'' forest.<ref name="veg"/>

===Open heath===

''[[Nepenthes mirabilis]] / [[Asteromyrtus lysicephala]]'' heath.<ref name="veg"/>

===Tall shrubland===

* ''[[Melaleuca viridiflora]]'' shrubland
* ''[[Grevillea glauca]]'' shrubland with Eucalyptus species.<ref name="veg"/>

===Low open shrubland===

''[[Baeckea frutescens]] / Asteromyrtus lysicephala'' shrubland.<ref name="veg"/>

== Waterfalls ==
The park contains several waterfalls and rock pools, including [[Twin Falls (Queensland)|Twin Falls]], where the waters of Elliot River and Canal Creek meet, [[Fruit Bat Falls]], [[Savo Falls]] and [[Elliot (Indian Head) Falls]].

==Gallery==
<gallery heights="150px" mode=packed-hover style="margin-top:3em;">
file:Jardine-river-national-park-cape-york-queensland-australia.jpg|Apudthama National Park
Fruit Bat Falls - Jardine River National Park.jpg|Fruit Bat Falls
</gallery>

==See also==
{{Portal|Queensland}}
* [[Protected areas of Queensland]]

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/photo269371.htm Trek Earth] Image of Fruit Bat Falls
* [http://www.treklens.com/gallery/Oceania/Australia/East/Queensland/Bamaga/photo115649.htm Trek Lens] Image of Fruit Bat Falls

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{{National Parks of Queensland}}

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[[Category:National parks of Far North Queensland]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1994]]
[[Category:1994 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:Parks established in the 1990s]]