Editing Cape Hillsborough National Park

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| name                   = Cape Hillsborough National Park
| state                  = qld
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| caption                = View across the beach front and bay at Cape Hillsborough National Park
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| nearest_town_or_city   = [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]]
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| managing_authorities   = [[Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service]]
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'''Cape Hillsborough''' is a national park in [[Mackay Region]], [[Queensland]], Australia.<ref>{{Cite QPN|6126|Cape Hillsborough National Park|Mackay Region|access-date=29 June 2017}}</ref>

== Geography ==
The park is 837&nbsp;km northwest of [[Brisbane]].  The park is a [[peninsula]] of [[volcanic]] origin, covered largely by [[rainforest]]; the maximum elevation is 267 m.  The cape at the tip of the peninsula was named by Lieutenant [[James Cook]] during his [[First voyage of James Cook|first voyage to the Pacific]] in 1770; the name is in honour of [[Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire|Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough]] who was [[President of the Board of Trade|President of the Board of Trade and Plantations]] from 1763 to 1765 and from 1768 to 1772.<ref>{{cite book |title =The Journals of Captain James Cook on His Voyages of Discovery, vol. I:The Voyage of the Endeavour 1768–1771 |editor=Beaglehole, J.C.|editor-link=John Cawte Beaglehole|  page =335 | year =1968 | publisher =Cambridge University Press | oclc=223185477}}</ref> The nearest major town is [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]], about 40&nbsp;km to the southeast.

The park is located within the [[O'Connell River]] water catchment area and the [[Central Mackay Coast]] bioregion.<ref name="wetlandinfo">{{cite web |url=http://wetlandinfo.ehp.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/national-park-cape-hillsborough/ |title=Cape Hillsborough National Park |publisher=Department of Environment and Heritage Protection |access-date=30 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406094314/http://wetlandinfo.ehp.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/national-park-cape-hillsborough/ |archive-date=6 April 2016 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

On National Parks Day 2010 (Sunday, 28 March 2010) the Queensland State Government announced the addition of 204 hectares to the park.

Annual precipitation is 1106 mm.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Climate & Weather Averages in Cape Hillsborough National Park, Queensland, Australia|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/@8152884/climate|access-date=2022-02-16|website=www.timeanddate.com|language=en|archive-date=16 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216071905/https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/@8152884/climate|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Animals ==
Many species have been identified in the national park: including approximately 140 birds, 22 mammals, 25 reptiles and 8 amphibians.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npsr.qld.gov.au/parks/cape-hillsborough/culture.html|title=Cape Hillsborough National Park: Nature, culture and history|website=Parks and Forests|publisher=[[Queensland Government]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816035529/https://www.npsr.qld.gov.au/parks/cape-hillsborough/culture.html|archive-date=16 August 2018|url-status=live|access-date=16 August 2018}}</ref>

[[Sand bubbler crab|Sand bubbler crabs]] leave their drawings on the sand during low tide, and many creatures hide in the tidal rocky pools.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Science|first=jurisdiction=Queensland; sector=government; corporateName=Department of Environment and|date=2009-10-20|title=About {{!}} Cape Hillsborough National Park|url=https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/cape-hillsborough/about|access-date=2022-02-16|website=Parks and forests {{!}} Department of Environment and Science, Queensland|language=en-AU|archive-date=4 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004193613/https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/cape-hillsborough/about|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[Protected areas of Queensland]]

== References ==
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==External links==
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[[Category:National parks of Queensland]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1985]]
[[Category:Mackay Region]]
[[Category:1985 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:Coastline of Queensland]]