Editing Conway National Park

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type                   = protected
| name                   = Conway National Park
| state                  = qld
| iucn_category          = II
| image                  = Coral Beach, Conway National Park.jpg
| caption                = Coral Beach, Conway National Park
| image_alt              = 
| coordinates            = {{coord|20|15|48|S|148|45|54|E|display=inline,title}}
| relief                 = yes
| map_alt                = 
| nearest_town_or_city   = [[Proserpine, Queensland|Proserpine]]
| area                   = 225
| area_footnotes         = 
| established            = 1938
| established_footnotes  = 
| visitation_num         = 
| visitation_year        = 
| visitation_footnotes   = 
| managing_authorities   = Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
| url                    = www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/conway
}}
'''Conway''' is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 911&nbsp;km northwest of Brisbane.  The park's main feature is the Conway Peninsula which is covered by the largest area of lowland [[tropical rainforest]] in Queensland outside [[Tropical North Queensland]].<ref name="abco">{{cite web |url=http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/conway/about.html |title=About Conway |date=3 August 2012 |publisher=Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing |access-date=8 March 2014 |archive-date=3 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903155053/http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/conway/about.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The average elevation of the terrain is 44 metres.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Conway National Park topographic map, elevation, relief |url=https://en-au.topographic-map.com/maps/d7zn/Conway-National-Park/ |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=topographic-map.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Flora and Fauna ==
[[File:Saltmarsh and dry vine forest, Conway National Park, Mt Rooper IMGP0116.jpg|thumb|left|Saltmarsh and dry vine forest, Conway National Park, Mt Rooper]]Among the plant species in the park are dry vine thicket, [[mangrove]]s, open forests with a grasstree understorey, [[Melaleuca quinquenervia|paperbark]] and [[Pandanus|pandanus woodlands]] and others. Park is also home to two mound-building birds, the [[Australian brushturkey|Australian brush-turkey]] and the [[orange-footed scrubfowl]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-10-21 |title=About {{!}} Conway National Park |url=https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/conway/about |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=Parks and forests |publisher=Queensland Government |language=en-AU}}</ref>
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[[File:TheBeakLookoutNov042024 01.jpg|thumb|The Beak Lookout area|left]]
[[File:TheBeakLookoutNov042024 02.jpg|thumb|The Beak Lookout area|left]]

== Public access ==
Walk-in bush camping is permitted however there are no established camp sites.<ref name="abco" /> There are a number of walking tracks graded from easy to moderate.<ref name="abco" />

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

==References==
{{commons category|Conway National Park}}
{{Reflist}}

{{National Parks of Queensland}}
{{North Queensland}}

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[[Category:National parks of Queensland]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1938]]
[[Category:North Queensland]]