Editing Idalia National Park

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| name                   = Idalia
| state                  = qld
| iucn_category          = II
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| nearest_town_or_city   = [[Blackall, Queensland|Blackall]]
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| managing_authorities   = Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
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'''Idalia''' is a national park situated in [[South West Queensland]], [[Australia]], 893&nbsp;km west of [[Brisbane]]. It is located near the town of [[Blackall, Queensland|Blackall]] in the Queensland [[outback]].  The park protects 144,000 hectares of [[mulga lands]] with conservation value.<ref name="herqldout">{{Cite book |title=Heritage Trails of the Queensland Outback |last=Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) |author-link=Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) |year=2002 |publisher=State of Queensland |isbn=0-7345-1040-3 |pages=162–163 }}</ref> Idalia National Park was opened in 1990 by [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Prince Philip]].<ref name="herqldout"/>

The national park is home to many distinctly Australian species of flora and fauna, including wallaroos, red and grey kangaroos, swamp wallabies, black-striped wallabies, yellow-footed rock-wallabies and endangered bridled nailtail wallabies. Contained within the park are several Aboriginal heritage sites, including artefact scatters, stone arrangements and camp sites. Also found in the park are the ruins of two historic homesteads; Idalia and Collabara.<ref name="herqldout"/>

==Facilities==
There is no accommodation available onsite however camping is allowed at designated sites.

==Access==
Access to the park is only available via four-wheel drive. In times of heavy rainfall access into and out of the park is not possible.

==Fact sheet==
*''Area:'' 1440.00&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
*''[[Geographic coordinate system|Coordinates]]'': {{Coord|24|57|31|S|144|41|50|E|type:landmark_region:AU}}
*''Date of establishment:'' 1990
*''Managing authorities:'' Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
*''[[World Conservation Union|IUCN]] category:'' II

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

==References==
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{{National Parks of Queensland}}

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[[Category:National parks of Queensland]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1990]]
[[Category:1990 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:South West Queensland]]