Editing Strzelecki National Park

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}
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| name                   = Strzelecki National Park
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| nearest_town_or_city   = [[Flinders Island]], Tasmania
| area                   = 42.16
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'''Strzelecki National Park''' is a national park on [[Flinders Island]], Tasmania (Australia), 307&nbsp;km north of [[Hobart]]. The park is home to abundant wildlife including more than one hundred bird species, wombats, and [[potoroo]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://northerntasmania.com.au/see-and-do/strzelecki-national-park|title=Strzelecki National Park|last=Tasmania|first=Northern|website=Northern Tasmania|language=en|access-date=2019-12-12}}</ref> It is named after Sir [[Paul Edmund Strzelecki]], a famous Polish explorer and geologist who made a lot of his explorations on the Australian continent and was proclaimed in 1967.

==Popular activities in the park==
Strzelecki National Park contains the highest point on Flinders Island, [[Mount Strzelecki]], after which it is named; the park contains multiple hiking trails and scenic peaks. The park also contains scenic beaches that are popular spots for swimming, snorkeling, fishing, and kayaking. Additionally, there is a diverse spread of [[biomes]] in the park ranging from Tasmanian Blue Gum Forests to coastal heatlands, and the sprawling mountains. It was the also first peak climbed in the [[Australian Three Peaks Race|Three Peaks Race]].

==See also==
* [[Protected areas of Tasmania (Australia)]]

==References==
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{{National parks in Tasmania}}

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[[Category:National parks of Tasmania]]
[[Category:1967 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:Flinders Island]]


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