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Brampton Islands National Park

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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Infobox Australian place Brampton Islands is a national park in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia,<ref>Template:Cite QPN</ref> Template:Convert northwest of Brisbane. The park covers much of Brampton Island and all of Carlisle Island.

The park features rainforests, sandy beaches and coral reefs.<ref name="xqnp">Template:Cite book</ref> Walks exist to the summit and a circuit around the whole island. The 8.7 km circuit track leads visitors through open eucalypt forests, vine thickets, dry rainforests, grasslands and mangroves.<ref name="xqnp"/>

Camping is permitted on Carlisle Island which has some facilities. Marine stingers are found in the waters of the park between October and May.<ref name="xqnp"/>

One of the most striking features of the national park is Brampton Peak, which rises 214 metres above sea level.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Of the mammals in the park, koalas are represented, coastal sheath-tailed bat and black flying-fox.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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