Apudthama National Park

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Infobox Australian place The Apudthama National Park (formerly Jardine River National Park) is a national park in Queensland, Australia, Template:Cvt northwest of Brisbane and about Template:Cvt northwest of Cairns, on the tip of Cape York Peninsula.<ref>Template:Cite map</ref>

The park and reserves encompass the traditional country of several Aboriginal groups including people from the Atambaya, Angkamuthi, Yadhaykenu, Gudang and Wuthathi language and social groups. The area is a living cultural landscape, with places and features named in Aboriginal languages, story-places and story-beings, and occupation and ceremony sites throughout. Today the traditional owners retain a strong and continuing interest, through their traditional rights to, and responsibilities for, the land, in the protection and management of the area.<ref>Qld. Govt. Department of National Parks - Jardine River</ref>

In 2022, land formerly encompassing Jardine River National Park, Heathlands Resources Reserve and Jardine Resources Reserve were re-described as Apudthama National Park and transferred to traditional owners.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Coastal features

Coastal features include:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

• The southern half of Orford Bay
• Orford Ness
• False Orford Ness
• Hunter Point

Vegetation

The Apudthama National Park features a complex array of vegetation types, many of which, with the exception of minor occurrences in limited zones close to the south, do not exist elsewhere.<ref name="veg">Template:Citation</ref> The forest types which occur in the National Park can be broken down into nine broad categories:

Closed forests

• Simple notophyll vine forest - Simple notophyll vine forest with Neofabricia myrtifolia and Melaleuca species
• Araucarian vine forest
• Mesophyll palm forest.<ref name="veg"/>

Closed scrub

Asteromyrtus lysicephala scrub - Ericaceae (Epacridaceae) scrub.<ref name="veg"/>

Closed heath

Grevillea pteridifolia heathland.<ref name="veg"/>

Closed sedgeland

Gahnia sieberiana sedgeland.<ref name="veg"/>

Open forest

• Eucalyptus nesophila forest
• Eucalyptus nesophila / Eucalyptus tetrodonta forest
• Eucalyptus tetrodonta forest.<ref name="veg"/>

Low open forest

Asteromyrtus symphyocarpa / Neofabricia myrtifolia forest.<ref name="veg"/>

Open heath

Nepenthes mirabilis / Asteromyrtus lysicephala heath.<ref name="veg"/>

Tall shrubland

• Melaleuca viridiflora shrubland
• Grevillea glauca shrubland with Eucalyptus species.<ref name="veg"/>

Low open shrubland

Baeckea frutescens / Asteromyrtus lysicephala shrubland.<ref name="veg"/>

Waterfalls

The park contains several waterfalls and rock pools, including Twin Falls, where the waters of Elliot River and Canal Creek meet, Fruit Bat Falls, Savo Falls and Elliot (Indian Head) Falls.

Gallery

• Apudthama National Park
  Apudthama National Park
• Fruit Bat Falls
  Fruit Bat Falls

See also

• Protected areas of Queensland

External links

• Trek Earth Image of Fruit Bat Falls
• Trek Lens Image of Fruit Bat Falls