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Park of the Month is a key initiative of the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) and NPAQ’s Parks Connect program. We’re passionate about parks, and by sharing decades of knowledge from committed volunteers, conservationists and National Park Rangers with local communities and visitors, we hope Queenslanders from all walks of life will fall in love with our amazing wild places.
PARK OF THE MONTH
Main Range Conservation Park (Glen Rock/Casuarina Day Use Area)
Situated at the northern tip of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area, Main Range Conservation Park spans 2890 ha of former state forest about 130 km southwest of Brisbane and abuts the larger Main Range National Park. Surrounded by the dramatic majesty of rugged gorges and high country plateaus of the Great Dividing and the Mistake ranges, this park is bisected by Blackfellow Creek, which flows into the Lockyer River system and waters bottlebrush and she-oaks that line the creek beds.
On the higher slopes, flora graduates to open eucalypt woodlands speckled with grass-trees, with the striking, rare giant spear lily (Doryanthes palmeri) crowning some of the rocky cliff lines. Shaded gullies host remnant subtropical rainforest and vine thicket, while the eucalypt-topped ridges and tors protect vulnerable brush-tailed rock-wallabies and glossy black-cockatoos, as well as endangered koalas and greater gliders, making this park and its adjoining landscapes an important western conservation corridor.
This imposing Yuggera and Ugarapul Country demands respect; however, it endured some degradation as a working cattle station for more than a century before the Queensland Government purchased the property in 1995. It was formally dedicated as a conservation park in 2022 – a choice that preserved community recreational access for horse-riding and mountain bike riding, which would have been prohibited under National Park tenure.
We’re starting at 1 pm to facilitate evening spotlighting. Make the trip to our June Park of the Month to explore some of Queensland’s most dramatic Great Dividing Range landscapes …
Come and explore one of Queensland’s best kept secrets at Glen Rock (formerly Casuarina) Day Use Area.
Bookings open on Eventbrite in early June …
Bookings open on Eventbrite in early June.
Bookings open on Eventbrite in early June.
For Ages 13+. Bookings open on Eventbrite in early June.
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For Ages 13+. Bookings open on Eventbrite in early June.
For Ages 13+. Bookings open on Eventbrite in early June.
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In July, we’ll be exploring some of Brisbane’s maritime and military history at Fort Lytton National Park. Bookings will open early July.
