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Eagle Island Geography Location Coral Sea Area 7 km 2 (2.7 sq mi) Administration Australia Eagle Island is an island in the locality of Lizard in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. It is in the Lizard Island National Park, approximately 2,000 km north-west of Brisbane. The island is south-west of Lizard Island situated 270 km north of Cairns, Queensland. Geography It is surrounded by ...
Geography. The park features untouched beaches, large sand dunes, heathlands, rainforests, swamps, creeks, freshwater lakes and mangrove forests. Great Sandy National Park is divided into two sections. The Cooloola Recreation Area section is situated on the coast between Noosa Heads in the south and Rainbow Beach in the north and covers 184,000 ...
Show map of Australia. Riversleigh World Heritage Area is Australia's most famous fossil location, recognised for the series of well preserved fossils deposited from the Late Oligocene to more recent geological periods. The fossiliferous limestone system is located near the Gregory River in the north-west of Queensland, an environment that was ...
History. The Glass House Mountains are one of southeast Queensland's most impressive landmarks. They are situated 65–75 kilometres (40–47 mi) north of Brisbane and are a group of steep sided plugs of trachyte and rhyolite, once within volcanoes active in the early Tertiary Period.
Burleigh Head National Park. Queensland. IUCN category II ( national park) Headland and Tallebudgera Creek viewed from the south. Burleigh Head National Park. Coordinates. 28°5′43″S 153°27′26″E. / 28.09528°S 153.45722°E / -28.09528; 153.45722. Established.
Noosa National Park. / 26.38444°S 153.11278°E / -26.38444; 153.11278. Noosa National Park is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 121 km north of Brisbane. It is situated near Noosa Heads between the Pacific Ocean and the Sunshine Coast 's northern area of urban development and extends southwards, past Lake Weyba to Coolum.
Macalister Range National Park. Coordinates: 16.699°S 145.572°E. Macalister Range National Park is a protected area of Queensland in Australia. It is within the locality of Wangetti in the Shire of Douglas and within the Macalister Range locality in the Cairns Region and forms part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. [1]
