Tregole National Park
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Tregole is a national park
in Queensland
, Australia
, 603 km west of Brisbane. Until the gazetting of the park in 1975, the area was a grazing property. The park is located where the brigalow and mulga
biospheres meet and has a representative sample of semi-arid ecosystems.
The park contains almost pure stands of the vulnerable Ooline
tree. The Ooline stand in Tregole is unusual as the climate is hot and dry.
The park has no camping facilities. The day use area is 10 kilometres south of Morven
on the Morven-Bollon Road. There is a short (2.1 km) walk in the day use area.
National park
A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or...
in Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, Australia
Australia
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, 603 km west of Brisbane. Until the gazetting of the park in 1975, the area was a grazing property. The park is located where the brigalow and mulga
Mulga
Acacia aneura, commonly known as Mulga or True Mulga, is a shrub or small tree native to arid outback Australia of areas such as the Western Australian Mulga shrublands.-Description:...
biospheres meet and has a representative sample of semi-arid ecosystems.
The park contains almost pure stands of the vulnerable Ooline
Ooline
Cadellia is a monotypic genus of trees in the botanical family Surianaceae. The sole species, Cadellia pentastylis, commonly known as Ooline, is a medium to large tree with bright green leaves and rough tile-pattern bark. It has rain-forest origins dating from the Pleistocene Era when much of...
tree. The Ooline stand in Tregole is unusual as the climate is hot and dry.
The park has no camping facilities. The day use area is 10 kilometres south of Morven
Morven, Queensland
Morven is a town in western Queensland, Australia. The town is located on the Warrego Highway, east of Charleville and west of Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Morven had a population of 276....
on the Morven-Bollon Road. There is a short (2.1 km) walk in the day use area.