Byfield National Park

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Infobox protected area Byfield National Park is a national park in the Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia.<ref>Template:Cite QPN</ref>

Geography

File:Byfield area map.pdf The park is 70 km north-east of Rockhampton.<ref>Byfield National Park and Conservation Park. Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing. Retrieved 15 May 2013.</ref> The parks encloses 12 km of coastline including four beaches.<ref name="bofqc">Template:Cite book</ref>

To the north of the national park is Shoalwater Bay and Byfield State Forest is located to the west of Byfield National Park.

The park contains a number of four-wheel drive tracks and camping areas.<ref name="bmp">Template:Cite web</ref>

The average elevation of the terrain in the park is 48 metres.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Climate

The park demarcates the southern boundary of a tropical savannah climate (Köppen: Aw), although the subtropics are almost a degree to the south.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Flora and fauna

The park is home to Pandanus tectorius, a plant useful against coastal erosion and provides important habitat for many insects and animals. Rangers are fighting a destructive pest known as the pandanus planthopper in the park, using various means including the use of a native wasp called Aphanomerus pusillus.<ref name=byfield>Template:Cite web</ref>

Water Park Creek, a creek which flows through the park, contains a population of Rhadinocentrus ornatus, a small freshwater fish species.<ref name="fwf">Template:Cite book</ref>

See also

• Protected areas of Queensland