Cape Hillsborough National Park

Template:Short description Template:Use Australian English Template:More citations needed Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox protected area Cape Hillsborough is a national park in Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.<ref>Template:Cite QPN</ref>

Geography

The park is 837 km northwest of Brisbane. The park is a peninsula of volcanic origin, covered largely by rainforest; the maximum elevation is 267 m. The cape at the tip of the peninsula was named by Lieutenant James Cook during his first voyage to the Pacific in 1770; the name is in honour of Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough who was President of the Board of Trade and Plantations from 1763 to 1765 and from 1768 to 1772.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The nearest major town is Mackay, about 40 km to the southeast.

The park is located within the O'Connell River water catchment area and the Central Mackay Coast bioregion.<ref name="wetlandinfo">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On National Parks Day 2010 (Sunday, 28 March 2010) the Queensland State Government announced the addition of 204 hectares to the park.

Annual precipitation is 1106 mm.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Animals

Many species have been identified in the national park: including approximately 140 birds, 22 mammals, 25 reptiles and 8 amphibians.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Sand bubbler crabs leave their drawings on the sand during low tide, and many creatures hide in the tidal rocky pools.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

See also

• Protected areas of Queensland