Eungella National Park

Welcome to Eungella National Park - where you can explore Queensland's longest continual stretch of sub-tropical rainforest.

This National Park, located on the Clarke Range several kilometres from Mackay in North-central Queensland, was established in 1941 to conserve the rainforest environment and ensure the protection of the habitat of native plants and animals. Here's all you need to know before embarking on your journey.

The Eungella Plateau, part of the Clarke Range, is 1259m high at Mt Dalrymple and Mt William, towering over half the rainforest present at European settlement time. The National Park is spread across an area of 52,900 hectares, with dense rainforests stretching across high elevation vine forests to low elevation mesophyll forests. The latter is found at the bottom of mountain ranges, while notophyll vine forest with tall eucalypts like red stringybark resides on the ridges of east-facing slopes. Frequently, there are hoop pines on the drier western slopes. Eungella's rainforest is one of the most isolated patches of this vegetation type in the region bordering eucalypt forests and woodlands.

Eungella National Park's name comes from a Wirri aboriginal term meaning "land of the clouds". This is not surprising, considering the area's average yearly rainfall of 2,240mm, keeping the park perched in a cloud. The temperatures are much cooler than the lowlands, staying around five degrees Celsius.

Eungella National Park is a sanctuary for a wide range of indigenous fauna and flora. It is home to several species only found in the rainforests of Eungella, such as the Euastacus eung