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. The park is one of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area series of national parks, and is a gazetted
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History

The park was originally named the Lumholtz National Park, after scientist Carl Sofus Lumholtz, when it was created in 1994. The Blencoe Falls Section was gazetted as part of Lumholtz National Park in 2000. The name was subsequently changed to Girringun in 2003. On National Parks Day 2010 (28 March) the Government of Queensland announced the addition of to the park.


Environment

This large
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consists mainly of wet sclerophyll forests, but small pockets of rainforest also exist along the eastern slopes and hilltops. The Seaview,
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and Cardwell ranges dominate the landscape, which is strewn with
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debris from a volcanic eruption 100,000 years ago. Perhaps the most well known geological feature in this park is the
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. At it is the largest single-drop falls in Australia. The park forms part of the Wooroonooran Important Bird Area, identified as such by
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because it supports populations of a range of bird species endemic to Queensland's Wet Tropics.BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Wooroonooran. Downloaded from on 2011-12-02.


Access and infrastructure

Vehicle access into the forest include the Dalrymple Gap Track, or the
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track. However, for most of the park there is only very rudimentary or absent vehicle access. Most of the park is accessible for hikers, but due to its remoteness and rugged terrain only experienced bushwalkers should undertake extensive hikes.


See also

* Herbert River Falls *
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References

{{National Parks of Queensland National parks of Far North Queensland Protected areas established in 1994 Wet Tropics of Queensland 1994 establishments in Australia Important Bird Areas of Queensland