Australian National Parks

 
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Girraween National Park - Girraween, meaning place of flowers, is a park of massive granite outcrops, balancing boulders, clear streams and tumbling cascades.

Girringun National Park - The Blencoe Falls Section of Girringun National Park boasts spectacular scenery and an array of plant and animal life. Blencoe Falls plunges 90m to the pool below, before cascading a further 230m to the base of the gorge.

Glass House Mountains National Park - The Glass House Mountains, a group of 13 volcanic peaks, are a prominent feature of the Sunshine Coast landscape.

Gloucester National Park - More remote than other parks in the Whitsundays, these islands offer a quite retreat. Camp at Bona or East Side Bays (Gloucester Island), or at Armit or Saddleback Islands. Bona Bay (Gloucester Island), the largest campground, has a good anchorage, toilets, picnic tables, and a shelter shed.

Smith Islands National Park - Goldsmith is the largest island in this group of continental islands off Mackay, protected in Smith Islands National Park.

Good Night Scrub National Park - In hilly country in the Burnett Valley, Good Night Scrub National Park protects an intact remnant of once extensive hoop pine rainforest.

Goold Island National Park - Granite outcrops and sandy beaches are features of Goold Island National Park, a hilly continental island off Cardwell.

Great Basalt Wall National Park - This national park protects 35,200ha of land containing the Great Basalt Wall, a geological formation of the Toomba basalt flow.

Green Island National Park - This small rainforest-clad coral cay is surrounded by coral reefs. It is one of the most accessible and popular islands on the Great Barrier Reef.