What do we know about the landscape of Great Sandy National Park?

Coloured sand, large sand dunes, healthlands, untouched beaches, rainforests, swamps, creeks, freshwater lakes and mangrove forests – the Great Sandy National Park has got them all. This coastal national park is a geological marvel. Thousands of tourists come here every year to see the coloured sand.

The coloured sands were formed when the old sand get mixed with clay to form a consolidated mass. The colours are a reflection of the iron-rich minerals embedded in the sand for thousands of years. It is brought to the surface by wind and water eroding the land. One can find red, brown, and yellow sand in Great Sandy National Park.

Great Sandy National Park is divided into two sections – the Cooloola Recreation Area and Fraser Coast Important Bird Area. The Fraser Coast Important Bird Area supports a huge bird population including black-breasted button-quails, regent bowerbirds and mangrove honeyeaters.

 

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