Hell Hole Gorge National Park
Hell Hole Gorge National Park is a protected area in Adavale in the Shire of Quilpie in South West Queensland, Australia.[1][2] It is 912 km west of Brisbane.
Geography
The park is characterized by steep cliffs up to 45 metres high along the Powell Creek and Spencer Creek. Notable waterholes are the Hell Hole Waterhole (0.38 hectares) and Spencer's Waterhole (0.22 hectares).
The average elevation of the terrain is 262 metres.[3]
History
In 1872, it was the site of a massacre of Aboriginal people that occurred as retribution for the killing of Richard Welford of nearby Welford Downs in 1872.[4]
It was gazetted as a national park in 1994 under the Nature Conservation Act 1992.[1]
Flora
Some of the plants that come to life here after rain are Hakea maconochiena, Thryptomene hexandra, Acacia spania and Euphorbia sarcostemmoides.[5]
Amenities
A campground offering primitive camping is available, no potable water is available on site. Access is by four-wheel-drive vehicles.[6][7]
References
- ^ a b "Hell Hole Gorge National Park – national park in the Shire of Quilpie (entry 39487)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ^ "Hell Hole Gorge National Park". Parks and forests. Queensland Government. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ^ "Hell Hole Gorge National Park topographic map, elevation, relief". topographic-map.com. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ Murray, Andrew. "Hell Hole Gorge National Park, Dark Secrets From A Dark Past". topwiretraveller.com. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- ^ "About | Hell Hole Gorge National Park". Parks and forests | Department of Environment and Science, Queensland. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "Hell Hole Gorge National Park Management Statement". Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing. Queensland Government. 2013. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ^ "Hell Hole Gorge National Park". Parks and Forests. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
See also
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- Baga
- Blackdown Tableland
- Bulburin
- Byfield
- Capricorn Coast
- Capricornia Cays
- Carnarvon
- Castle Tower
- Curtis Island
- Deepwater
- Epping Forest
- Eurimbula
- Expedition
- Goodedulla
- Humboldt
- Isla Gorge
- Junee
- Keppel Bay Islands
- Kroombit Tops
- Littabella
- Mazeppa
- Minerva Hills
- Mount Archer
- Mount Colosseum
- Mount Etna Caves
- Mount O'Connell
- Mount Walsh
- Nuga Nuga
- Palmgrove
- Peak Range
- Precipice
- Rundle Range
- Snake Range
- Taunton
- Warro
- West Hill
- Wild Cattle Island
- Alwal
- Annan River
- Apudthama
- Barnard Island Group
- Barron Gorge
- Basilisk Range
- Blackbraes
- Bulleringa
- Cape Melville
- Chillagoe-Mungana
- Claremont Isles
- Clump Mountain
- Crater Lakes
- Daintree
- Danbulla
- Davies Creek
- Dinden
- Djiru
- Ella Bay
- Endeavour River
- Eubenangee Swamp
- Family Islands
- Fitzroy Island
- Flinders Group
- Frankland Group
- Forty Mile Scrub
- Great Basalt Wall
- Green Island
- Grey Peaks
- Girramay
- Girringun
- Goold Island
- Hann Tableland
- Hasties Swamp
- Herberton Range
- Hinchinbrook Island
- Hope Islands
- Howick Group
- Hull River
- Japoon
- Kalkajaka
- Kirrama
- Kuranda
- Kurrimine Beach
- Kutini-Payamu
- Lama Lama
- Little Mulgrave
- Lizard Island
- Ma’alpiku Island
- Macalister Range
- Malaan
- Maria Creek
- Marpa
- Michaelmas and Upolu Cays
- Millstream Falls
- Mitchell-Alice Rivers
- Mitirinchi Island
- Moresby Range
- Mount Cook
- Mount Hypipamee
- Mount Lewis
- Mount Spurgeon
- Mount Webb
- Mount Windsor
- Mowbray
- Ngalba Bulal
- Nymph Island
- Oyala Thumotang
- Palmerston Rocks
- Piper Islands
- Possession Island
- Raine Island
- Rinyirru
- Rocky Islets
- Russell River
- Sandbanks
- Saunders Islands
- Sir Charles Hardy Group
- Staaten River
- Starcke
- Three Islands
- Topaz Road
- Tully Gorge
- Turtle Group
- Two Islands
- Undara Volcanic
- Wooroonooran
- Wuthara Island
- Yamarrinh Wachangan Islands
- Yungaburra
- Blackwood
- Brook Islands
- Bowling Green Bay
- Brampton Islands
- Broad Sound Islands
- Cape Hillsborough
- Cape Palmerston
- Cape Upstart
- Conway
- Dipperu
- Dryander
- Eungella
- Gloucester Island
- Halifax Bay Wetlands
- Holbourne Island
- Homevale
- Lindeman Islands
- Magnetic Island
- Molle Islands
- Moorrinya
- Mount Aberdeen
- Mount Martin
- Mount Ossa
- Newry Islands
- Northumberland Islands
- Orpheus Island
- Paluma Range
- Pioneer Peaks
- Reliance Creek
- Repulse Island
- Round Top Island
- Smith Islands
- South Cumberland Islands
- South Island
- Swain Reefs
- Whitsunday Islands
- Auburn River
- Beeron
- Beninbi
- Burrum Coast
- Cania Gorge
- Coalstoun Lakes
- Fairlies Knob
- Goodnight Scrub
- Goomboorian
- Great Sandy
- Grongah
- Mount Bauple
- Pipeclay
- Poona
- Tarong
- Woocoo
- Woondum
- Woowoonga
- Bellthorpe
- Bribie Island
- Burleigh Head
- Conondale
- D'Aguilar
- Deer Reserve
- Dularcha
- Esk
- Eudlo Creek
- Ferntree Creek
- Fort Lytton
- Freshwater
- Gatton
- Glass House Mountains
- Kondalilla
- Lamington
- Lockyer
- Mapleton Falls
- Mooloolah River
- Moogerah Peaks
- Gheebulum Kunungai
- Mount Barney
- Mount Chinghee
- Mount Coolum
- Mount Pinbarren
- Naree Budjong Djara
- Nicoll Scrub
- Noosa
- Nerang
- Ravensbourne
- Sarabah
- Southern Moreton Bay Islands
- St Helena Island
- Springbrook
- Tamborine
- Teerk Roo Ra
- Tewantin
- Triunia
- Tuchekoi
- Venman Bushland
- West Cooroy
- Wickham
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