Conway National Park
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| Conway National Park | |
|---|---|
 Coral Beach, Conway National Park | |
  Conway National Park | |
| Location | Queensland |
| Nearest city | Proserpine |
| Coordinates | 20°15′48″S 148°45′54″E / 20.26333°S 148.76500°E |
| Area | 225 km2 (87 sq mi) |
| Established | 1938 |
| Governing body | Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service |
| Website | www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/conway |
Conway is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 911 km northwest of Brisbane. The park's main feature is the Conway Peninsula which is covered by the largest area of lowland tropical rainforest in Queensland outside Tropical North Queensland.[1]
The average elevation of the terrain is 44 metres.[2]
Among the plant species in the park are dry vine thicket, mangroves, open forests with a grasstree understorey, paperbark and pandanus woodlands and others. Park is also home to two mound-building birds, the Australian brush-turkey and the orange-footed scrubfowl.[3]
