Nicoll Scrub National Park

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LocationQueensland
NearestcityTweed Heads
Coordinates28°11′22″S 153°25′25″E / 28.18944°S 153.42361°E / -28.18944; 153.42361
Area27 ha (67 acres)
Nicoll Scrub National Park
Map showing the location of Nicoll Scrub National Park
Map showing the location of Nicoll Scrub National Park
Nicoll Scrub National Park
LocationQueensland
Nearest cityTweed Heads
Coordinates28°11′22″S 153°25′25″E / 28.18944°S 153.42361°E / -28.18944; 153.42361
Area27 ha (67 acres)
Established1986
Governing bodyQueensland Parks and Wildlife Service

Nicoll Scrub is a national park in South East Queensland, Australia, 88 km southeast of Brisbane.[1] It adjoins the Currumbin Valley Reserve and protects remnant rainforest vegetation. The park occupies the area between Mount Coolagang and Mount Boololagung of the McPherson Range.

Grey-headed flying fox

The park's highest point is 180 m above sea level. Soils and geology of Nicoll Scrub National Park is characterized by hills of palaeozoic metasediments and phyllites with cappings of tertiary basalt.[1]

Flora and fauna

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