Eungella

Eungella National Park Queensland
IUCN category II (national park)
Araluen Falls in Eungella National Park
Eungella National Park
Nearest town or city	Mackay
Coordinates	20°51′41″S 148°39′52″E / 20.86139°S 148.66444°E / -20.86139; 148.66444Coordinates: 20°51′41″S 148°39′52″E / 20.86139°S 148.66444°E / -20.86139; 148.66444
Established	1941
Area	517 km2 (199.6 sq mi)
Managing authorities	Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
Website	Eungella National Park
See also	Protected areas of Queensland

Eungella (/ˈjʌŋɡɛlə/ YUNG-gel-ə; meaning "Land of the clouds") is an Australian township nestled on the edge of the Clarke Range at the end of the Pioneer Valley 80 km west of Mackay, and 858 km northwest of Brisbane. Eungella is noted for the national park which surrounds it. It is considered to be the longest continual stretch of sub-tropical rainforest in Australia. The original inhabitants are the Wirri people. The park is covered by dense rainforest and is known for its platypuses. Also, it has a dam that supplies water for Collinsville, Mackay and Moranbah.

Eungella National Park is located on an isolated massif about 80 km west of Mackay in North–central Queensland. The Eungella Plateau rises to 1259m at Mt Dalrymple and to similar elevation at Mt William, forming part of the Clarke Range. The park preserves about half (30,000 ha) the area of rainforest present at the time of European settlement, which has been much reduced by logging. Rainforest in the National Park ranges from high elevation, notophyll vine forest to low elevation mesophyll forests at the base of the ranges. Notophyll vine forest with tall eucalypts such as red stringybark (Eucalyptus resinifera) is found on the ridges of eastern facing slopes and drier western slopes often contain hoop pine (Araucaria cunninghamii). The rainforests of the Eungella massif represent one of the most isolated patches of this vegetation type in Australia. The rainforest is bordered by eucalypt forests and woodlands across much of its extent.