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Kalkajaka National Park

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It is believed that those who vanished most probably fell into one of the chasms under the rocks or after entering one of these places became lost. It is estimated only three in ten would survive such falls, wandering below the Earth's surface with only ground water streams and insects to nourish
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The softer land surfaces above the solidified magma eroded away over time, leaving the magma's fractured top to be exposed as a mountain of grey granite boulders blackened by a film of microscopic blue-green algae growing on the exposed surfaces. Colder rains falling on the dark, heated granite
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There are at least four sites of religious or mythological significance on the mountain. These are the Kambi, a large rock with a cave where flying-foxes are found; Julbanu, a big grey kangaroo-shaped rock looking toward Cooktown; Birmba, a stone facing toward Helenvale where sulphur-crested
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The main feature of the park is the mass of granite boulders, some the size of houses. The absence of soil between the boulders and rocks create a maze of gaps and passages, which can be used to penetrate inside the mountain. These rocks can become extremely hot.
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Queensland's Department of Environment and Resource Management advises, for instance, the relatively small, unusual "Black Mountain" environment is the world's only habitat for at least three animals: the Black Mountain boulderfrog or rock haunting frog
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When European colonists arrived late last century, they added to the many Aboriginal legends of the area with a few of their own. Stories abound of people, horses and whole mobs of cattle disappearing into the labyrinth of rocks, never to be seen
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Camping is not permitted in the park. There are no walking tracks and no facilities for picnics. There is a viewing platform that features interpretive displays.
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and has been dated from 259.1 to 251.9 million years old. The Trevethan Granodiorite was originally magma that slowly solidified under the earths crust.
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Kalkajaka also features strongly in local, more non-Aboriginal cultural landscapes, some of which has also been described by Queensland's
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them. A minority group is referred to by colonists as the Outback Moles (perhaps in reference to New York's underground population).
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United Nations University's Media Studio's (2008) video brief including Kuku Nyunkal woman (Marilyn Wallace) visiting Kalkajaka
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The area has a bad reputation as numerous people and those searching for the missing have disappeared without trace. The
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Queensland's Department of Environment and Natural Resources has been advised of at least four sites of particular
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boulders causes the boulders to progressively fracture, break, and slowly disintegrate, sometimes explosively.
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cockatoos are seen; and a taboo place called Yirrmbal near the foot of the range.
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Kalkajaka in the Kalkajaka National Park near Cooktown, Queensland, Australia.
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Photograph of the "Black Mountain" from Len Webb Ecological Images Collection
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Kalkajaka ("Black Mountain") is a heavily significant feature of the
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which is predominantly a white to grey, medium-grained, porphyritic
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The national park’s distinctive hard black boulders (often termed
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The park's mountains are located at the northernmost end of the
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View of one of the black mountains from Mulligan Highway
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Index

Queensland
IUCN category
national park

Mulligan Highway
Kalkajaka National Park is located in Queensland
Cooktown
Coordinates
15°40′05″S 145°13′55″E / 15.66806°S 145.23194°E / -15.66806; 145.23194
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
Kalkajaka National Park
Protected areas of Queensland
protected area
Shire of Cook
Queensland
Cooktown
national park
Nature Conservation Act 1992
Mulligan Highway
granite
Granodiorite
biotite
monzogranite
Permian
Kuku Nyungkal people
cultural landscape
mythological
Department of Environment and Resource Management
Wet Tropics World Heritage Area
savanna

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