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Double Head, Rosslyn Head, Bluff Point, Pinnacle Point and Capricorn Coast National Park (Vallis Park)
 
For some photos and commentary on the parks in the Rosslyn Bay Area follow this link;
Rosslyn Bay Area Photo Galleries
 
Visit the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service website on Capricorn Coast National Park here;
QPWS Capricorn Coast NP
 
 
 
Double Head section;
To the east adjoining Rosslyn Bay Harbour. A 365m track leads to the Rosslyn Bay Harbour lookout via the Fan Rock lookout. The track zigzags through vine thicket with overhanging fig trees and stunted scrubland terminating an open tussock grassland with grass trees occurring as a main feature. On the walk you will see some interesting geological formations such as the fracturing of  rock into hexagonal columns during lava cooling, the aptly named Fan rock and the remains of the blowhole. Have a look

Rosslyn Head section;
Enclosed by the Scenic Highway and the road to Rosslyn Bay. On the southern side there are dune formations with windswept shrubs, scattered Pandanus trees and coastal she-oaks. On the northern side the rocky headland  has a mixed eucalypt and acacia forest with mangroves growing above the beach at Statue Bay. The scrub provides a local habitat for many species of flora and fauna that are under pressure from residential development along this coastal strip. Rosslyn Head has no tracks or facilities for visitors.

Bluff Point section
2.3km walking track, BBQ, toilets
Coastal scenery is one feature that makes this National Park at the southern end of Kemp Beach a popular spot for picnicking. A range of coastal vegetation types from mangroves through heathland to stunted open eucalypt forest and open tussock grassland occurs. Have a look

Pinnacle Point ;
Pinnacle Point is the great wedge of rock on the southern end of Mulambin Beach dominating the entrance to Causeway Lake, there are no tracks or facilities for visitors.

Vallis Park;
Vallis Park was denoted by a Mr. Vallis in a farsighted philanthropic gesture, it is, or is in, the large patch of scrub around the Telecommunications antennae on the hill behind Yeppoon. Vallis Park has no tracks or facilities for visitors.
 
     
     
     
     
     
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