About Blackwood

Park features

Blackwood National Park is named after an acacia known as blackwood or black gidyea Acacia argyrodendron. These beautiful trees grow to 10m high and have a solid single trunk and dark furrowed bark. Narrow, slightly curved grey-green leaves form a distinctive crowned canopy.

Blackwood National Park has diverse plant communities typical of the Brigalow Belt. The park features undulating hills intercepted by stony ridges and alluvial flats of sandy clays and black soils. Vegetation is dominated by acacia and eucalypt communities with diverse native grassland understoreys. Blackwood and lancewood woodlands occur on stony ridges along with clumps of spinifex and pockets of dry rainforest. Box eucalypts and scattered coolibah trees grow along the alluvial flats.

The diversity of habitats in the park supports a variety of animals and is an important refuge and corridor for native animals. Almost 80 species of birds have been recorded in the park.

Read more about the natural environment of Blackwood National Park.

Looking after the park

• Take your rubbish with you when you leave, as bins are not provided.
• Everything in the park is protected.
• Leave pets at home–domestic animals are not permitted in national parks.
• Toilets are not provided. Bury human waste and toilet paper at least 15cm deep and 100m from the car park, fire trails and any water bodies to guard against pollution and the spread of disease.
• Stop the spread of weeds and pathogens. New introductions can spread and displace resident species and alter the local ecology. Before you leave home, clean your gear and regularly check your footwear, bikes and clothing for seeds. Remove, wrap and place seeds in your rubbish.
• Vehicles are not allowed beyond the car park.
• Stay on marked trails—riding over vegetation, breaking branches, taking shortcuts and forming new trails damages the environment.
• Keep tracks in good condition and limit erosion by not riding during or immediately after wet weather.

See the guidelines on caring for parks for more information about protecting our environment and heritage in parks.

Park management

Blackwood National Park is managed by Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service in accordance with the Blackwood National Park Management Plan (PDF, 1.1MB) .

Once part of Mount Hope Station, the 1648 hectare Blackwood National Park was gazetted in 1991 to conserve the diverse plant and animal communities in the area.

Tourism information links

Charters Towers Visitor Information Centre
www.visitcharterstowers.com.au
74 Mosman Street, Charters Towers QLD 4820
Phone: (07) 4761 5333
Email: tourinfo@charterstowers.qld.gov.au

Clermont Visitor Information Centre
www.isaac.qld.gov.au
Cnr Herschel and Karmoo Streets, Clermont Qld
Phone: 1300 47 22 27
Email: records@isaac.qld.gov.au

Central Highlands Visitor Information Centre
www.centralhighlands.com.au
3 Clermont Street, Emerald QLD 4720
Phone: (07) 4982 4142

Flinders Discovery Centre
www.visithughenden.com.au
37 Gray Street, Hughenden QLD 4821
Phone: (07) 4741 2970
Email: info@flinders.qld.gov.au

For tourism information for all regions in Queensland see Queensland Holidays.