Nicoll Scrub National Park

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.

Soils and geology of Nicoll Scrub National Park is characterized by hills of palaeozoic metasediments and phyllites with cappings of tertiary basalt.

The rainforests of the Nicoll Scrub National Park are the only remaining ones in the middle and lower Currumbin Valley.

[1] Among the park's most rare and fascinating residents are the Richmond birdwing butterfly (Ornithoptera richmondia), Grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) and Black flying fox (Pteropus alecto).

Grey-headed flying fox
he Richmond Birdwing (Ornithoptera richmondia),species endemic to Australia.