Kinkuna

History

Gotlow railway station was named on 3 April 1913 by the Queensland Railways Department and is an Aboriginal word meaning koala. The Burrum Coast National Park was established in 1999 as the amalgamation of the Kinkuna, Woodgate and Burrum River national parks.

Geography

The Elliott River forms part of the northern boundary of the locality, while the Coral Sea (specifically Hervey Bay) forms the south-eastern boundary of the locality. The North Coast railway line runs along the western boundary of the locality entering the locality from the south-west (Goodwood / Woodgate), passing through Kinkuna railway station () and the former Gotlow railway station (), before exiting to the northwest (Alloway). Most of the locality is within the Burrum Coast National Park which extends into neighbouring Woodgate and Goodwood to the south. The area outside the national park is within the north-west of the locality; the land use there is predominantly growing sugarcane and other crops with some rural residential housing mostly beside the Elliott River.

Most-observed species

• Noisy Miner

  Manorina melanocephala (Latham, 1801) · Aves
  1,883
• Rainbow Lorikeet

  Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771) · Aves
  1,859
• Australian Ibis

  Threskiornis molucca (Cuvier, 1829) · Aves
  1,854
• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  1,778
• Magpie-lark

  Grallina cyanoleuca (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  1,751
• Willie-wagtail

  Rhipidura leucophrys (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  1,681
• Australasian Figbird

  Sphecotheres vieilloti Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 · Aves
  1,615
• Masked Lapwing

  Vanellus miles (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  1,587