Mount Jukes

History

Mount Jukes was named by George Elphinstone Dalrymple in 1862 after geologist Joseph Beete Jukes, who served as a naturalist on the explorations of from 1842 to 1846.

Geography

The locality is bounded to the east by the Coral Sea, to the south-east by Constant Creek which flows into the Coral Sea, and to the south-west by Nielson Creek, a tributary of Constant Creek. The mountain Mount Jukes is located in the south-west of the locality () within the south-western section of the national park and the Central Mackay Coast IBRA Region. It rises to above sea level and is composed of igneous rock that has been weathered and eroded. Mount Adder is another mountain within the western section of the national park () rising to . The mountains originated from volcanic activity approximately 32 million years ago. Apart from the national parks, the land use is a mixture of crop growing (mostly sugarcane), grazing on native vegetation and rural residential housing. Yakapari-Seaforth Road enters the locality from the south (Kuttabul) and exits to the north-west (Seaforth).

Most-observed species

• Australasian Figbird

  Sphecotheres vieilloti Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 · Aves
  330
• Laughing Kookaburra

  Dacelo novaeguineae (Hermann, 1783) · Aves
  316
• Bar-shouldered Dove

  Geopelia humeralis (Temminck, 1821) · Aves
  290
• Spangled Drongo

  Dicrurus bracteatus Gould, 1843 · Aves
  249
• Varied Triller

  Lalage leucomela (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) · Aves
  235
• Masked Lapwing

  Vanellus miles (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  233
• Torresian Crow

  Corvus orru Bonaparte, 1850 · Aves
  206
• Rufous Shrikethrush

  Colluricincla rufogaster Gould, 1845 · Aves
  199