Consultation on proposed amendments to the protected area estate

Closed: 31 December 2025 11.59pm
Topic: Queensland parks and wildlife
Type: Public notice and consultation

The Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation is proposing to make a number of amendments to the forestry and protected area estate and are seeking views in consideration of the Human Rights Act 2019, including Aboriginal peoples’ and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ cultural rights.

The Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation is proposing to make a number of amendments to the forestry and protected area estate and is seeking views in consideration of the Human Rights Act 2019, including Aboriginal peoples’ and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ cultural rights.

The proposals include redescriptions of parts of the protected area estate using contemporary survey and mapping technology and standards, for example, providing a more accurate area calculation or simplifying the lot on plan description without changing the boundaries on-ground. From time to time, revoking parts of the forestry estate is considered necessary to support balanced outcomes, including for estate management and the public interest. The aim of dedicating and declaring new or amending existing protected areas is to preserve, to the greatest extent possible, the area’s natural condition, to protect the area’s cultural resources and values and to provide for ecologically sustainable activities and ecotourism.

The amendments proposed to be made are as follows:

Tenure	Local Government Area	Details of proposal
Callide Timber Reserve	Banana Shire	Revoke: the entirety of Callide Timber Reserve, described as lot 17 on SP346688, containing an area of 9,600.47 hectares, about 83 kilometres south-west of Gladstone, to enable transfer of the area to Gaangalu Nation People as freehold tenure.
Dhuny Yumba (Home of the Wombat) National Park (scientific)	Balonne Shire	Dedicate: lot 15 on SP354945, containing an area of about 29.4 hectares, as part of Dhuny Yumba (Home of the Wombat) National Park (scientific), about 43 kilometres north-west of St George.
Raine Island National Park (scientific)	Cook Shire	Redescribe: the entirety of Raine Island National Park (scientific) as lots 1 to 3 on AP23906, containing a total area of about 34.85 hectares, using contemporary survey and mapping technology and standards, about 460 kilometres north of Cooktown.
Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) National Park	Mount Isa City	Dedicate: lot 61 on SP348624, containing an area of about 21,900 hectares, as part of Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) National Park, about 246 kilometres north-west of Mount Isa.
Curtis Island National Park	Gladstone Regional	Dedicate: lot 1 on SP353683 and lot 1 on SP353685, containing a total area of about 16.86 hectares, as part of Curtis Island National Park, about 10 kilometres north of Gladstone.
Girringun National Park	Charters Towers Regional	Dedicate: lots 11 and 12 on SP347209, containing an area of about 3,060 hectares, as part of Girringun National Park, about 56 kilometres south-west of Ingham.
Mariala National Park	Quilpie Shire	Dedicate: lot 1 on BUR58, lot 4 on BUR70 and lot 1 on MCY19, containing an area of about 17,216.0354 hectares, as part of Mariala National Park, about 125 kilometres north-west of Charleville.
Molle Islands National Park	Whitsunday Regional	Redescribe: the entirety of Molle Islands National Park as lots 1 to 19 on AP23902, containing a total area of about 1,778.8173 hectares, using contemporary survey and mapping technology and standards, about 30 kilometres north-east of Proserpine.
Broad Sound Island Conservation Park	Livingstone Shire	Dedicate: lots 8 and 9 on CP848397 & lot 10 on SP347084, containing an area of about 4,114.7 hectares, as part of Broad Sound Island Conservation Park, about 147 kilometres north-west of Rockhampton.
Curtis Island Conservation Park	Gladstone Regional	Dedicate: lots 4 to 10 on SP341101, containing an area of about 1,408.3 hectares, as part of Curtis Island Conservation Park, about 7 kilometres north of Gladstone.
Doonan Creek Conservation Park	Noosa Shire	Dedicate: lot 31 on SP342415, containing an area of about 153.2 hectares, as the new Doonan Creek Conservation Park, about 10 kilometres south-west of Noosa Heads.
Pilungah Special Wildlife Reserve	Boulia Shire	Declare: Part of lot 5358 on SP272858, containing an area of about 228,657.25 hectares, as the new Pilungah Special Wildlife Reserve, shown on plan PA10004, about 300 kilometres south-west of Mount Isa.
Cravens Peak Nature Refuge	Boulia Shire	Revoke: The entirety of Cravens Peak Nature Refuge, described as lot 5358 on crown plan PH1855, containing an area of about 230,000 hectares, shown on plan PA320, about 300 kilometres south-west of Mount Isa. Note: this amendment allows for most of the former nature refuge to be declared as the new Pilungah Special Wildlife Reserve.
Ironstone Nature Refuge	Noosa Shire	Declare: lot 2 on RP45073 and lot 483 on plan MCH1340, containing an area of about 100.4885 hectares, as the new Ironstone Nature Refuge, shown on plan PA1200, about 11 kilometres west of Cooroy.
Misty Mountain Nature Refuge	Tablelands Regional	Redescribe: the entirety of Misty Mountain Nature Refuge, as part of lot 47 on SP334784, containing an area of about 112.41 hectares, shown on plan PA1203, about 28 kilometres south of Atherton.
Seven Hills Nature Refuge	Sunshine Coast	Declare: part of lot 1 on RP206140, containing an area of about 109.09 hectares, shown on plan PA1222, as the new Seven Hills Nature Refuge, about 42 kilometres south-west of Maroochydore.

Any entity may comment about the proposal to the chief executive of the Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, in writing and directed to tenureservices@detsi.qld.gov.au or Tenure Services, PO Box 15187, City East, QLD, 4002.

Comments received between 3 and 31 December 2025 will be considered by the department.

Amendments to the QPWS estate under the Forestry Regulation 2024 and the Nature Conservation (Protected Areas) Regulation 1994 are administered by the Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.