Nerang National Park and State Forest

Located on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, Nerang National Park, also known as Nerang State Forest, is an open forest environment offering a habitat for a wide range of native and non-native animals. The park is around 100 meters above sea level and situated 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from the Pacific Ocean.

The land on the edges of the National Park is mostly small to large hills. Additionally, the Coombabah and Saltwater creeks run through the area. The park's soil composition is mostly clay and limestone, except for the more fertile areas where the soil is more loamy and aerated.

Towards the centre of the park lies a small patch of critically endangered subtropical lowland rainforest which is listed under the EPBC Act 1999. This area of the National Park is the headwaters of the Ramsar-listed Coombabah Lake Conservation Park, an area of international conservation significance. There are many threatened fauna species that reside in Nerang National Park, such as the greater glider, koala, glossy black-cockatoo, Richmond birdwing butterfly, grey-headed flying fox, powerful owl, echidna, and tusked frog. Additionally, conservation significant flora known to occur within the park include Rhodamnia rubescens, Rhodomyrtus psidioides, Cassia marksiana, Endiandra floydii, Endiandra hayesii, Macadamia integrifolia, Sophora fraseri, Randia moorei, Leichhardtia coronata, and Leichhardtia longiloba. Two near threatened rainforest species are known to occur in the gullies and along the wetter cree