The Apudthama National Park (formerly Jardine River National Park) is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 2,137 km northwest of Brisbane and about 900. km northwest of Cairns, on the tip of Cape York Peninsula. The park and reserves encompass the traditional country of several Aboriginal groups including people from the Atambaya, Angkamuthi, Yadhaykenu, Gudang and Wuthathi language and social groups. The area is a living cultural landscape, with places and features named in Aboriginal languages, story-places and story-beings, and occupation and ceremony sites throughout. Today the traditional owners retain a strong and continuing interest, through their traditional rights to, and responsibilities for, the land, in the protection and management of the area. In 2022, land formerly encompassing Jardine River National Park, Heathlands Resources Reserve and Jardine Resources Reserve were re-described as Apudthama National Park and transferred to traditional owners.

Coastal features

Coastal features include:

Vegetation

The Apudthama National Park features a complex array of vegetation types, many of which, with the exception of minor occurrences in limited zones close to the south, do not exist elsewhere. The forest types which occur in the National Park can be broken down into nine broad categories:

Closed forests

Closed scrub

Asteromyrtus lysicephala scrub - Ericaceae (Epacridaceae) scrub.

Closed heath

Grevillea pteridifolia heathland.

Closed sedgeland

Gahnia sieberiana sedgeland.

Open forest

Low open forest

Asteromyrtus symphyocarpa / Neofabricia myrtifolia forest.

Open heath

Nepenthes mirabilis / Asteromyrtus lysicephala heath.

Tall shrubland

Low open shrubland

Baeckea frutescens / Asteromyrtus lysicephala shrubland.

Waterfalls

The park contains several waterfalls and rock pools, including Twin Falls, where the waters of Elliot River and Canal Creek meet, Fruit Bat Falls, Savo Falls and Elliot (Indian Head) Falls.

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