Numinbah Nature Reserve
| Numinbah Nature Reserve New South Wales | |
|---|---|
.JPG) Antarctic Beech at Numinbah Nature Reserve | |
  Numinbah Nature Reserve | |
| Nearest town or city | Springbrook, Queensland |
| Coordinates | 28°15′S 153°16′E / 28.250°S 153.267°E |
| Established | December 1981[1] |
| Area | 8.58 km2 (3.3 sq mi)[1] |
| Managing authorities | NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service |
| Website | Numinbah Nature Reserve |
| See also | Protected areas of New South Wales |
Numinbah Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve that is located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, in eastern Australia. The reserve was gazetted in December 1981 with a further addition made in 1989 to make the reserve to its current area of 858 hectares (2,120 acres). The reserve is situated north-east of the rural locality of Numinbah, and south of the Queensland town of Springbrook and defines part of the state border between New South Wales and Queensland.
The reserve is part of the Mount Warning/Tweed caldera, situated in the Border Ranges; and is part of the Shield Volcano group of the UNESCO World Heritage–listed Gondwana Rainforests of Australia inscribed in 1986 and added to the Australian National Heritage List in 2007.[2][3][4] It is also part of the Scenic Rim Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance in the conservation of several species of threatened birds.[5]
Description
On the New South Wales side of the border the reserve is bounded by private landholdings. It includes an area of escarpment rising to over 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) above sea level that forms part of the Queensland/New South Wales border. It is intended to be a place where the flora and fauna are free from interference from humans, domestic animals and feral pests.
Vegetation
The vegetation is primarily sub-tropical rainforest with some wet sclerophyll forest. An often photographed, triple stemmed Antarctic Beech is situated in the reserve, just south of the state border. This plant is considered around three thousand years old. This group of Antarctic Beech are at their eastern most limit of natural distribution.[6] The rare rainforest tree Springbrook Leatherwood occurs in this reserve.[7] The subtropical rainforest at the base of the rhyolite cliffs is considered outstanding amongst the rainforests of Australia. Soils are enriched with basalt on a shelf below the Springbrook plateau. Many rare species of plants and unusually tall trees are present beside huge fallen rhyolite blocks. Climbing plants have been recorded at a diameter of one metre.[8][9]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Numinbah Nature Reserve: Park management". Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ "Numinbah Nature Reserve: World Heritage". Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ Adam, Paul. New South Wales Rainforests. p. 67. ISBN 0-7305-2075-7.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ "Gondwana Rainforests of Australia". World Heritage List. UNESCO. Retrieved 9 June 2008.
- ^ "Scenic Rim". Important Bird Areas factsheet. BirdLife International. 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
- ^ Adam, Paul (1987). New South Wales Rainforests - The Nomination for the World Heritage List. National Parks & Wildlife Service of NSW. p. 52. ISBN 0 7305 2075 7.
- ^ Floyd, A. G. (2008). Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia. Inkata Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-9589436-7-3.
- ^ Floyd, A. G. Australian Rainforests of New South Wales. Vol. 2. p. 4. ISBN 0-949324-32-9.
- ^ Luis Weber, rainforest botanist
External links
- "Numinbah Nature Reserve". Office of Environment & Heritage. Government of New South Wales.
- "Parks and Reserves of the Tweed Caldera: Plan of management" (PDF). NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (PDF). Government of New South Wales. 2004. ISBN 0-7313-6641-7.
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