Category: Bush Heritage Australia

Yourka (46)

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Site name: Yourka
Site number: 46
Point numbers: 181 (Yourka Dry A), 182 (Yourka Wet A), 183 (Yourka Dry B), 184 (Yourka Wet B)
Ecoregion: Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas and shrublands
Participant and site owner: Bush Heritage Australia
Site location: Far Northern Queensland
Latitude: -17.940
Longitude: 145.410
Site description: Yourka is located in a biodiversity hotspot and is an important conservation area for 39 regional ecosystems, some not protected anywhere else in the country. Yourka Reserve is part of the Einasleigh Uplands.

Scottsdale (14)

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Site name: Scottsdale
Site number: 14
Point numbers: 53 (Scottsdale Dry A), 54 (Scottsdale Wet A), 55 (Scottsdale Dry B), 56 (Scottsdale Wet B)
Ecoregion: Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Participant and site owner: Bush Heritage Australia
Site location: Southern New South Wales
Latitude: -35.900
Longitude: 149.130
Site description: Scottsdale Reserve protects endangered grassy Box Gum woodlands and temperate grasslands, with the Murrumbidgee River wrapped around its northern and western flanks. The reserve is also an important part of Kosciuszko 2 Coast – a partnership creating connections between Kosciuszko and Namadgi National Parks across to the escarpment forests on NSW’s far south coast. Scottsdale is an important site for threatened woodland bird communities.

Ethabuka (9)

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Site name: Ethabuka
Site number: 9
Point numbers: 33 (Ethabuka Dry A), 34 (Ethabuka Wet A), 35 (Ethabuka Dry B), 36 (Ethabuka Wet B)
Ecoregion: Deserts and xeric shrublands
Participant and site owner: Bush Heritage Australia
Site location: Far Western Queensland
Latitude: -23.105
Longitude: 138.494
Site description: In the north of the Simpson Desert, Ethabuka is a haven for desert wildlife. The reserve is home to a wetland system of national significance, brimming with shrimps, fish and waterbirds following good rains.

    Cravens Peak (8)

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    Site name: Cravens Peak
    Site number: 8
    Point numbers: 29 (Cravens Peak Dry A), 30 (Cravens Peak Wet A), 31 (Cravens Peak Dry B), 32 (Cravens Peak Wet B)
    Ecoregion: Deserts and xeric shrublands
    Participant and site owner: Bush Heritage Australia
    Site location: Far Western Queensland
    Latitude: -23.205
    Longitude: 138.416
    Site description: Cravens Peak protects gibber plains, red sandy dune fields, semi-permanent waterholes, Coolabah woodlands, and one of the richest reptile assemblages on earth. Craven Peak supports a range of animal and plant species including the Grey Falcon, Painted Finch, Spinifex Pigeon, Ridge-tailed Monitor, Pituri, Mulga, and Red-bud Mallee

      Nardoo Hills (5)

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      Site name: Nardoo Hills
      Site number: 5
      Point numbers: 17 (Nardoo Hills Dry A), 18 (Nardoo Hills Wet A), 19 (Nardoo Hills Dry B), 20 (Nardoo Hills Wet B)
      Ecoregion: Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
      Participant and site owner: Bush Heritage Australia
      Site location: Northern Central Victoria
      Latitude: -36.300
      Longitude: 143.560
      Site description: Nardoo Hills is a 1207 ha reserve protecting Grassy Box and Box-ironbark Woodlands. Nardoo Hills supports more than 110 bird species, including the nationally endangered Swift Parrot.

      JCG Nature Reserve (4)

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      Site name: JCG Nature Reserve
      Site number: 4
      Point numbers: 13 (JCG Nature Reserve Dry A), 14 (JCG Nature Reserve Wet A), 15 (JCG Nature Reserve Dry B), 16 (JCG Nature Reserve Wet B)
      Ecoregion: Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
      Participant and site owner: Bush Heritage Australia
      Site location: Central Victoria
      Latitude: -36.780
      Longitude: 143.320
      Site description: The JCG (John Colahan Griffin) Nature Reserve covers 147 ha and protects remnant Ironbark, Long-leaved Box and Yellow Gum woodland which provides habitat for a variety of bushland birds that are declining across Victoria. Old growth trees provide nesting resources for birds such as parrots and owls, and for mammals such as Brush-tailed Phascogales. The endangered Swift Parrot is found in the area.

      Brogo (6)

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      Site name: Brogo
      Site number: 6
      Point numbers: 21 (Brogo Dry A), 22 (Brogo Wet A), 23 (Brogo Dry B), 24 (Brogo Wet B)
      Ecoregion: Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
      Participant and site owner: Bush Heritage Australia
      Site location: Southern New South wales
      Latitude: -36.510
      Longitude: 149.780
      Site description: In the valley of the Brogo River, this reserve is one of the largest areas of intact native bushland in the region, and conserves forest ecosystems, particularly dry rainforests, poorly protected elsewhere in the state. The reserve also protects wet and dry eucalypt forests.

      Carnarvon Station Reserve (92)

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      Site name: Carnarvon Station Reserve
      Site number: 92
      Point numbers: 365 (Carnarvon Dry A), 366 (Carnarvon Wet A), 367 (Carnarvon Dry B), 368 (Carnarvon Wet B)
      Ecoregion: Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas and shrublands
      Participant and site owner: Bush Heritage Australia
      Site location: Central Western Queensland
      Latitude: -24.938
      Longitude: 147.569
      Site description: The BHA Carnarvon Station reserve lies adjacent to Carnarvon Gorge National Park, extending conservation land for one of the largest remnants in the Brigalow bioregion.

      Monjebup Reserve/SWWA Floristic Region (91)

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      Site name: Monjebup Reserve/SWWA Floristic Region
      Site number: 91
      Point numbers: 361 (Monjebup Dry A), 362 (Monjebup Wet A), 363 (Monjebup Dry B), 364 (Monjebup Wet B)
      Ecoregion: Mediterranean forests, woodlands and scrubs
      Participant and site owner: Bush Heritage Australia
      Site location: Southern Western Australia
      Latitude: -34.208
      Longitude: 118.633
      Site description: Monjebup is composed of three reserves that protect Mallee heath in southern Western Australia. The reserves also contribute to the Gondwana Link project which will restore 1000km of bushland from Western Australia’s southwest to the edge of the Nullarbor Plain. Monjebup provides habitat for the vulnerable Malleefowl and Western Whipbird, Carnaby’s Cockatoo and the Tammar Wallaby.

      Reedy Creek (13)

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      Site name: Reedy Creek
      Site number: 13
      Point numbers: 49 (Reedy Creek Dry A), 50 (Reedy Creek Wet A), 51 (Reedy Creek Dry B), 52 (Reedy Creek Wet B)
      Ecoregion: Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
      Participant and site owner: Bush Heritage Australia
      Site location: Central coastal Queensland
      Latitude: -24.232
      Longitude: 151.920
      Site description: The reserve protects intact Queensland coastal and riparian forest that’s been dramatically cleared to make way for development. Reedy Creek is covered by tall swampy open forest of Melaleuca quinquenervia.

      Uunguu Indigenous Protected Area (Wunambal Gaambera) (16)

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      Site name: Uunguu Indigenous Protected Area (Wunambal Gaambera)
      Site number: 16
      Point numbers: 61 (Uunguu Indigenous Protected Area (Wunambal Gaambera) Dry A), 62 (Uunguu Indigenous Protected Area (Wunambal Gaambera) Wet A), 63 (Uuunguu Indigenous Protected Area (Wunambal Gaambera) Wet B), 64 (Uunguu Indigenous Protected Area (Wunambal Gaambera) Dry B)
      Ecoregion: Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas and shrublands
      Participant and site owner: Bush Heritage Australia
      Site location: Northern Western Australia
      Latitude: -14.630
      Longitude: 125.797
      Site description: Large area run in partnership with traditional owners (Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation). Open Woodland with adjacent Monsoon Vine Thicket. Existing mammal monitoring sites (including nest boxes) with vegetation plots with 5+years data established under the Landscape Conservation Initiative. Kimberley Sugar Gliders have been recorded from a group of these sites.

      Tarcutta Hills (15)

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      Site name: Tarcutta Hills
      Site number: 15
      Point numbers: 57 (Tarcutta Hills Dry A), 58 (Tarcutta Hills Wet A), 59 (Tarcutta Hills Dry B), 60 (Tarcutta Hills Wet B)
      Ecoregion: Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
      Participant and site owner: Bush Heritage Australia
      Site location: Central West New South Wales
      Latitude: -35.370
      Longitude: 147.700
      Site description: Tarcutta Hills protects 432 ha of intact grassy White Box woodlands. Tarcutta Hills provides habitat for threatened woodland bird communities including the Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor).

      Naree Station (12)

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      Site name: Naree Station
      Site number: 12
      Point numbers: 45 (Naree Station Wet A), 46 (Naree Station Dry A), 47 (Naree Station Wet B), 48 (Naree Station Dry B)
      Ecoregion: Temperate grasslands, savannas and shrublands
      Participant and site owner: Bush Heritage Australia
      Site location: North Western New South Wales
      Latitude: -29.216
      Longitude: 145.119
      Site description: Located on the inland floodplains of northern NSW, Naree sits at the head of the nationally significant wetlands of the Cuttaburra Channels and Yantabulla Swamp. The site is composed of alluvial swamps with scattered Coolabah trees, and riparian areas of Coolabah, Black-box and mixed shrub communities (Eremophila, Senna and Dodonaea species). Mulga woodlands and sandplain vegetation communities are also found in the area.

      Hamelin Station Reserve (10)

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      Site name: Hamelin Station Reserve
      Site number: 10
      Point numbers: 37 (Hamelin Station Dry B), 38 (Hamelin Station Wet B), 39 (Hamelin Station Wet A), 40 (Hamelin Station Dry A)
      Ecoregion: Deserts and xeric shrublands
      Participant and site owner: Bush Heritage Australia
      Site location: Central Coastal Western Australia
      Latitude: -26.49
      Longitude: 114.37
      Site description: Abutting the shore of Hamelin Pool and the Shark Bay World Heritage Area, Hamelin Station Reserve is a former sheep station protecting Acacia dominated shrublands on sandplains, samphire shrublands, and eucalypt woodlands with an understorey of spinifex hummocks.

      Charles Darwin Reserve (7)

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      Site name: Charles Darwin Reserve
      Site number: 7
      Point numbers: 25 (Charles Darwin Reserve Wet A), 26 (Charles Darwin Reserve Dry A), 27 (Charles Darwin Reserve Wet B), 28 (Charles Darwin Reserve Dry B)
      Ecoregion: Mediterranean forests, woodlands and scrubs
      Participant and site owner: Bush Heritage Australia
      Site location: South-Central Western Australia
      Latitude: -29.62
      Longitude: 117.00
      Site description: Charles Darwin Reserve lies on the northern edge of the Western Australian wheat belt, extending into the more arid Eremean Province to the north. The reserve falls largely within the Southwest Botanical Province, and its eucalypt woodlands form part of an EPBC-listed Threatened Community.

      Bon Bon Station (2)

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      Site name: Bon Bon Station
      Site number: 2
      Point numbers: 5 (Bon Bon Wet A), 6 (Bon Bon Dry A), 7 (Bon Bon Wet B), 8 (Bon Bon Dry B)
      Ecoregion: Deserts and xeric shrublands
      Participant and site owner: Bush Heritage Australia
      Site location: Central South Australia
      Latitude: -30.490
      Longitude: 135.500
      Site description: Bon Bon Station Reserve is a former sheep property in the Stony Plains and Gawler Bioregions of South Australia. Bon Bon has diverse vegetation communities and land systems including the buckshot plains, mulga and western myall woodlands, salt bush and blue bush shrub lands, sand dunes and salt lakes.