Numinbah Nature Reserve

Numinbah Nature Reserve New South Wales
IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)
The reserve as seen from Numinbah Road.
Numinbah Nature Reserve
Nearest town or city	Springbrook, Queensland
Coordinates
Established	December 1981 (1981-12)
Area	8.58 km2 (3.3 sq mi)
Managing authorities	NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
Website	Numinbah Nature Reserve
See also	Protected areas of New South Wales

The Numinbah Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve that is located on 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. 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.

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.

The vegetation is primarily sub-tropical rainforest with some wet sclerophyll forest. The rare rainforest tree Springbrook Leatherwood occurs at Burrigan Point.

See also

• Protected areas of New South Wales