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Ngambaa Nature Reserve

Ngambaa Nature Reserve, including Red Cedar Park is a protected area of 10.560 hectares, situated in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales. The nearest large town is Macksville. The reserve endeavours to protect many rare and threatened f ...

Polblue

Polblue is a mountain on the Barrington Tops plateau, located in the Mid-Coast Council within New South Wales, Australia. At the 1.575 m 5.167 feet above sea level, Polblue is the second highest point in the area after Brumlow top. The surroundin ...

Sherwood Nature Reserve

Sherwood Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve located near Woolgoolga in the north coast region of New South Wales, Australia. 92 tree species were recorded in the sub tropical rainforest at Woolgoolga Creek. Significant tree species incl ...

Sydney Sandstone Gully Forest

The forest occurs in sheltered gullies and hillsides, on soils based on Hawkesbury Sandstone with some clay influences, principally centred on Allenby Park in Allambie Heights. Common tree species include the Blackbutt, Sydney Red Gum, Turpentine ...

Tallaganda National Park

Tallaganda is a national park in New South Wales, Australia. National Park gives its name Phallocephale tallagandensis, kind of velvet worm that is known to occur.

Tarcutta Hills Reserve

Tarcutta Hills Reserve is a 432-hectare nature reserve on the lower western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in central west New South Wales, Australia. It is 427 kilometres south-west of Sydney, close to the Hume Highway, and 15 kilometres sou ...

Tongo Lake

The lake is between Paroo-Darling National Park and Nocoleche Nature Reserve This area has a Koppen climate classification of BSh Hot semi-desert and is considered to be desert. This stretch of the Paroo River valley represents an oasis in the ot ...

Wilsons Peak Flora Reserve

The Wilsons Peak Flora Reserve is a protected nature reserve that is located in the Northern Rivers region in the state of New South Wales, in eastern Australia. The reserve is bounded to the north by the border between New South Wales and the st ...

Yarriabini National Park

Yarriabini National Park is a protected area of 2092 hectares, situated in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales. The nearest large town is Macksville. The high rainfall and relatively fertile soils produce outstanding eucalyptus forest a ...

Albany Island

Albany Island or Pabaju is an island at the very tip of Cape York Peninsula in the Adolphus Channel and part of the Manar Group of islands of Queensland, Australia, in the Cape York Peninsula about 20 km East of Bamaga, and 6 km southeast of the ...

Aplin Islet

Aplin Islet is a small island north of Shelburne Bay in far north Queensland, Australia about 140 km north of Cape Grenville, Cape York Peninsula in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland, Australia. It is within the Shire of Cook. It is a ...

Arnold Islets

Arnold Islets are about 3 islands about 10 km east of the Jardine River Resource Reserve Jardine River National Park in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland, Australia, in the Cape York Peninsula about 70 km southeast of Bamaga.

Baird Island

Baird Island is an island in the Piper Islands National Park in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland, Australia, in Temple Bay about 100 km northeast of Iron Range National Park and LockhartRiver and 50 km south of Cape Grenville. The is ...

Beanley Island

Beanley Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in the Howick Group National Park and is about 100 km south-east of Cape Melville in the Australian state of Queensland. It is around 7 hectares or 0.07 square km in size. This island i ...

Beesley Island

Beesley Island is an island in the Piper Islands National Park in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland, Australia. It is located in Temple Bay about 100 km northeast of Iron Range National Park and Lockhart River and 50 km south of Cape ...

Bewick Island

Bewick Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in the Howick Group National Park and is about 100 km south-east of Cape Melville, Queensland. It is around 130 hectares or 1.3 square km in size. The island is located to the North-West ...

Bird Islands (Queensland)

Bird Islands are 2 small islands in the Northern part of Shelburne Bay in far north Queensland, Australia about 30 km north of Cape Grenville, Cape York Peninsula in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland, Australia. It is around 21 hectar ...

Blackbraes National Park

The park is 1265 km northwest of Brisbane, 170 km north of Hughenden, and 280 km west of Townsville. Two small sections are also located in the local government areas of Shire of Flinders, considered part of North West Queensland and Charters Tow ...

Bouldercombe Gorge Resources Reserve

Bouldercombe Gorge Resources Reserve is a scenic bushland reserve situated near the small town of Bouldercombe, near Rockhampton in Central Queensland, Australia. The gorge cuts into the Razorback Range and Crocodile Creek runs along the gorge fl ...

Bushy Island

Bushy Island is a vegetated coral cay in Queensland, Australia in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland, Australia. It is about 70 km east of Mackay. There are no other vegetated cays in the more than 600 km stretch between Bushy Island a ...

Bushy Islet

Bushy Islet is a one-mile-long islet in Queensland, Australia about 9.5 miles from Woody Island and 3.5 miles from Quoin Island in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park of Queensland, Australia. It is approximately 3 miles west of Cairncross Island. ...

Carnarvon Station Reserve

Carnarvon Station Reserve is a 59.000–hectare nature reserve in the Great Dividing Range of south-eastern Central Queensland, Australia. It is adjacent to Carnarvon National Park, and includes most of the Channin Creek valley. It is 600 km west o ...

Chapman Island (Queensland)

Chapman Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park West of Cape Melville, Queensland and East of Coen between the second three mile opening and Providential Channel of the Barrier Reef about 30 km South East of Lockhart River. The islan ...

Clerke Island

Clerke Island is an island about 1 km East of Cape Grenville in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland, Australia, in Temple Bay about 200 km north-east of Iron Range National Park and Lockhart River on the Cape York Peninsula. It is arou ...

Coquet Island (Queensland)

Coquet Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and the easternmost island in the Cole Islands group and National Park and is about 100 km south-east of Cape Melville, Queensland. Coquet island is vegetable sand Cay located 25 km from ...

Cravens Peak Reserve

Cravens Peak Reserve is a 233.000–hectare nature reserve in Central West Queensland, Australia, 135 km south-west of Boulia and 471 km south of Mount Isa. It lies at the northern end of the Simpson Desert and includes parts of the Simpson-Strezle ...

Denham Island

Denham Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park at the tip of Cape Melville, Queensland in Bathurst Bay. It is the southernmost island in the Flinders ranges national Park. It is South of Flinders island. It is about 390 hectares, or ...

Douglas Islet

Douglas Islet is a small island north of Shelburne Bay in far north Queensland, Australia about 130 km north of Cape Grenville, Cape York Peninsula in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland, Australia. It is about 20 km East from Orford ness.

Edgbaston Reserve

Edgbaston Reserve, formerly Edgbaston Station, is a 8.100-hectare nature reserve in central Queensland, Australia, 140 kilometres north-east of Longreach. It lies in the upper catchment of Pelican Creek, which flows into the Thomson River and, ul ...

Ellis Island (Queensland)

Ellis Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park West of Cape Melville, Queensland and East of Coen in the Claremont Isles between the first three-mile and the second three-mile opening of the Barrier Reef.

Ethabuka Reserve

Ethabuka Reserve is a 213.300–hectare nature reserve in Central West Queensland, Australia, 157 km north-west of Bedourie, 336 km south-west of Boulia and 639 km south of Mount Isa. It lies at the northern end of the Simpson Desert with its weste ...

Fan Palm Reserve

Fan Palm Reserve is an 8.2 ha nature reserve in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is located in the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site, 20 km north of Daintree and 40 km north of Mossman. It is owned and managed by Bush Heritage Aust ...

Farmer Island

Farmer Island is an island in the Piper Islands National Park in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland, Australia. It is located in Temple Bay about 100 km northeast of Iron Range National Park and Lockhart River and 50 km south of Cape ...

Fisher Island (Queensland)

Fisher Island is an island in the Piper Islands National Park in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland, Australia. It is located in Temple Bay about 100 km northeast of Iron Range National Park and Lockhart River and 50 km south of Cape ...

Flinders Island (Queensland)

Flinders Island is the name given to an island that forms part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park at the tip of Cape Melville, Queensland in Bathurst Bay. The original indigenous name was Wurriima. It is North of Denham island in the Flinders ...

Goodnight Scrub National Park

Goodnight Scrub is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 274 km northwest of Brisbane. It is located in the locality of Goodnight which is split between the North Burnett Region and Bundaberg Region local government areas. The park covers an ...

Goonderoo Reserve

Goonderoo Reserve is a 593–hectare nature reserve in the Brigalow belt of Queensland, Australia. It is located 40 km south of Emerald, 300 km west of Rockhampton and 835 km north-west of Brisbane. It is owned and managed by Bush Heritage Australi ...

Gore Island (Queensland)

Gore Island is an island about 1 km southeast of Cape Grenville in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland, Australia, in Temple Bay about 200 km northeast of Iron Range National Park and Lockhart River in the Cape York Peninsula. This isla ...

Hales Island (Queensland)

Hales Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park 5 km east of Cape Melville, Queensland. It is around 1 hectares or 0.01 square km in size. There is a significant population of Torresian Imperial pigeons in the area.

Halfway Islet

Halfway Islet is a small island in the Boydong cays, Shelburne Bay in far north Queensland, Australia about 100 km north of Cape Grenville, Cape York Peninsula in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland, Australia. This part of the Eastern ...

Hampton Island

Hampton Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and the southern most island in the Cole Islands group and National Park and is about 100 km south-east of Cape Melville, Queensland. It is around 28 hectares or 0.28 square km in size.

Hannibal Islands

The Hannibal Islands are a group of small islands in the Shelburne Bay in the far north of Queensland, Australia about 100 km north of Cape Grenville, Cape York Peninsula in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. The Islands are part of the Eastern ...

Harvey Island

Harvey Island is an island about 1 km east of Cape Grenville in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland, Australia, in Temple Bay about 200 km north-east of Iron Range National Park and Lockhart River on Cape York Peninsula. It is around 7 ...

Hay Island (Queensland)

Hay Island is a 10 ha coral cay that is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park west of Cape Melville, Queensland, Australia. It lies east of Coen in the Claremont Isles. It is part of the Islands North of Port Stewart Important Bird Area. It ...

Hicks Island

Hicks Island is an island about 1 km southeast of Cape Grenville in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland, Australia, in Temple Bay about 200 km northeast of Iron Range National Park and Lockhart River in the Cape York Peninsula. It is ar ...

Houghton Island

Houghton Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and the easternmost island in the Cole Islands group and National Park and is about 100 km south-east of Cape Melville, Queensland. It is around 73 hectares or 0.73 square km in size. ...

Howick Island

The Howick Island is the southernmost and a now uninhabited island in the Howick group that is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in Far North Queensland, Australia. He fell on the territory Ithu people in pre-colonial times. The island i ...

Ingram Island

Ingram Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in the Howick Group National Park and is about 100 km south-east of Cape Melville, Queensland. The island is located to the North-West of Howick island in Helensvale. The nearby towns of ...

Jardine Islet

Jardine Islet is a small island in the Boydong cays, Shelburne Bay in far north Queensland, Australia about 100 km north of Cape Grenville, Cape York Peninsula in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland, Australia. This part of the Eastern ...

King Island (Queensland)

King Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park at the tip of Cape Melville, Queensland in Bathurst Bay. It is to the North-East of Denham island and Flinders island in the Flinders ranges national Park. King island Erobin lies off the ...