Warriwillah is a spectacular 300 acre property less than an hour south of Canberra. It is situated only 3 km from Namadgi National Park and 8 km from Tinderry Nature Reserve, and is subject to a Voluntary Conservation Agreement with the NSW State Government.
Lyn and Geoff's Refuge is 10 acres consisting almost entirely of bushland. The sanctuary is lightly wooded with dry sclerophyll, with common heath and other eucalypt species, which provides habitat for many species including echidnas, common wombats, wallabies, potoroo's, possums, tawny frogmouths, robin redbreasts, blue wrens, and rosellas.
Cooper Creek Wilderness is a 67 hectare World Heritage listed property located in Diwan, near the Daintree National Park, predominantly made up of complex mesophyll vined rainforest. Among its inhabitants are endangered cassowaries, musky rat kangaroos, rare Bennett's tree kangaroos and many other fauna.
Falls Forest Retreat is 80 hectares situated in a private valley at the foot of Middle Brother Mountain, with the surrounding forest joining the property with hills and the Middle Brother National Park. There is great biodiversity of flora, fauna, and fungi present within the sanctuary, with red-neck wallabies in the valley, platypus in the river, and a number of rare and endangered frogs and plants.
Jaloran is a 60.7 hectare property which is located North-East of Cooma. Animal life on the sanctuary includes birds native to the area, eastern grey kangaroos, wombats, and a koala. Extensive revegetation efforts are being undertaken in order to stem the erosion and lengthen the vegetated wildlife corridor between the nature reserve and the river.
Wingura covers 2.5 hectares in Walkerville, featuring native bushland comprised predominantly of coastal tea-tree, banksias, white correa, bearded heath and 8 different types of orchid. Wildlife known to be present on the property includes wallabies, wombats, echidnas, kangaroos, koalas, Eastern pygmy possums, and a wide variety of birds.
Tippaburra Valley is a 2,468 hectare farm featuring at least 700 hectares of native vegetation shelter belts and corridors, all of which is covenanted to the National Trust in an attempt to ensure that whoever owns the property in the future cares for it as well as the current owner, who this year plans to plant more than 50 acres of native seedlings on the sanctuary.
Sanctuary Preview : Wingura
Size: 48.8 hectares Location: Walkerville, Victoria
Wingura is 6.5 acres of coastal heathland and scrub predominantly comprised of coastal tea-tree, banksias, white correa, bearded heath and 8 different types of orchid. Wildlife known to be present on the property includes wallabies, wombats, echidnas, kangaroos, koalas, Eastern pygmy possums, and a wide variety of birds. Species profile : Quolls
Species: Eastern (Dasyurus viverrinus) Western (D. geoffroii) Northern (D. hallucatus) Spotted-Tailed (D.maculatus)
Four of the world's six quoll species are native to and found only in Australia, however both the population size and distribution of each have drastically declined since European settlement. |  User MenuWLT Sanctuaries Table
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