Carnarvon Station Reserve - Nature Refuge News

June 2006

Standing on the range at the top of Carnarvon Station Reserve, you are blwon away by spectacular views as far as the eye can see.  Grassy woodlands, eucalypt and pine forests, river vallyes and sandstone escarpments are all protected here by Bush Heritage Australia. 

In 2001, Carnarvon Station stood out as one of the last remaining properties with excellent vegetation cover in Central Queensland.

With extensive clearing in the Brigalow Belt, a lot more trees were destined to fall.  So when the Bush Heritage team found this isolated station, stretching over 59,000 hectares adjacent to Carnarvon Gorge National Park, they knew it had to be protected.

The reserve is extremely diverse, containing 27 regional ecosystems, six of which are threatened while three are endangered. 

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