Iluka Nature Reserve

Iluka Nature Reserve
New South Wales
IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)

Strangler Fig on Syzygium hemilampra in the reserve.
Iluka Nature Reserve
Nearest town or city Iluka
Coordinates 29°24′14″S 153°21′44″E / 29.40389°S 153.36222°ECoordinates: 29°24′14″S 153°21′44″E / 29.40389°S 153.36222°E
Established July 1976[1]
Area 1.35 km2 (0.5 sq mi)[1]
Managing authorities NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
Website Iluka Nature Reserve
See also Protected areas of
New South Wales

The Iluka Nature Reserve in a protected nature reserve that is located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. The 135-hectare (330-acre) reserve is situated near the coastal town of Iluka.

The littoral rainforest, one of the last remaining in the Southern Hemisphere, is part of the Coastal group of the UNESCO World Heritagelisted Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, inscribed in 1986.[2] The reserve was added to the Australian National Heritage List in 2007. It contains many different plant species ranging from coastal dune species to tropical rainforest species. The Iluka rainforest has a vast range of native animal species ranging from wallabies and kangaroos to wombats and echidnas. Iluka is known for the rare coastal emu.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Iluka Nature Reserve: Park management". Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  2. Hunter, R. John (June 2003; revised in December 2004). "World Heritage and Associative Natural Values of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves of Australia" (PDF). NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service (PDF). Government of New South Wales. p. 82. Retrieved 23 September 2014. Check date values in: |date= (help); |chapter= ignored (help)

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