Numinbah Nature Reserve New South Wales | |
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Nearest town or city | Springbrook, Queensland |
Coordinates | 28°15′S 153°16′E / 28.250°S 153.267°E |
Established | December 1981[1] |
Area | 8.58 km2 (3.3 sq mi)[1] |
Managing authorities | NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service |
Website | Numinbah Nature Reserve |
See also | Protected areas of New South Wales |
Numinbah Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve that is located in 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.[2][3][4] 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.[5]