Carnarvon Station
Established: 2001
Area: 59,000 ha
Location: 200km south of Emerald
Abutting Carnarvon Gorge National Park, this is one of the few remaining strongholds for woodland species largely lost to the rest of eastern Australia. Protects hundreds of native species, and provides habitat for the endangered Northern Quoll.
Carnarvon Station Reserve
Currumbin Valley
Established: 2000
Area: 4 hectares
Location: 100km south of Brisbane
Small reserve bequested to us by local beekeeper and flower grower, Dr Alex Griffiths. Once part of the extensive rainforests of south-east Queensland, it’s now a rare remnant and an important conservation buffer for the adjacent Nicoll Scrub National Park.
Currumbin Valley Reserve
Edgbaston
Established: 2008
Area: 8,074 ha
Location: 140km north east of Longreach
Home to the most significant natural springs for global biodiversity in the Great Artesian Basin. Fed by underground water, these isolated springs have given rise to the evolution of more than two dozen endemic species.
Edgbaston Reserve
Ethabuka
Established: 2004
Area: 215,500 ha
Location: 640km south of Mt Isa
A haven for wildlife in the north of the Simpson Desert. Home to a wetland system of national significance, it also has one of the richest lists of reptile species in Australia, including our largest goanna, the Perentie.
Ethabuka Reserve
Fan Palm
Established: 1993
Area: 8.2 ha
Location: 50km north of Port Douglas
Rescued from developers in 1993, it’s part of Queensland’s Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. The most striking feature is its Fan Palms, which grow up to 15 metres and form a dense canopy in the mesophyll vine forest.
Fan Palm Reserve
Goonderoo
Established: 1998
Area: 593 ha
Location: 275km west of Rockhampton
In the heart of Queensland’s Brigalow Belt. Brigalow Belt shrublands have fallen prey to large-scale land clearance, with only 2% protected in conservation reserves.
Goonderoo Reserve
Pilungah
Established: 2005
Area: 233,000 ha
Location: 470km south of Mt Isa
On the edge of the Simpson Desert, Pilungah (formerly named Cravens Peak) protects gibber plains, red sandy dune fields, semi-permanent waterholes and Coolabah woodlands. Catchments channel life-giving flood waters into the Mulligan River. Supports a remarkable diversity of reptiles.
Pilungah Reserve
Pullen Pullen
Established: 2016
Area: 56,000 ha
Location: Western Queensland
Established as a sanctuary to protect what was, at the time, the only known population of endangered Night Parrots in the world.
Pullen Pullen Reserve
Reedy Creek
Established: 2004
Area: 475 ha
Location: 130km north west of Bundaberg
Protects intact coastal and riparian forest that’s elsewhere been dramatically cleared for development. Features a spectacular walk with stepping stones through the paperbark forest.
Reedy Creek Reserve
Yourka
Established: 2007
Area: 43,500 ha
Location: 130km south of Cairns
Located in a biodiversity hotspot, this important conservation area is a stronghold for 39 regional ecosystems, some not protected anywhere else in the country. Yourka is part of the Einasleigh Uplands and nestles up against Queensland’s Wet Tropics World Heritage Area.
Yourka ReserveQueensland Aboriginal partnerships
Olkola partnership
Established: 2014
Area: 869,822 ha
Location: 300km north-west of Cairns
Olkola Country’s healthy woodlands and grasslands are the largest remaining stronghold for the endangered Golden-shouldered Parrot (Alwal). We supported the development of Olkola’s Healthy Country Plan and a long-term project to protect Alwal.
Olkola partnership