Currumbin Valley Reserve is a 4 ha

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in the

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hinterland of south-east

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, west of

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, south of Brisbane. It is owned and managed by

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(BHA), to which it was donated in 1999 by the

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according to the wishes of the previous owner, Dr Alex Griffiths, founder of the

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. With the adjacent

Nicoll Scrub National Park Nicoll Scrub is a national park in South East Queensland, Australia, 88 km southeast of Brisbane. It adjoins the Currumbin Valley Reserve and protects remnant rainforest vegetation. The park occupies the area between Mount Coolagang and M ...

it forms the only large area of

rainforest Rainforests are characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforest can be classified as tropical rainforest or temperate rainfores ...

remaining in the lower Currumbin Valley.BHA: Currumbin Valley Reserve
/ref> Is a tiny patch of regenerating rainforest protected from the nearby frenzy of development. Altitude Currumbin Valley Reserve varies from 20 to 620 meters at the highest points.

Vegetation

The reserve contains remnant

in a rapidly developing region where much has already been cleared. The lack of emergent canopy species indicates that the reserve was logged previously and the rainforest is of a regenerating transitional type known as Relict Myrtaceous Emergent Vine Forest.

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Bush Heritage Australia
Bush Heritage Australia reserves Nature reserves in Queensland 1999 establishments in Australia Currumbin, Queensland Protected areas established in 1999 {{Queensland-protected-area-stub

Vegetation

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