Mount Imlay is a national park in
New South Wales
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(
Australia), 387 km south of
Sydney, named after
the Imlay brothers, who were early pioneers to the district. It is accessed from the
Princes Highway, south of
Eden, New South Wales
Eden is a coastal town in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is south of the state capital Sydney and is the most southerly town in New South Wales, located between Nullica Bay to the south and Calle Calle Bay, the ...
. The local Aborigines call the mountain "Balawan", and it is very important for their culture and spiritual teachings.
The vegetation is mostly
eucalyptus
''Eucalyptus'' () is a genus of over seven hundred species of flowering trees, shrubs or mallees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Along with several other genera in the tribe Eucalypteae, including '' Corymbia'', they are commonly known as e ...
forest. The
Imlay Mallee and
Imlay Boronia are rare plants growing near the mountain's summit. However, there is a rainforest remnant surviving in a fire-free gully. It consists mostly of
Black Olive Berry trees. The park contains large populations of
wombats
Wombats are short-legged, muscular quadrupedal marsupials that are native to Australia. They are about in length with small, stubby tails and weigh between . All three of the extant species are members of the family Vombatidae. They are adap ...
and
superb lyrebird
The superb lyrebird (''Menura novaehollandiae'') is an Australian songbird, one of two species from the family Menuridae. It is one of the world's largest songbirds, and is renowned for its elaborate tail and courtship displays, and its excell ...
s.
Geology
Most of Mt Imlay National Park was formed during the Ordovician Period, 500 to 435 million years ago, from sedimentary and metamorphosed rocks of the Mallacoota Beds, part of the Southern Highlands Fold Belt, including greywacke, sandstone and shale. The summit of Mt Imlay and the upper slopes are younger, with Devonian (395 to 345 Million years ago) rocks of the Merimbula Group, lying above the Ordovician sediments. The Merimbula Group includes sandstone, conglomerates, quartzite, siltstone and shale. Quaternary sediments form narrow river flats along the Towamba River on the northern edge of the park.
See also
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Protected areas of New South Wales
The Protected areas of New South Wales include both terrestrial and marine protected areas. there are 225 national parks in New South Wales.
Based on the Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database (CAPAD) 2020 data there are 2136 separat ...
Mount Imlay Photos
File:Eucalyptus imlayensis stem.JPG, the critically endangered Imlay Mallee
File:Mt Imlay & White Ash & sandstone.jpg, White Ash & sandstone below the high ridge at Mount Imlay
File:Boronia imlayensis.jpg, the rare Imlay Boronia near the mountain's summit
File:Elaeocarpus holopetalus 25 m tall Mount Imlay.jpg, Gully Rainforest at Mount Imlay with the Black Olive Berry
References
External links
Official website
National parks of New South Wales
South Coast (New South Wales)
Protected areas established in 1972
1972 establishments in Australia
Eden, New South Wales
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