NATIONAL WILDERNESS RED INDEX

Published by the Colong Foundation for Wilderness Ltd. 30/09/94
Level 2, 332 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000.
Ph (02) 9261 2400; Fax (02) 9261 2144.

Name:

DRYSDALE RIVER

Nominated by:

Not recorded

Location:

Not recorded

Size
For size and tenure information contact the Colong Foundation.

DESCRIPTION

The Drysdale River area consists mainly of rugged sandstone country with some
basalt hills and flats. The rocks are very old, having been laid down in
Precambrian times. River flow through gorges cut into the sandstone up to 100
metres deep. Low-lying coastal wetlands occur between the Berkeley River and
Cambridge Gulf. [1]

Savannah (open) woodlands extend over large parts of the area. This vegetation
community features widely spaced trees in grasslands. Eucalypt woodland
predominates, with smaller areas of Melaleuca woodland on the coastal flats.
There are some areas of semi-deciduous vine forest, and along the coast wetland
communities are found. A combination of cattle grazing and regular burning has
probably altered plant communities over parts of the area.
[2]

STATE FORESTS

ENDANGERED SPECIES

LAND USE HISTORY

CONSERVATION HISTORY

THREATS

MINING
Mining has occurred along the northern boundary of the wilderness, at Priors
Knob and a considerable proportion of the wilderness area is subject to mineral
exploration titles.

CONTACTS

No contacts are recorded from that area.
ENDNOTES
1
Prineas, P., Lembit, R., Fisher, R., 1986, "Australia's Wilderness An
Inventory".

2
Prineas, 1986.

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