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:

DURACK RIVER

Nominated by:

Not recorded

Location:

Not recorded

Size
For size and tenure information contact the Colong Foundation.

DESCRIPTION

Much of the Durack River area is a gently undulating plateau through which the
Upper Durack, Wood and Salmond Rivers flow. These streams have cut gorges
through the Proterozoic sandstones. In the Bluff Face Ranges water action over
millenia has created dramatic sandstone cliff faces. [1]

Low woodland is the dominant vegetation type with a number of eucalypt species
being represented. An understorey of hummock grasses is common. [2]

STATE FORESTS

ENDANGERED SPECIES

LAND USE HISTORY

CONSERVATION HISTORY

THREATS

GRAZING
Station tracks traverse the area and there has been some damage at points where
cattle concentrate, especially along creeks and at waterholes. [3]

OFF ROAD VEHICLES
Four-wheel drive tourism is expanding in the region and some pats of the area
may show signs of off-road vehicle use. [4]

CONTACTS

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

2
Prineas, 1986.

3
Prineas, 1986.

4
Prineas, 1986.

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