Border Ranges
Australia · New South WalesIt protects the eroded remains of a 23-million-year-old shield volcano, one of the largest ever to have existed on the Australian continent
Area
317 km²
Declared in
1979
Region
New South Wales
Climate
Tropical, Árido / desértico, Templado, Mediterráneo
Best time
March to May
Highlight
It protects the eroded remains of a 23-million-year-old shield volcano, one of the largest ever to have existed on the Australian continent
Declared in 1979 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986 as part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, Border Ranges preserves the eroded remains of a shield volcano from 23 million years ago, whose original caldera — over 30 km across at its most active — was among the largest ever to have existed on the Australian continent, and is visible today only as a ring of surrounding mountains after millions of years of erosion.
Location
See on the interactive map4 dive sites within 300 km are also shown.
45 species documented in Border Ranges
At conservation risk:Koala,Planeador mayor,Ualabi de rocas de cola cepillada,Zorro volador de cabeza gris
Endemic to Australia:Koala,Ornitorrinco
Least ConcernCanguro gris oriental
Macropus giganteus
VulnerableKoala
Phascolarctos cinereus
Near ThreatenedOrnitorrinco
Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Least ConcernPitón alfombra
Morelia spilota
Near ThreatenedQuoll manchado
Dasyurus maculatus
Pademelón de patas rojas
Thylogale stigmatica
Least ConcernAbanico australiano
Rhipidura leucophrys
Antequino pardo
Antechinus stuartii
Araña cara de ogro
Deinopis spinosa
Araña de espalda roja
Latrodectus hasselti
Bandicoot narigudo
Perameles nasuta
Boca de rana gris
Podargus strigoides
Flora and ecosystems
Ecosystems found in Australia, where Border Ranges lies.
Experiences in this park
Nearby dive sites
Where can I dive near here?
Cook Island (Fingal Head)
65 km away
Julian Rocks (Byron Bay)
72 km away
Solitary Islands
186 km away
Wolf Rock
280 km away
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