Currys Gap State Conservation Area, Mount Mackenzie Nature Reserve and Doctors Nose Mountain Nature Reserve Plan of Management
Currys Gap State Conservation Area, Mount Mackenzie Nature Reserve and Doctors Nose Mountain Nature Reserve are located on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, south west of Tenterfield. Currys Gap State Conservation Area covers an area of 227 hectares, Mount Mackenzie Nature Reserve is 141 hectares in size, and Doctors Nose Mountain Nature Reserve is 66 hectares.
Publisher: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Cost: Free
Language: English
ISBN: 978-1-76186-038-6 / ID: EH20250356
File: PDF 1.01 MB / Pages 26
Name: currys-gap-mount-mackenzie-doctors-nose-mountain-plan-of-management-250356.pdf
The reserves contain mostly relatively undisturbed high elevation old growth open forest. In addition to a number of regionally uncommon flora species, an endangered species of mintbush was rediscovered in Mount Mackenzie Nature Reserve after 100 years of being thought extinct. The reserves also contain 2 endangered ecological communities, New England Peppermint Woodland and White Box Yellow Box Blakely's Red Gum Woodland, and 5 threatened fauna species.
This plan of management was originally adopted on 8 December 2011. It was amended in July 2025.