Benambra National Park and Tabletop Nature Reserve Plan of Management

Benambra National Park and Tabletop Nature Reserve covers an area of 1,399 hectares and is located 30 kilometres north east of Albury, 20 kilometres south east of Culcairn on the Yambla Range in southern NSW. Tabletop Nature Reserve covers 102 hectares around Loka Mountain and lies 5 kilometres to the south of Benambra National Park.

Benambra National Park Plan of Management cover
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Date
1 October 2004
Publisher
Department of Environment and Conservation NSW
Type
Publication, Plan of management, Final
Status
Final
Cost
Free
Language
English
Tags
  • ISBN 1-74122-0076
  • ID NPWS20040128
  • File PDF 985KB
  • Pages 26
  • Name benambra-national-park-tabletop-nature-reserve-plan-of-management-040128.pdf

The national park and nature reserve are small island remnants of the once common Box Woodland vegetation community and are significant as fragmented vegetated links between the forested country to the south (including Woomargama National Park) and the open woodland country to the north (including Livingstone National Park, Nest Hill Nature Reserve and The Rock Nature Reserve).

The vegetation of Benambra National Park is comprised of up to 7 distinct forest ecosystems while that of Tabletop Nature Reserve is comprised of 5 ecosystems. This diversity of vegetation supports a range of animals, including threatened species.

A total of 77 Aboriginal artefacts have been recorded from the national park and it also contains a cave that was reputedly used in the 1860s as a refuge for the notorious bushranger Mad Dog Morgan.

Photo: Low woodland on sandstone escarpment in Benambra National Park / Botanic Gardens Trust/J Plaza