Macquarie Nature Reserve protects diverse vegetation which includes rainforest, sclerophyll woodland, swamp vegetation and coastal banksia. Four threatened animal species have been recorded in the reserve, the koala, barred cuckoo-shrike, squaretailed kite and grey-headed flying fox.
Roto House Historic Site contains the historic Roto House, which was built in 1890 for the Flynn family and is one of the few remaining examples of late Victorian architecture in Port Macquarie. It is currently used as a visitor interpretation centre and ‘house museum’. It also contains a Koala Hospital which is one of the leading koala recovery and rehabilitation centres in Australia and a well-known attraction within the Port Macquarie area.
The New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 requires that a plan of management be prepared for each nature reserve and historic site. A plan of management is a legal document that outlines how an area will be managed in the years ahead.
