Mount Imlay National Park

Mount Imlay National Park
Mount Imlay (886 m)
Coordinates: 37 ° 9 ′ 20 ″  S , 149 ° 42 ′ 46 ″  E
Location:	New South Wales , Australia
Specialty:	Eucalyptus forest, cold temperate rainforest
Surface:	48 km²
Founding:	July 21, 1972

The Mount Imlay National Park is a national park in the far southeast of the Australian state of New South Wales , 387 kilometers south of Sydney . It was named after the Imlay brothers , early pioneers in the area. The access is from the east via a spur road from Princes Highway south of Eden .

The park is mainly overgrown with eucalyptus forest. The most important species are the Imlay Mallee and the Imlay Boronia (Boronia imlayensis). They grow in the regions of Mount Imlay near the summit . But there are also two hectares of cool, temperate rainforest that survived in a narrow valley protected from forest fires. It consists mainly of Black Olive Berry trees (Elaeocarpus holopetalus).

photos

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  The critically endangered Imlay Mallee

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  White Ash (Eucalyptus fraxinoides) and sandstone cliffs below Mount Imlay

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  The rare Imlay Boronia (Boronia imlayensis) in the summit region of Mount Imlay

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  Rainforest with Black Olive Berry Trees (Elaeocarpus holopetalus) in a canon on Mount Imlay

Web links

Commons : Mount Imlay National Park  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

• Mount Imlay National Park . Office of Environment & Heritage. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service