Mimosa Park Nature Refuge, via Rockhampton (central Queensland)
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Location: Approximately 140 kilometres south-west of Rockhampton
Size: 8,851 hectares
Tenure: Grazing Homestead Freeholding Lease
Infrastructure: House (7 bedrooms) with corrugated iron roof.
Other infrastructure includes an in-ground salt water pool, pump shed, machinery shed, reticulated water system and cattle yards.
Utilities: power, telephone.
The property consists of good quality alluvial creek flats which follow Mimosa Creek.
The property is well watered by an established water reticulation system. There is a backup bore and 10 earth dams onsite.
While the riparian zone is often the most productive grazing land it is also critical as a wildlife corridor. Large sections of riparian vegetation along Mimosa Creek are currently cleared from the high bank out, though some regrowth is occurring. This regrowth is now protected under the terms and conditions of the conservation agreement.
Some of the significant vegetation communities represented on Mimosa Park Nature Refuge include:
- Eucalyptus populnea woodland on alluvial plains, described as the of concern regional ecosystem 11.3.2 that has low representation in the protected area estate;
- Dichanthium sericeum grassland on Cainozoic igneous rocks, described as the of concern regional ecosystem 11.8.11 that has low representation in the protected area estate;
- Eucalyptus tereticornis and/or Eucalyptus spp. tall woodland on alluvial plains, described as the of concern regional ecosystem 11.3.4 that has low representation in the protected area estate;
- Eucalyptus tereticornis or E. camaldulensis woodland fringing drainage lines, described as the not of concern regional ecosystem 11.3.25 that has low representation in the protected area estate;
- Eucalyptus crebra, Corymbia spp., with E. moluccana on lower slopes of Cainozoic sand plains/remnant surfaces, described as the not of concern regional ecosystem 11.5.2 that has low representation in the protected area estate;
- Allocasuarina luehmannii low tree layer with or without emergent woodland on lower slopes of Cainozoic sand plains/remnant surfaces, described as the not of concern regional ecosystem 11.5.2a that has low representation in the protected area estate;
- E. melanophloia ± Callitris glaucophylla ± E. populnea woodland on Cainozoic sand plains/remnant surfaces; Deep red sands, described as the not of concern regional ecosystem 11.5.5c that has low representation in the protected area estate;
- Eucalyptus acmenoides, Angophora leiocarpa on Cainozoic sand plains/remnants, described as the not of concern regional ecosystem 11.5.7 that has no representation in the protected area estate;
- E. crebra, E. tenuipes, Lysicarpus angustifolius + Corymbia spp woodland on Cainozoic sand plains/remnant surfaces. Plateaus and broad crests, described as the not of concern regional ecosystem 11.5.9b that has low representation in the protected area estate;
- Eucalyptus moluccana and/or E. microcarpa/ E. pilligaensis ± E. crebra woodland on Cainozoic sand plains, described as the not of concern regional ecosystem 11.5.20 that has low representation in the protected area estate;
- Suitable habitat for rare and threatened species;
- Connectivity to Redcliffe State Forest; and
- Locally significant riparian areas of Mimosa Creek.
Last updated 12 February 2010