- Source: Mount Imlay National Park
Mount Imlay is a national park in New South Wales (Australia), 387 km south of Sydney, named after the Imlay brothers, who were early pioneers to the district. It is accessed from the Princes Highway, south of Eden, New South Wales. The mountain is called "Balawan" by Bidwell and Yuin peoples, and it is very important for their culture and spiritual teachings.
The vegetation is mostly eucalyptus forest. The Imlay Mallee and Imlay Boronia are rare plants growing near the mountain's summit. However, there is a 2-hectare (4.9-acre) rainforest remnant surviving in a fire-free gully. It consists mostly of Black Olive Berry trees. The park contains large populations of wombats and superb lyrebirds.
Geology
Most of Mt Imlay National Park was formed during the Ordovician Period, 500 to 435 million years ago, from sedimentary and metamorphosed rocks of the Mallacoota Beds, part of the Southern Highlands Fold Belt, including greywacke, sandstone and shale. The summit of Mt Imlay and the upper slopes are younger, with Devonian (395 to 345 Million years ago) rocks of the Merimbula Group, lying above the Ordovician sediments. The Merimbula Group includes sandstone, conglomerates, quartzite, siltstone and shale. Quaternary sediments form narrow river flats along the Towamba River on the northern edge of the park.
See also
Protected areas of New South Wales
Mount Imlay Photos
References
External links
Official website
Mount Imlay National Park travel guide from Wikivoyage
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Daftar taman nasional di Australia
- Mount Imlay National Park
- Imlay
- Mount Jerusalem National Park
- Mount Clunie National Park
- Mount Nothofagus National Park
- Mount Royal National Park
- Mount Pikapene National Park
- Protected areas of New South Wales
- Imlay City, Michigan
- Mount Kaputar National Park
