Karawatha Forest or Karawatha nature reserve is approximately 770 hectares of bushland in the Brisbane

Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...

 suburbs of Karawatha

Karawatha, Queensland

Karawatha is an outer suburb of Brisbane, Australia. It is 22 km south-east of the CBD.The naming of the suburb Karawatha originates from an Aboriginal word meaning a place with pine trees...

 and Stretton

Stretton, Queensland

Stretton is a suburb on the south side of Brisbane, Australia. It is 17 kilometres from the Brisbane Central Business District, and borders the suburbs of Calamvale, Sunnybank Hills, Karawatha, Kuraby, and Drewvale.- History :...

, Australia. The Karawatha Forest Protection Society was formed to ensure that the bushland

Bushland

Bushland is any area in Australia that is predominantly indigenous flora and fauna.Bushland is the term commonly used by conservation protection groups and other environmental groups as a blanket term for natural vegetation, which may cover any kind of habitat from open shrubby country with few...

 was protected from development.

The forest contains an important wetland area along Bulimba Creek and provides habitat for a number of threatened and endangered species including the Powerful Owl

Powerful Owl

The Powerful Owl , also known as the Powerful Boobok, is a species of owl native to south-eastern and eastern Australia, the largest owl on that continent...

, Glossy Black Cockatoo and the Green Thighed Frog

Green Thighed Frog

The Green Thighed Frog, is a medium sized species of ground-dwelling tree frog.-Distribution:The Green Thighed Frog is native to the east coast of Australia. Their range stretches from Cordalba State Forest in south-eastern Queensland to Ourimbah in New South Wales; however within this area...

.

There are 9 km of walking tracks in the reserve.

Significant landmarks within the forest include: Poet's Rock, the Old Quarry, Paratz Lookout, "the Rocks," and the Illaweena Lagoon system.

See also

• Flora of Brisbane
  Flora of Brisbane
  The greater Brisbane area of Queensland Australia, has many species of indigenous flora . This article links the flora to its geography with:*a list of indigenous genera and species with common names and reference links...