The Strike-a-Light River is a river in the state of New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

 in Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. The river was originally known as Strike-A-Light Creek, or Tinderry Creek for part of its length, prior to it being gazetted under its current name in 1969. It originates 3 kilometres south of Jerangle

Jerangle, New South Wales

Jerangle is a small country village in New South Wales, Australia on the coastal side of Bredbo. It contains a cemetery, two churches, a school, a CWA hall and phone box. It is a community with a population of about 100. The main location is the school; Jerangle Public School. This school has had...

 at 1200 metres above sea level and flows 38 kilometres to the Bredbo River

Bredbo River

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. Tributaries include Wangrah, Calabash and Rocky Creeks. The river is completely contained within the Cooma-Monaro local government area. It heads north-westerly to the Strike-a-Light Nature Reserve and then in a south westerley direction to Bredbo River

Bredbo River

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The Strike-a-Light River is inhabitated by a number of amphibian

Amphibian

Amphibians , are a class of vertebrate animals including animals such as toads, frogs, caecilians, and salamanders. They are characterized as non-amniote ectothermic tetrapods...

 species Bibron's Toadlet

Bibron's Toadlet

The Bibron's Toadlet or Brown Toadlet, is a species of Australian ground-dwelling frog, that although has declined over much of its range, is widespread through most of New South Wales, Victoria, south-eastern Queensland and eastern South Australia, including Kangaroo Island.-Physical...

 (Pseudophryne bibronii), Common Eastern Froglet

Common Eastern Froglet

The Common Eastern Froglet is a very common, Australian ground-dwelling frog, of the family Myobatrachidae.-Distribution:...

 (Crinia signifera), Pobblebonk

Pobblebonk

Pobblebonk may refer to:*Limnodynastes dorsalis, a frog found in Southwest Australia*Limnodynastes dumerilii, found in Eastern Australiaand may also refer to:*Scarlet-sided Pobblebonk, Limnodynastes terraereginae...

 (Limnodynastes dumerilii), Spotted Grass Frog

Spotted Grass Frog

The Spotted grass Frog or Spotted Marsh Frog is a terrestrial frog native to Australia. It is distributed throughout all of New South Wales and Victoria, eastern South Australia, the majority of Queensland and eastern Tasmania...

 (Limnodynastes tasmaniensis) and Verreaux's Tree Frog (Litoria verreauxii).

Vegetation communities through which the river passes include Scribbly Gum

Scribbly gum

Scribbly gum is an Australian eucalypt that is named after the 'scribbles' on its bark. These zigzag tracks are tunnels made by the larvae of the Scribbly Gum Moth and follow the insect's life cycle. Eggs are laid between layers of old and new bark...

/Apple Box

Eucalyptus bridgesiana

The Apple Box is a medium to large sized tree of the genus Eucalyptus. It occurs in south eastern Australia, typically in grassy woodland and near watercourses around the lower slopes of the Great Dividing Range....

 - Dry Shrub Forest, Ribbon Gum - Valley Forest as well as partially cleared areas of natural vegetation.