Terrick Terrick National Park
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Terrick Terrick National Park is a 3880 ha (9,587.7 acre) national park in Victoria
, Australia
, 225 kilometre northwest of Melbourne, 4 kilometre north of the town of Mitiamo
and 65 kilometre north of the City of Bendigo. It is an important remnant of Box-Ironbark forest
s and northern grass plains and is close to Kow Swamp
, the site of a major palaeontological find providing insight into the origins of Indigenous Australians. There are many walking tracks and one basic campground. Drinking water is not available in the park and must be carried.
Terrick Terrick National park is one of the last remaining strongholds for the Plains-wanderer, an endangered Australian endemic bird species. The park is part of the Patho Plains Important Bird Area
, so identified by BirdLife International
principally because of its importance for the conservation of Plains-wanderers.
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, 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...
, 225 kilometre northwest of Melbourne, 4 kilometre north of the town of Mitiamo
Mitiamo, Victoria
Mitiamo is a town in northern Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Shire of Loddon, north of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2006 census, Mitiamo had a population of 76....
and 65 kilometre north of the City of Bendigo. It is an important remnant of Box-Ironbark forest
Box-Ironbark forest
Box-Ironbark forest is a forest or woodland ecosystem that is largely limited to central Victoria in south-eastern Australia. Because its component tree species produce abundant nectar and pollen throughout the year, it is important for the conservation of many species of birds and other...
s and northern grass plains and is close to Kow Swamp
Kow Swamp Archaeological Site
The Kow Swamp archaeological site comprises a series of late Pleistocene burials within the lunette of the eastern rim of a former lake known as Kow Swamp. The site is located 10 km south-east of Cohuna in the central Murray Valley, in northern Victoria, at...
, the site of a major palaeontological find providing insight into the origins of Indigenous Australians. There are many walking tracks and one basic campground. Drinking water is not available in the park and must be carried.
Terrick Terrick National park is one of the last remaining strongholds for the Plains-wanderer, an endangered Australian endemic bird species. The park is part of the Patho Plains Important Bird Area
Patho Plains Important Bird Area
The Patho Plains Important Bird Area comprises a 794 km2 tract of mainly pastoral farmland near the town of Gunbower in north-central Victoria, south-eastern Australia...
, so identified by BirdLife International
BirdLife International
BirdLife International is a global Partnership of conservation organisations that strives to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources...
principally because of its importance for the conservation of Plains-wanderers.
See also
- Protected areas of Victoria (Australia)Protected areas of Victoria (Australia)Victoria is the smallest mainland state in Australia. It contains 1966 separate Protected Areas with a total land area of 33,780 km² . Of these, 36 are National parks, totalling 25,774 km² ....
- DelmaDelmaDelma is a genus of lizards in the family Pygopodidae. It contains sixteen described species.- Species :Classification Genus Delma according to the :* Delma australis Kluge, 1974* Delma borea Kluge, 1974* Delma butleri Storr, 1987...
impar, the striped legless lizard - Sminthopsis crassicaudata, the fat-tailed dunnart