The Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife provided $35,000 to purchase 11 hectares of land for the national reserve system. This property became the Davis Scrub Nature Reserve.
Davis Scrub Nature Reserve is one of the last remaining remnants of Big Scrub - once a 75,000 hectare rainforest in north eastern New South Wales. The 19th century saw Big Scrub almost entirely cleared. Only tiny patches of this once great rainforest remain.
A number of species exist in the remnant Davis Scrub Nature Reserve, including rainforest pigeons such as the Brown Cuckoo Dove and the Wompoo Fruit Dove.
David Scrub preserves sub-tropical rainforest, and protects species such as the Whalebone Tree, White Beech, Red Cedar and Moreton Bay Fig. The canopy is about 20-30 metres tall, and emergent trees can tower up to 50-60 metres.
Thanks to the Foundation, this remnant of Big Scrub will be preserved and protected for present and future generations, and for the conservation of numberous native plant and animal species.
The Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife is the only organisation in Australia whose philanthropy is an investment in our public estate, for all to enjoy.
