NATIVE HARDWOOD FOREST

Craigmhor is part of a 1000ha  of native  temperate wet sclerophyll forest  and occasional pockets of temperate rainforest with all their attendant native fauna 

RAIN FOREST

There are temperate rainforest patches along the mountain creeks, where tree orchids and staghorns grow on the river oaks (Casaurina ), tree ferns in some gullys,  and higher up the mountainside which is south-facing, there are even stands of the antarctic beech (Nothofagus moorei) in some of the protected gullies

MARSUPIALS

Amongst the larger marsupials to be seen around the house and on bushwalks are:-

• Eastern Grey Kangaroos -Macropus giganteus

• Eastern Wallaroos - Macropus robustus

• the rare Parma Wallabies - Macropus parma

• Red-legged pademelon- Thylogale stigmatica

• Black "swampy" wallaby - Wallabia bicolor

• Echidna - Tachyglossus aculeatus

• common Wombat - vombatus ursinus

• Brushtail possums - Trichosurus vulpecula

Eastern Grey Kangaroo

parma wallaby

Not so readily seen (but they are around) are:-

• Spot-tailed Quoll - Dasyurus maculatus

• Ringtail possum - Pseudocheirus peregrinus

• Koalas - Phascolarctos cinereus

• Platypus - Ornithorhynchus anatinus

• Sugar Glider - Petaurus breviceps

• Greater Glider - petauroides volans

• Feathertail Glider - Acrobates pygmaeus

common brush-tail possums

echidnas

BIRDS

A myriad of birds - just a few examples of the many to be seen or heard

• parrots

  • eastern rosellas

  • crimson rosellas

  • black cockatoos (red tailed and white tailed)

  • king parrots

  • white cockatoos

• satin bower birds

• blue wrens

• finches

• silver eyes

• robins

• cuckoo doves

• eastern whip birds

• yellow wattle birds

• willie wag tails

• magpies

• king fishers

• kookaburras

• wedge tailed eagles

• honey eaters

• swallows

• owls

• mopokes

• tawny frog mouth

crimson rosellas

king parrots

yellow wattle bird

kookaburra

Wedge-tail Eagle

Native Flora

As with the birds and animals there is a great range of plant species

The kilometres of bushwalking trails winding through the forest  let you see the many different species of trees that clothe the mountainside.

Species to be seen include

• Messmate Stringybark - Eucalyptus obliqua

• Mountain Grey gum- Eucalyptus cypellocarpa

• Forest Red Gum- Eucalyptus tereticornis

• Coastal Grey Box  - Eucalyptus moluccana

• Spotted Gum - Eucalyptus maculata

• Snow Gum -Eucalyptus pauciflora

• Forest She Oak - Casuarina torulosa

• River She Oak - Casuarina cunninghamiana

• Native Frangipani -Hymenosperum flavum

• Pittosporum- Pittosporum undulatum

• Lily Pilly  - Acmena smithii 

Clematis & Wonga vines

Hymenosperum

WINTER SNOW

In winter there are usually 2 or 3 snow falls on the higher peaks

Occasionally there are falls around the house

May 2000 the house was still under construction

July 2004