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Naracoorte Caves National Park

Fauna

The landscape around the Naracoorte Caves has changed dramatically since settlement, but a wide variety of animals may still be seen. The most common mammals are kangaroos, but echidnas, wombats and sugar gliders are frequently seen. The walking trails are a bird watchers paradise with thornbills, rosellas and honeyeaters in large numbers. Rarer Eastern Yellow Robins and Eastern Spinebills are regular visitors to the gardens around Wonambi Fossil Centre.

See a full list of fauna (50Kb PDF) of the Naracoorte Caves National Park.

Vegetation

Naracoorte Caves National Park has several developed walking trails. A short walk from the Wonambi Fossil Centre to Wet Cave has interpretive signage and winds its way through remnant native vegetation. The World Heritage trail is 1.2 km long, beginning adjacent to the entrance road making its way to the Victoria Fossil Cave. Interpretive signage gives in depth information of the park's World Heritage values, relating them to the features of the landscape. The trail from Victoria Fossil Cave to Stoney Point picnic area passes through a diversity of vegetation types including dry sclerophyll forest, Redgum woodlands and open savannah grassland. Throughout the park are examples of exotic tree and shrub plantings - a relic of the park's long history as a place for recreation and learning.

See the flora species lists for Naracoorte Caves National Park:

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