Eucalypts of Shannondale

Posted by PEdwards

The Shannondale/Shannon Creek area and its surrounding ancient sandstone ridges and clifflines once formed the bed and boundaries of a massive inland sea. By this association the area abounds in a rich diversity of plant life, many threatened, and many that exist nowhere else, in Australia or the world. This diversity includes a large variety of Eucalyptus species, including Eucalyptus robusta, left behind in secluded valleys and swamplands by the draining of the sea, some 40km inland from their typical habitat close to the ocean.