Yookamurra Sanctuary
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Nestled in the Murray-Mallee, past a little town called Sedan, off of the Stott Highway, before you cross the Murray River into another little town called Swan Reach, if you are looking from your car window, you won't see
Yookamurra for the trees! Boasting some of the oldest growth Mallee in Australia, with trees 600 years old, Yookamurra provides natural habitat for many endangered native species, including the
Numbat ,
Malleefowl , and
Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat.
Yookamurra covers 5,000 hectares of semi-arid land in South Australia, with an annual average rainfall of only 270ml which falls mainly between May and August. The summer temperatures can be extremely high, with the highest recorded being 50`C, and very low overnight temperatures in winter, with the lowest recorded being -8`C.
Yookamurra protects wild populations of four threatened mammals on its 1,100 hectares of feral-free native bushland. At home here are the
Bilby , Numbat,
Burrowing Bettong (Boodie) and Brush-tailed Bettong (Woylie). Populations of Numbats, Brush-tailed Bettongs and Bilbies have declined significantly over the last 10 – 15 years, and the Burrowing Bettong is extinct on mainland Australia except in protected areas such as here at Yookamurra.
Yookamurra is also home to the
Western Pygmy Possum , Common and
Fat-tailed Dunnarts . More than 110 bird species are confirmed to live on Yookamurra, including rare or declining woodland birds like the
Hooded Robin ,
Gilbert's Whistler ,
Brown Treecreeper and
Elegant Parrot . Yookamurra conducts important research projects associated with the reintroduction of threatened species.
Just a two-hour drive from Adelaide,
Yookamurra endeavours to involve the educate the public through its school education, research and volunteer programs, offering activities and overnight camps for student groups.
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182448 - 2023-06-16 01:57:57