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Forestry Corporation manages environmental conservation, community access, tourism, fire, land management and timber production within the state forests of NSW. [1] Approximately 225,000 hectares (560,000 acres) of NSW State Forests are softwood timber plantations, and just under 35,000 hectares (86,000 acres) are hardwood timber plantations. [ 1 ]
Forestry Corporation manages 2,186,893 hectares (5,403,930 acres) [9] of multiple-use state forests, including coastal native forests, cypress forests and red gum forests, approximately 225,000 hectares (560,000 acres) of softwood timber plantations in the central west, south and north of New South Wales and just under 35,000 hectares (86,000 acres) of hardwood timber plantations in north east ...
Oldbury Farm is set on a rise at the north-western footslopes of Mt. Gingenbullen, situated at the end of hawthorn-hedge (Crataegus oxycantha) and European elm tree (Ulmus procera)-copse-enclosed road (some Monterey cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa) and some Arizona cypress (Cupressus glabra) flank Oldbury Road.
Mining has given way to fossicking and tourism and now visitors enjoy the spectacular scenery of rocky granite outcrops, steep gorges, gently flowing streams as well as fossicking for topaz, quartz and the many minerals found in the area. Unfortunately the last general store and the caravan park were closed some years ago.
Cumberland State Forest is a wet sclerophyll forest in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.Situated on the southern edge of the Hornsby Plateau, the forest is located in the suburb of West Pennant Hills, Sydney and contains 40 hectares of native forest. [3]
The ecology of Sydney, located in the state of New South Wales, Australia, is diverse for its size, [1] where it would mainly feature biomes such as grassy woodlands or savannas and some sclerophyll forests, with some pockets of mallee shrublands, riparian forests, heathlands, and wetlands, in addition to small temperate and subtropical rainforest fragments.
The main industry nowadays is agriculture with some fossicking in the area. Tin dredging and mining has continued on a scale that varies according to international price fluctuations. Tingha has a hospital, pre-school, primary school, caravan park, sports and recreation club, a first aid post, hotels plus other shops and services to supply ...
The fossil wood is in the form of horizontal tree trunks up to 18 m long and 600 mm diameter. The fossilization process replaced the wood with limonite and hematite . [ 19 ] The Towallum Basalt is a 15-meter thick layer near Nymboida, Glenreagh and Moleton trig station overlying the Marburg formation. [ 19 ]