Brindabella National Park is the newest park to be added to the Australian Alps Co-operative Management Program. Proclaimed in April 1996, the 12,050 hectare park lies north-west of the NSW-ACT border abutting Namadgi National Park.
Brindabella is the northern-most park in the Australian Alps. The area contains flora and fauna unique to this part of the Alps and is particularly significant as a corridor for native animal movement. The importance of the area is enhanced by the protected lands of the Cotter Catchment in the ACT and the Kosciuszko National Park to the immediate south and west.
Much of the park supports a forest of red stringybark and scribbly gum, while more sheltered slopes have forests of brown barrel with ribbon gum. Subalpine snow gum and mountain gum forests are found on the more elevated sites. Uncommon River Oaks fringe cold air drainage areas adjacent to water courses and Alpine ash on sheltered southern slopes.
The national park aims to provide protection for the conservation of many species of flora and fauna. This includes species listed as vulnerable such as the corroboree frog, powerful owl, common bent wing bat, yellow bellied glider and the koala. Other rare or uncommon species including the peregrine falcon and the alpine tea tree, along with 58 sub-alpine plants are found here at the northern limit of their distribution.
Brindabella National Park provides varied recreational opportunities for bushwalking, mountain biking, four wheel driving, orienteering, bird watching and nature study.
