WOOGAROO FOREST
Woogaroo Forest is a 420+ hectare remnant of native bushland on the edge of Springfield, one of the last substantial areas of intact habitat in a rapidly developing region of South East Queensland.
It is a functioning ecosystem, supporting a diverse range of native wildlife including endangered koalas, grey-headed flying-foxes, gliders, platypus and regionally significant plant species. More than a collection of trees, the forest represents decades of ecological development - providing mature canopy, habitat connectivity, and the complex systems that many species depend on to survive.
What makes Woogaroo Forest important is not only what it contains, but what it still is: an intact landscape that continues to support wildlife in real time, in a region where much of that habitat has already been lost or fragmented.
Its future is now the subject of government decision-making. The outcome will determine whether this landscape is retained, or permanently cleared.
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Threatened flora and fauna
- Koala, Phascolarctos,cinereus, Endangered
- Grey-headed Flying Fox, Pteropdidae pteropus, Vulnerable
- Tusked Frog, Adelotus brevis, Vulnerable
- Powerful Owl, Ninox strenua, Vulnerable
- White-throated Needletail, Hirundapus caudacutus, Vulnerable
- Regent Honeyeater, Anthochaera phrygia Critically, Endangered
- *Platypus Ornithorhynchus, anatinus, Least Concern (under serious threat)
The Woogaroo Vine Scrub is one of only four remaining in Ipswich. It is imperative for the conservation of other listed flora species that the Woogaroo forest remains intact.
Threatened flora within Woogaroo Forest:
- Myrtaceace, Gossia hillii, Scaly Myrtle, CR (NCA)
- Lamiaceae, Coleus habrophyllus, Shaggy-Leaved Plactranthus, E (NCA) E (EPBC)
- Apocynacreae, Leichardtia coronata, Slender Milkvine, V(NCA)
Read submissions
See examples
Want to know what residents of Ipswich have to say about the proposed Springview Village, Peninsula Precinct and Scenic Precinct developments? Head to our submissions page to read examples of some of the submissions sent to Saunders Havill Group.
Check out this amazing timelapse footage
Thanks to Wildlife Queensland - Echidna Watch and University of Queensland collaboration, led by Dr Kate Dutton-Regester and her Echidna Conservation Team for sharing this footage captured in Woogaroo Forest with us.
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