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Algona Reserve
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Location & Description
Algona Reserve is located in Newport on the western side of the Barrenjoey Peninsula. The 2.47ha Reserve is above Alfred Parade and below Algona Crescent. Except along Algona Crescent, residential properties form its boundaries.
Environmental Projects in the Area
Walking Tracks & Access
Access between 7 Algona St and 7 Joanne Place, Newport. There are no tracks within the Reserve.
Plants
The vegetation is Hawkesbury Sandstone Open-forest dominated by Sydney Peppermint (Eucalyptus piperita).
Animals
Grey Gums, a notable feature of Algona Reserve, form a stand in the mown upper part of the Reserve. These are favoured Koala food trees and their claw marks can be seen incised into the trunks.
These trees also have hollows suitable for other arboreal mammals, as indicated by numerous smaller scratch marks, and may be used by Sugar Gliders or the threatened Squirrel Glider. The understorey provide scover for small birds, reptiles and frogs.
Special Features
- Algona Reserve contributes to the landscape quality of Salt Pan Cove with extensive views of Pittwater and acts as a visual backdrop to the Eastern Foreshore of Pittwater
- It protects a small example of bushland containing regionally significant species, namely of Cabbage Tree Palms stands which arevery restricted in Pittwater
- it provides a record of the original landscape and the changes wrought by settlement and development
- it acts as a local refuge for fauna and is a stepping stone between larger areas of habitat due to its position between the ridgeline and foreshore
- it contains a significant number of Grey Gums, a favoured Koala food tree, and habitat for arboreal mammals including Squirrel Glider
- it is a contact point with nature for residents and an educational resource
Related Info
- View on Location Map
- To find out more about Algona Reserve, download its Plan of Management
- Find out more about Pittwater's amazing Vegetation Communities
- See the native animal species lists for Pittwater