Wombat Flat Native Forest Reserve

About: Wombat Flat Native Forest Reserve is within the Comaum Forest Reserve. It adjoins the the south-east corner of Glen Roy Conservation Park.

Where is it?: The reserve is about 14km north-east of Coonawarra.

Owner: ForestrySA

Property summary: Total area 151 hectares. Hundred of Comaum – Allotments 214, 215 and 217 (Deposited Plan 89482)¹.

Landscape Management Region: Limestone Coast

History: This reserve (formerly known as Head Quarters Scrub) takes its name from the adjoining property which contains an inter-dunal flat (Kanawinka Fault Line) which historically supported a large population of wombats¹. Sections 316, 317 and 318 in the Hundred of Comaum were proclaimed a Forest Reserve on 6 April 1938² and Section 273 was proclaimed on 6 December 1939³. On 29 May 1975 these sections were proclaimed as part of the Comaum Forest Reserve⁴. These sections Portions of Sections 273, 316, 317, 318 and 366 were proclaimed as Wombat Flat Native Forest Reserve on 15 March 2001⁵. On 17 October 2012 they became Allotments 214, 215 and 217 (Deposited Plan 89482)⁴.

Habitat: The habitat is mainly Open Woodland with Brown Stringybark (Eucalyptus baxter). Understorey plants include Heath Tea-tree (Leptospermum myrsinoides) and Bracken (Pteridium esculentum).

Total Species Recorded to Date: 62 (non-passerines 19, passerines 43)

Common Species: Superb Fairywren, Crimson Rosella, White-browed Scrubwren, Grey Shrikethrush.

Less Common Species: Red-browed Finch, Brown Thornbill, Little Wattlebird

More information: ForestrySA

References:
 ¹ ForestrySA (2001). The Comaum Native Forest Reserves. Wombat Flat Native Forest Reserve. Comaum Native Forest Reserve. Boolara Native Forest Reserve. Final Management Plan.  

 ² South Australian Government (1938). Forest Reserve. South Australian Government Gazette 16: 838. (14 April 1938)  

 ³ South Australian Government (1938). Forest Reserve. South Australian Government Gazette 52: 1483. (7 December 1939)  

 ⁴ South Australian Government (1975). Forest Reserve. South Australian Government Gazette 16: 838. (29 May 1975)  

 ⁵ South Australian Government (2001). Forestry Act 1950 Section 3: Declaration of Native Forest Reserve. South Australian Government Gazette 27: 883-884. (15 March 2001)  

 ⁶ South Australian Government (2012). Forestry (Forest Reserve—Mount Gambier, Penola and Mount Burr Forest Districts) Variation Proclamation 2012. South Australian Government Gazette 69: 4655. (17 October 2012).  

Updated: 9/09/2021