Kalamurina Significance
"As our climate changes, the establishment of large, connected reserves is essential if we are to protect Australia’s threatened wildlife. Please help AWC acquire Kalamurina and provide a more secure future for central Australia’s wildlife."
Professor Tim Flannery
Crest-tailed Mulgara
Avocets
Kultarr
Eyrean GrassWren
Kalamurina is a vast desert wilderness, stretching from the northern shore of Lake Eyre to the southern boundary of the Simpson Desert reserves. Kalamurina covers a remarkable 667,000 hectares (1.7 million acres). It is a property of exceptional conservation values, providing a haven for several endangered species and containing a range of habitat types not represented in any national parks.
Located at the intersection of three of Australia’s central deserts, Kalamurina captures a large and ecologically significant area of the Lake Eyre catchment. The Warburton River, with its origins in the Channel Country of Queensland, meanders through Kalamurina, converging with the Macumba River and the Kallakoopah Creek, before flowing into Lake Eyre. Here is the key to the diversity of wildlife on Kalamurina – the convergence of three of central Australia’s most important rivers to form an intricate and unique pattern of habitats.
Kalamurina thus provides a vital link from Lake Eyre National Park to the Simpson Desert reserves. This is conservation on a grand scale – acquiring Kalamurina will create a protected area that is larger than the entire State of Tasmania.
Kalamurina contains a diversity of ecosystems – vast dunefields, a network of freshwater and saline lakes, desert woodlands, gibber plains, and riparian and floodplain habitats. These habitats support a rich assemblage of arid-zone fauna, including several threatened species.
The property is a stronghold for the Crest-tailed Mulgara, a nationally endangered carnivorous marsupial, and is home to a range of other priority mammals including the Kultarr.
The property features around 160 bird species, including the Eyrean Grasswren, and a large number of reptiles, such as the endemic Lake Eyre Dragon.
Kalamurina Photo Gallery
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Kalamurina National Awareness Campaign:www.optus.com.au/wildlife
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