Moore Park Nature Reserve
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Moore Park Nature Reserve is a small remnant of "gallery" or "riverine" rainforest in Northern New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

. It lies at the confluence of Findon Creek and the Richmond River
Richmond River
The Richmond River is a river in the north-eastern corner of New South Wales, Australia. It runs for approximately 170 km from the foothills of the Border Ranges past the towns of Kyogle, Casino, Coraki, Woodburn, where it turns northward and empties into the Pacific Ocean at Ballina. It has a...

. It was once part of a larger rainforest known as Boyd's Scrub.

It is dominated by a large Moreton Bay Figtree surrounded by Black Beans and other rainforest trees including the Brown Pine
Podocarpus elatus
Podocarpus elatus, known as the Plum Pine, or the Brown Pine is a species of Podocarpus endemic to the east coast of Australia, in eastern New South Wales and eastern Queensland....

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A colony of Flying Foxes lives there.

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