Willi Willi Caves Nature Reserve Plan of Management
Willi Willi Caves Nature Reserve covers 8 hectares and is located on the Mid North Coast of NSW on the lower slope of a ridge in the upper Macleay River catchment, 35 kilometres to the west of Kempsey.
Publisher: Department of Environment and Conservation (NSW)
Cost: Free
Language: English
ISBN: 0-73136-5933
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ID: DEC20040159
File: PDF 233.69 KB / Pages 23
Name: willi-willi-caves-nature-reserve-plan-of-management-040159.pdf
The Australian Speleological Federation (ASF 1985) lists some 37 entrances in the reserve, with the Willi Willi Bat Cave being the main feature. This cave is basically one large chamber with a number of branching tunnels connected to it and is used as a maternity cave by bats.
The reserve also contains approximately 2 ha of dry lowland rainforest. Much of the dry rainforest occurs on limestone and represents one of the few occurrences of rainforest on limestone in New South Wales. The rainforest contains a small population of the small-leafed laurel (Cryptocarya williwilliana), a rare endemic to the Macleay Valley.