Burnt School Nature Reserve is 285 hectares in size. The name ‘Burnt School’ is derived from a local incident. In the early 1900s a half-time schoolhouse on the neighbouring property “Sandy Flat” was burnt down (under suspicious circumstances). Since that event the neighbouring Crown land, which has now become the reserve, was known as the ‘Burnt School Lease’.
Strike-A-Light Nature Reserve is 407 hectares in size and borders the Strike-a-Light River from which it gets its name.
The reserves are located on the footslopes of the Tinderry Mountains and are surrounded by predominantly freehold land and utilised for cattle and sheep grazing. Land to the west of Strike-a-Light Nature Reserve is largely undeveloped. Other reserves within the vicinity of Burnt School and Strike-a-Light Nature Reserves include Tinderry Nature Reserve, Mount Dowling Nature Reserve and Tallaganda National Park.
