Goolawah - flora and fauna
The State Park is 750 hectares in area, and includes a large number of vegetation communities and habitats, including special environments such as coastal wetlands, littoral rainforest and large tracts of endangered swamp sclerophyll forest.
Over 190 faunal species have been identified within Goolawah State Park: swamp wallabies, kangaroos, bandicoots, echidnas, possums, dingos, sugar gliders and many species of bats.
Birdlife is copious, including shorebirds and raptors along the beach, waders and waterfowl over the wetlands, and many species of honeyeaters, seedeaters and insectivorous birds living in the forests.
