Editing Border Ranges National Park (section)

==Flora and fauna==
Border Ranges and [[Lamington National Park]] are recognised as a [[biodiversity]] hotspot, containing a mixture of northern and southern flora species (the McPherson-Macleay overlap) with a number of [[Endemic (ecology)|endemic]], rare and endangered species. Fauna is similarly diverse and species like the [[Hastings River mouse]], have been rediscovered in the park in recent years.<ref>[http://www.bigvolcano.com.au/stories/mouse/index.html Big Volcano Visitor Guide, reprint of article by David Charley in ''Over The Fence'', the Newsletter of the Northern Rivers Region, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. Newsletter No.6, April 2000].</ref>
[[File:Brindle Creek Border Ranges National Park.jpg|thumb|right|A diverse set of [[subtropical]] [[rainforest]] [[flora]] is preserved along Brindle Creek.]]

Lower areas of the park contain eucalypt forests that provide habitat for [[eastern grey kangaroo]]s, [[red-necked wallaby|red-necked wallabies]] and [[koala]]s.<ref name="discover">{{cite book |title=Discover Australia's National Parks |last=Hema Maps |year=1997 |publisher=[[Random House]] Australia |location=Milsons Point, New South Wales |isbn=1-875992-47-2 |pages=106–107 }}</ref> [[Pademelon]]s and [[potoroo]] are also found in the park as well as a diverse array of birdlife including the rare [[Albert's lyrebird]].<ref name="discover"/> The park is part of the [[Scenic Rim]] [[Important Bird Area]], identified as such by [[BirdLife International]] because of its importance in the conservation of several species of [[threatened]] birds.<ref name=bli>BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Scenic Rim. Downloaded from {{cite web |url=http://www.birdlife.org |title=BirdLife International - conserving the world's birds |access-date=2014-03-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630122358/http://www.birdlife.org/ |archive-date=30 June 2007 }} on 2011-10-03.</ref>
[[File:Lilly Pilly fruit floating in the creek.jpg|thumb|fruit of [[Syzygium francisii]] in Sawpit Creek, in the Border Ranges National Park. It dropped prodigious quantities of fruit, which floated down stream and collected in beautiful pink rafts, such as this.]]

The Border Ranges contains one of Australia's most diverse range of spider species within its montane rainforests.<ref name="spid">{{cite web |url=https://www.qm.qld.gov.au/features/spiders/#.WTSVXcZ7GEI |title=Spiders |website=Queensland Museum |publisher=The State of Queensland |access-date=30 October 2021 }}</ref>