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Currumbin Valley Reserve

1999 establishments in AustraliaBush Heritage Australia reservesCurrumbin, QueenslandNature reserves in QueenslandProtected areas established in 1999
Queensland protected area stubsUse Australian English from August 2019

Currumbin Valley Reserve is a 4 ha nature reserve in the Gold Coast hinterland of south-east Queensland, Australia, west of Coolangatta, 105 kilometres (65 mi) south of Brisbane. It is owned and managed by Bush Heritage Australia (BHA), to which it was donated in 1999 by the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland according to the wishes of the previous owner, Dr Alex Griffiths, founder of the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary. With the adjacent Nicoll Scrub National Park it forms the only large area of rainforest remaining in the lower Currumbin Valley. Is a tiny patch of regenerating rainforest protected from the nearby frenzy of development. Altitude Currumbin Valley Reserve varies from 20 to 620 meters at the highest points.

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Currumbin Valley Reserve
Brocks Road, Gold Coast City Currumbin Valley (Currumbin Valley)

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4228 Gold Coast City, Currumbin Valley (Currumbin Valley)
Queensland, Australia
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