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Red Banks Conservation Park options a scenic landscape of winding rugged earth gorges, spring-fed waterholes and remnant old growth mallee trees. Palaeontologists have known as this space one amongst the richest megafauna sites in Australia. Up until roughly 65,000 years ago, Red Banks was home to Diprotodons, a large marsupial that weighed between one to 2 tonnes, often likened to a large wombat.
The park conserves numerous threatened ecological communities including scented mat-rush tussock grassland and mallee box woodland, as well as the rohrlack's bluebush. Short-beaked echidnas, southern hairy-nosed wombats, birds and reptiles are among the park's wildlife, as well as present day descendants of megafauna, such as western grey and red kangaroos.
The park conserves numerous threatened ecological communities including scented mat-rush tussock grassland and mallee box woodland, as well as the rohrlack's bluebush. Short-beaked echidnas, southern hairy-nosed wombats, birds and reptiles are among the park's wildlife, as well as present day descendants of megafauna, such as western grey and red kangaroos.
Red KangarooThe red kangaroo is the largest of all kangaroos, the largest terrestrial mammal native to Australia, and the largest extant marsupial. |
Southern hairy-nosed wombat The southern hairy-nosed wombat is one of three extant species of wombats. It is the smallest of all three-wombat species. |
Short-beaked EchidnaThe short-beaked echidna is one of four living species of echidna and the only member of the genus Tachyglossus. It is covered in fur and spines. |