| These overhanging sandpaper fig trees grow
along the Kandanga Creek, a tributary of the Mary River, and are typical
of much beautiful stream and riverbank vegetation in the Mary Valley which
the state government declared as “degraded farmland”. Sandpaper
figs provide essential habitat for many species, including the endangered
Mary River Turtle, platypus, and the rare Coxen’s Fig Parrot, which
is only found in this part of Australia. The state government has ignored
the significance of this species in their reports on this critically endangered
little parrot. |
