Berkeley Nature Reserve Plan of Management
Berkeley Nature Reserve consists of two small islands in the north west of Lake Illawarra, adjacent to the Wollongong suburb of Berkeley. Gooseberry Island and Hooka Island are approximately 0.25 kilometres apart and are a significant feature of the landscape of the Illawarra, being close to the shore of Lake Illawarra and visible from many points on the mainland.
Publisher: Department of Environment and Conservation NSW
Cost: Free
Language: English
ISBN: 1-74122-0483
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ID: NPWS20050001
File: PDF 105.54 KB / Pages 34
Name: berkeley-nature-reserve-plan-of-management-050001.pdf
Berkeley Nature Reserve contains a remnant of the Illawarra Subtropical Rainforest (the ‘Berkeley Brush’) which is listed as an endangered ecological community and contains one plant which is thought to exist in only one other site worldwide, one endangered plant and two regionally rare plants. It also provides habitat and breeding sites for the white-bellied sea-eagle.
Berkeley Nature Reserve is also of importance to the Aboriginal community due to continuing cultural associations and past occupation of the area, and important as part of the European settlement history of the Illawarra region.