The Pilliga is a vast expanse of bushland, located between Narrabri and Coonabarabran in western NSW.
It is the largest forested area left west of the Great Divide, an amazing refuge area for wildlife that are in decline all around the state.
It is a truly iconic and precious place. Stretching across 500 square kilometres it bursts into flower in spring, carpeting the landscape with colour.
It is perhaps the only place left in NSW where you can look out across flat land and see only forest as far as the eye can see.
It filters the water that recharges our greatest inland water resource -- some of the sweetest water that you will ever taste lies beneath the Pilliga sandstones in aquifers of the Great Artesian Basin.
An amazing diversity of plants and animals live here, including threatened species such as the Eastern Pygmy Possum, Pilliga Mouse and Black-striped Wallaby.
But all is not well in the Pilliga. All this beauty is now threatened by the beast -- a massive coal seam gas development.
See the place for yourself. Ask yourself the question. Will you stand up for the Pilliga?
It is the largest forested area left west of the Great Divide, an amazing refuge area for wildlife that are in decline all around the state.
It is a truly iconic and precious place. Stretching across 500 square kilometres it bursts into flower in spring, carpeting the landscape with colour.
It is perhaps the only place left in NSW where you can look out across flat land and see only forest as far as the eye can see.
It filters the water that recharges our greatest inland water resource -- some of the sweetest water that you will ever taste lies beneath the Pilliga sandstones in aquifers of the Great Artesian Basin.
An amazing diversity of plants and animals live here, including threatened species such as the Eastern Pygmy Possum, Pilliga Mouse and Black-striped Wallaby.
But all is not well in the Pilliga. All this beauty is now threatened by the beast -- a massive coal seam gas development.
See the place for yourself. Ask yourself the question. Will you stand up for the Pilliga?
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