Brogo Reserve is a 120 hectares (296.5 acre) nature reserve

Nature reserve

A nature reserve is a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research...

 at the north-eastern end of the Bega Valley

Bega River (New South Wales)

The Bega River is located in the far South Coast of New South Wales, Australia. The river rises in the Kybeyan Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, and discharges into the South Pacific Ocean at the town of Tathra. The river is known as the Bemboka River in its upper reaches and its major...

 in south-eastern New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. It is 409 kilometres (254.1 mi) south of Sydney and 30 kilometres (18.6 mi) north of Bega

Bega, New South Wales

Bega is a town in the south-east of New South Wales, Australia in the Bega Valley Shire. It is the economic centre for the Bega Valley.-Place name:One claim is that place name Bega is derived from the local Aboriginal word meaning "big camping ground"....

. It is owned and managed by Bush Heritage Australia

Bush Heritage Australia

Bush Heritage Australia is a non-profit organisation based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia that operates throughout Australia. It was previously known as the Australian Bush Heritage Fund, which is still its legal name. It purchases land, assessed as being of outstanding conservation value, from...

 (BHA) which purchased the property in 1995.

Landscape and vegetation

Brogo encompasses three forested ridges, with granite outcrops, separated by fern gullies. Habitat types include riparian oak forest along the Brogo River, dry grass forest, dry rainforest

Rainforest

Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall, with definitions based on a minimum normal annual rainfall of 1750-2000 mm...

 and wet shrub forest.

Fauna

Mammal species present on Brogo include Sugar Glider

Sugar Glider

The sugar glider is a small gliding possum originating from the marsupial family.The sugar glider is native to eastern and northern mainland Australia and is also native to New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago.- Habitat :Sugar gliders can be found all throughout the northern and eastern parts of...

, Common Wombat

Common Wombat

The common wombat , also known as the coarse-haired wombat or bare-nosed wombat, is a marsupial, one of three species of wombats and the only one in the genus Vombatus. The common wombat grows to an average of long and a weight of .- Taxonomy :The common wombat was first described by George Shaw...

 and Long-nosed Bandicoot

Long-nosed Bandicoot

The Long-nosed Bandicoot is a species of bandicoot found in Australia. It is the largest member of its genus, which also includes the Western Barred Bandicoot, the Eastern Barred Bandicoot and the Desert Bandicoot....

. Bird species include the Powerful Owl

Powerful Owl

The Powerful Owl , also known as the Powerful Boobok, is a species of owl native to south-eastern and eastern Australia, the largest owl on that continent...

.