Sally Rathborne is the owner of The Triple Bee sanctuary, a property situated in Halfway Creek, New South Wales. The property is located nearby Sherwood Nature Reserve. The Triple Bee sanctuary is comprised of old-time rainforest with a large sandstone mountain, natural fed springs, several natural spring-fed dams, and a huge basin with a catchment area. The property houses a family home on a parcel of about ten acres in the entrance corner. In the future, owner Sally endeavors to manage noxious weeds and eradicate lantana as well as build walking pathways and preserve as much as possible including the property’s seed bank. She also wants to learn how to maintain and conserve the property and best protect wildlife.
The Triple Bee sanctuary spans 101 hectares across Dry Sclerophyll Forests (Shrubby sub-formation) including the plant community types Clarence Sandstone Stringybark-Blackbutt Forest, Clarence Sandstone Stringybark-Blackbutt Forest and Northern Lowland Sandstones Dry Open Forest; Wet Sclerophyll Forests (Grassy sub-formation) including the plant community types Northern Hinterland Grey Gum-Turpentine Mesic Forest, Northern Hinterland Grey Gum-Mahogany Grassy Forest and Northern Foothills Blackbutt Grassy Forest and Wet Sclerophyll Forests (Shrubby sub-formation) including the plant community type Northern Turpentine-Brush Box Wet Forest. The property features native flora species such as Eucalyptus sp. such as blackbutt (Eucalyptus pilularis), Acacia, grass trees (Xanthorrhoea sp.) and rainforest plants.
Wildlife found at The Triple Bee sanctuary include owls such as powerful owls (Ninox strenua), black cockatoos (Zanda funerea) kookaburras (Dacelo sp.) blue kingfishers, goannas (Varanus sp.) blue-banded bees (Amegilla sp.) and more.
