Biodiversity Legacy Ltd are the owners of Ned’s Forest, a property situated in Meringo, approximately 10km southeast of Moruya, New South Wales. The property is bordered by many smaller residential properties and is approximately 1km from the nearby Eurobodalla National Park. Ned’s Forest is a wildlife sanctuary and is comprised of old growth forest of eucalyptus and various other species, with the last evidence of logging in the forest from the 1930s. The gullies of Ned’s Forest are made up of littoral rainforest and there is no permanent water source on the property. Ned’s Forest is protected in perpetuity under the ownership of the Biodiversity Legacy Ltd.
Ned’s Forest spans 28 hectares and is comprised of Eucalypt forest dominated by a few species, littoral rainforest in the gullies and features native vegetation such as Casuarina spp.
The land provides habitat for a range of wildlife species including powerful owls (Ninox strenua), masked owls (Tyto novaehollandiae), swamp wallabies (Wallabia bicolor), ring-tailed possums (Pseudocheirus peregrinus), brush-tailed possums (Trichosurus vulpecula), wombats (Vombatus ursinus) echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus), Endangered greater gliders (Petauroides volans), various glider species, snakes, goannas (Varanus sp.) other reptiles and potentially potoroos (Potorous tridactylus).