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	Tidbinbilla Nature Reservek
		Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve and Namadgi National Park are joined to the northern section of Kosciusko National Park in NSW and together these parks and reserves form the northern part of the Australian Alps.
		Tidbinbilla provides a gradation of recreation experiences from the relative comfort of a family barbecue in a highly managed setting through to an adventure experience where a high level of competence in outdoor and navigational skills is required.
		Tidbinbilla is part of a recovery team that is contributing to the survival of the Victorian brush-tailed rock-wallaby populations.
	www.australianalps.deh.gov.au /parks/tidbinbilla.html (1347 words)

	Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, on the fringe of Namadgi National Park, is a short drive from the city of Canberra, Australia.
		Tidbinbilla has a wide variety of bushwalks - ranging from 30 minutes, to over 6 hours.
		The Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve is across the road from the Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex, part of the NASA Deep Space Network.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tidbinbilla_Nature_Reserve (159 words)

	Environment ACT - Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve is a valley rich in Indigenous and natural heritage.
		Nestled between the Tidbinbilla and Gibraltar Ranges, Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve is a forty minute drive from the Canberra City centre along Tourist Drive 5.
		The Friends of Tidbinbilla are a group of people who enjoy the special places in the reserve and want to be involved in looking after its natural and cultural environment.
	www.environment.act.gov.au /bushparksandreserves/tidbinbilla.html (752 words)

	Keeping Marsupials : Keeping and Breeding Marsupials in Captivity, Maintaining Injured and Orphaned Wildlife in ...
		Upon ringing the duty co-coordinator on the morning of Friday 17th January, I found that they were surprised that I was not on the Reserve, and asked me (as the senior member of staff and therefore acting as the Manager for the Reserve) if I wanted to evacuate the residents from Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve.
		At about 3am I was given permission to go into the Reserve and spend a maximum of 45 minutes with a couple of colleagues, shifting the most valuable animals from the threatened "Animal House" area to the "safe haven" of the education facility.
		On the way in to the Reserve we saw a "fire tornado" which was sucking a column of flame at least 150 metres into the air.
	www.marsupialsociety.org /03au04.html (1915 words)

	Encyclopedia: Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x908, 51 KB)Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Locality Map - Created By Martin Conway and released under the GFDL File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version.
		Genera Menura A Lyrebird is either of two large ground-dwelling Australian birds, most notable for their extraordinary ability to mimic natural and artificial sounds from their environment.
		Image File history File links Wetlands in Tidbinbilla National Park, Canberra ACT File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tidbinbilla-Nature-Reserve (698 words)

	Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 7 Hansard (26 June) Page 2156 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve is a valuable community asset, and it is one which is valued very much by all Canberrans.
		Tidbinbilla's popularity with Canberrans and people from the surrounding region is demonstrated by the fact that they make up 87 per cent of all visitors to the reserve.
		This reserve has been paid for in full through the rates of ACT residents, and it is highly used by ACT residents.
	www.hansard.act.gov.au /hansard/1997/week07/2156.htm (466 words)

	Canberra: Tidbinbilla (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, 45km (28mi) southwest of the city, is criss-crossed with walking tracks.
		Tidbinbilla is a great spot to take the kids for a picnic, or to do a couple of short walks.
		North of the nature reserve, the Tidbinbilla Tracking Station, otherwise known as the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, is a joint US-Australian eye on the sky.
	digilander.libero.it /alicemanuele/en/Info/MeteInteressanti/Canberra/Tidbinbilla.html (152 words)

	Travel Downunder - Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
		Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve is a very special place, nestled in the mountains, only 40 minutes from the city, where you can walk among kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, birds, emus and other wildlife in their own native habitat.
		There are threatened species at Tidbinbilla, including the brush tailed rock wallaby, the bustard and the mountain duck.
		At Tidbinbilla you can glimpse the past way of life of Aboriginal people who have inhabited the area for over 20,000 years, as well as the fascinating stories of our early European settlers.
	www.traveldownunder.com.au /new_south_wales/Capital_Country/Tidbinbilla_Nature_Reserve.asp (255 words)

	Tidbinbilla NR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The small Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, to the southwest of Canberra (daily 9am–6pm, later during daylight saving), is an enjoyable place with relatively easy walks, and some wheelchair-accessible paths.
		Picnic grounds are dotted all along the sealed road that leads through the reserve, and on long weekends and during the school holidays it’s a busy place, especially popular with families.
		The Tidbinbilla Deep Space Tracking Station (visitors centre open daily 9am–5pm, summer to 8pm; free) sounds like every child’s dream, though in fact the displays of spacecraft and highly sensitive communications equipment are not as exciting as you might have hoped.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/capitalterritory/tidbinbillanatres.asp (264 words)

	Reserve's population of rare animals decimated - smh.com.au
		Dozens of rare captive native animals in the ACT's Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve have perished in the Canberra inferno, including four seriously endangered regent honeyeaters.
		Distressed staff from the wildlife research centre in the reserve and firefighters who witnessed animals dying in the flames have been offered counselling.
		All 20 koalas in the public viewing sanctuary in the reserve perished, as did 99 of 110 red and grey kangaroos and an unknown number of emus and other birds.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/01/21/1042911382498.html (416 words)

	The Parks: Australian Alps national parks
		Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve has recently become part of the Australian Alps national parks.
		This reserve is to the south-west of Namadgi National Park about 25 kilometres from Adminaby and 55 kilometres from Canberra.
		Much of the reserve is above 1600 metres with the highest peak being Mt Scabby at 1798 metres.
	www.australianalps.deh.gov.au /parks (533 words)

	AusEmade: ACT Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, Australian Capital Territory
		Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve is a special place, nestled in the mountains, only 40 minutes from the city, where you can walk among kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, birds, emus and other wildlife in their own native habitat.
		There are also threatened species at Tidbinbilla, including the brush tailed rock wallaby, the bustard and the mountain duck.
		Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve • Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve is a forty minute drive from the Canberra City centre along Tourist Drive 5.
	www.ausemade.com.au /act/destination/t/tidbinbilla.htm (416 words)

	Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 8 Hansard (28 August) Page 2664 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		There is a development program and a conservation program aimed at making this nature reserve a designated tourist attraction not only for the residents of the Territory but also for visitors from outside the Territory and from overseas.
		The nature reserve has received a $200,000 grant from the Federal Office of National Tourism for a new regional visitors centre, and we were shown where the new centre will be housed.
		Be enthusiastic and encourage your family members to investigate and look at nature, so to speak, in that area, and the opportunities and the benefits that this Territory offers visitors.
	www.hansard.act.gov.au /hansard/1997/week08/2664.htm (412 words)

	Logic Summer School :: RSISE
		The Summer School's tradition is to visit the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve and NASA's deep space tracking station.
		Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve is around a 40 minute scenic drive south of Canberra that is nestled in the surrounding mountains.
		Come face-to-face with the natural habitat of kangaroos, wallabies, koalas and emus which run wild, or for the more energetic they can head off on one of the marked walking trails.
	lss.rsise.anu.edu.au /index.php?module=ContentExpress&func=display&ceid=63 (151 words)

	Report - Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve — Fire regeneration (Sun 5 September 2004) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It is anticipated that most areas of the Reserve will be open to the public by the end of the year.
		The business case for the future plans for Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve has been developed and feasibility studies will be undertaken soon.
		The reserve is recovering well, although a lot of the more dangerous burnt timber has had to be removed, and COG members were lucky to get good views of Rock Wallabies and Platypus on the day.
	canberrabirds.org.au /sep0504.htm (569 words)

	Protected Areas Programme - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Reserve is zoned for management, natural resources development and recreational uses.
		The manager, Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, Department of the Capital Territory, PO Box 158, Canberra City, ACT 2601.
		Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Management Framework Plan Department of the Capital Territory (draft).
	sea.unep-wcmc.org /sites/pa/0082w.htm (226 words)

	Places of Interest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Tidbinbilla is a unique valley nestled in the mountains where you can see many of Australia's unique wildlife up close, have a picnic, barbeque or a scenic drive.
		Tidbinbilla is the only reserve in Canberra where you can spy on a koala, catch a glimpse of a platypus and walk back in time with our Aboriginal and early settler heritage.
		Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve is open daily from 9am-6pm.
	members.optusnet.com.au /~tccorg/guide/places.htm (578 words)

	ACT Bushfire Recovery Taskforce - Lucky the Koala: Image Gallery
		Lucky the Koala, who survived the devastation at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve during the 2003 bushfires, has been a favourite with Community Update readers since she first came to prominence in Edition Two of the newsletter.
		Her temporary ‘home’ is located at the entrance to the former Koala enclosure and plans are underway to build a new permanent residence where she will have her own private area to climb, play and explore.
		If you would like to visit Lucky she is located at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, next to the former koala enclosure.
	www.bushfirerecovery.act.gov.au /lucky (285 words)

	Pedal Power (ACT) - TIDBINBILLA NATURE RESERVE FROM WESTON PARK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve is enclosed by an impressive ranges of hills, which are often covered in snow for several weeks in winter.
		Wildlife roams freely within the reserve, but there are also some enclosures where you can get a good look at wallabies, kangaroos and in particular koalas (take your binoculars).
		Tidbinbilla Deep Space Tracking Station is at the end of a four kilometres road off the main Tidbinbilla Road.
	www.pedalpower.org.au /services/rides_library/act/ride14.asp (301 words)

	ACT to get $7.5m habitat centre. 18/05/2005. ABC News Online
		The ACT Government will spend $7.5 million to develop a resource and habitat centre at the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve.
		The Tidbinbilla Nature Discovery Centre will be announced today as part of the Government's plans to rejuvenate the area after the devastating bushfires in January 2003.
		It's a way of experiencing all those different types of bushland or habitat, the bushland, wetlands, brush tail wallaby...how creeks work...the ecology, exactly what there is in a creek or a stream and how it all operates together.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200505/s1370975.htm (232 words)

	Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 3 Hansard (23 March) Page 696 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Government continues to say that the issues of fees at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve is a government policy issue and is outside the scope of the draft management plan.
		The document is a very mixed response from the Government in relation to Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve.
		It is disappointing in that respect because Tidbinbilla is a very significant part of Canberra's natural environment and deserves perhaps greater attention in relation to the committee's recommendations than we have seen from the Government to date.
	www.hansard.act.gov.au /hansard/1999/week03/696.htm (405 words)

	Nature and Space (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Since the station is far out in the bush, people there often come in very close contact with nature.
		Those were called "roo bars," to deflect any kangaroos the car might "encounter" on the open country roads.
		There are enclosures to keep all the animals separated, but the tracts of land are so large, I do not think the animals really notice the "containment." As we were driving into the reserve, we came across two emus, angling for food 6 inches from the van.
	anitadey.home.mindspring.com /australia/nature.htm (339 words)

	Jon Stanhope - ACT Government To Assist In Bringing Brush-tailed Rock Wallabies \'Home\' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Chief Minister and Minister for the Environment Jon Stanhope today announced a Wildlife Officer from Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve would be sent to Kawau Island, New Zealand this week to assist with the capture and repatriation of endangered Brush-tailed Rock Wallabies.
		"Prior to the bushfires, Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve held the largest population of Brush-tailed Rock Wallabies in captivity in Australia.
		Acting Manager of Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, Daniel Iglesias, said Tidbinbilla had been successful in breeding the Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby and was keen to continue this work.
	www.act.alp.org.au /media/0104/20001142.html (465 words)

	Friends of Tidbinbilla (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Friends of Tidbinbilla are a group of like minded people who love coming out to a special place known as Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve.
		The fires that swept through the ACT on the 18th January 2003 caused an enormous amount of damage to Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve.
		Currently the reserve is still regarded as unsafe and so regular Friends activities have been suspended until those issues are dealt with.
	www.sactcg.org /fo_tidbinbilla.htm (646 words)

	Report - Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve (Sun 7 July 2002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		But by the time we (13 COG members and friends) arrived at the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve entrance it was blowing a freezing cold gale: awful birding conditions.
		Things were far better, though, up at the Nature Trails where we were sheltered from the wind.
		Surely there is no species in our area so interesting in terms of its breeding biology, vocalisations, etc! A male was in full voice close to the carpark, and we all observed a display mound adjacent to it before setting off on the Nature Trails.
	canberrabirds.org.au /jul0702.htm (286 words)

	Stock jpg Bushfire Regrowth Tidbinbilla
		Bushfire Regrowth in the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve (part of the Namadgi National Park), ACT, Australia.
		The bushfires of last summer around Canberra caused extensive damage but as is the nature of the Australian bush it has cleaned out the ground clutter and allows the vegetation to regrow stronger than ever.
		The effect of the regrowth has some startling visuals from area of planted forests with their patterns and symmetry to natural forests with their diversity and eerie qualities.
	www.turbosquid.com /FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/211553 (156 words)

	Waterwatch ACT: Water bug snapshot: Site 11 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Tidbinbilla River as it runs through the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve is nestled amongst mountains with rugged outcrops.
		Before leaving the Reserve the river is bounded by the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve and plantation forest.
		The Macroinvertebrate Snapshot table gives all the results of all of the sites throughout the ACT for the previous 5 sampling periods and the name of the last group to sample the site.
	www.act.waterwatch.org.au /snapshot/site11.htm (75 words)

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