Ted & Maude Mungomery Vine Forest Reserve

The Ted and Maude Mungomery Vine Forest Reserve is one of the last patches of Littoral rainforest and coastal vine thickets of eastern Australia – a Critically Endangered ecological community under the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (1999) (EPBC Act).

Ted Mungomery purchased 24 hectares of land in 1939, developing a large portion of it. In 2002 his sons, Joe and Vince, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the (then) Hervey Bay City Council to ensure the remaining patch of forest would be conserved.

This reserve, and its adjoining conservation areas, cover 7.3 hectares and is one of the most significant and species rich examples that remain of this forest type. It continues to provide important erosion and wind protection along this section of coastline.

The vine forest is home to a rich diversity of species, with at least 95 different plant species and over 120 species of bird being recorded here, including the vulnerable Black-breasted Button-quail (Turnix melanogaster).

Mungomery Vine Forest Reserve is located at Dundowran Beach. Limited parking and access to walking tracks is available from both Cissus and Ebony Court.

	Bird watching
	Walking track