Nature in and around Sydney

In Sydney attractions like the Opera House, skyscrapers and beautiful residential homes share the attractiveness with pristine bush land, sandstone rocks, natural harbour and the coastline. Citizens and Visitors enjoy the ubiquitous mixture of pulsing metropolitan life and relaxing sometimes almost deserted nature.

Sydney does not have the biodiversity of rain forests, but anyway there are around 2000 native plants and additional 1000 weeds, among which are a lot of plants from other regions of Australia. The rich flora feeds around 300 native birds and numerous mammals, marsupials, reptiles, etc.

Some words about the use of the terms weed and pest: The european immagrants thoughtlessly brought a lot of plants and animals with them. These plants and animals had been useful for economic and decorative purpose. Unfortunately a lot of the introduced flora and fauna replaced the australian counterpart. The european plants and animals had been resistent against the deseases which also came with the immigrants and caused the death of a lot the unique species.

• Flora
• Fauna
• National Parks and Reserves