Southern Downs QLDSouthern Downs Fauna Southern Downs Bees Southern Downs Birds Southern Downs Crustacean Southern Downs Frogs Southern Downs Insects Southern Downs Marsupials Southern Downs Reptiles Southern Downs Spiders

The beautiful Southern Downs Region is a local government area in the larger Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. Created from a merger of the Shire of Warwick and the Shire of Stanthorpe in 2008, this region of Queensland shares the state boundary with New South Wales.

The Southern Downs, encompassing the Granite Belt region (centred around Stanthorpe) is an amazing region with high country, offering history, art and culture, award-winning wine and much more.

For many visitors to the region and of course many of those who live there, the Southern Downs is home to some amazing flora and fauna. There are a variety of tiny native bee species to reptiles, birds and other beautiful creatures.

Lipotriches muscosa, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Lipotriches muscosa, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta on Salvia, Ballandean QLD
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta on Salvia, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Bower of Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) © Marc Newman
Bower of Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) © Marc Newman
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) adelaidae female, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) adelaidae female, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Amegilla (Asaropoda) rhodoscymna (Red Singer) roosting, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Amegilla (Asaropoda) rhodoscymna (Red Singer) roosting, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Male Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus) in full plumage, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Male Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus) in full plumage, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Paracolletes crassipes roosting on Angophera floribunda, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Paracolletes crassipes roosting on Angophera floribunda, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Thyreus caeruleopunctatus, Severnlea QLD © Marc Newman
Thyreus caeruleopunctatus, Severnlea QLD © Marc Newman
Images © Marc Newman

Popular locations include Allora, Ballandean, Glen Aplin, Glengallan, Goomburra, Stanthorpe and Warwick, among other attractions.

Check out the Southern Downs & Granite Belt website for more information about the region (details in our Footnote & References).

Cunningham's Skink (Egernia cunninghami), Southern Downs QLD © Marc Newman
Cunningham’s Skink (Egernia cunninghami), Southern Downs QLD © Marc Newman

Make sure you check back, as this section is a work in development.

Footnote & References

  1. Southern Downs & Granite Belt, https://southerndownsandgranitebelt.com.au/

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