Wildlife

The Granite Belt and surrounding traprock country form the bio-geographic region known as the New England Tableland. This has an area of about 771,480 hectares. The major land uses in the bioregion include fruit and vegetable production, wool growing and cattle grazing. In addition, wine production and tourism are important local industries. Many of the plants and animals characteristic of the bioregion do not occur elsewhere in Queensland reflecting the environmental features of the area, particularly altitude. (Sattler & Williams 1999)

There is an abundance of wildlife on Braeside, from kangaroos, echidna, and lizards and on rare occasions a platypus and koala. Due to the large amount of native trees there is a wide variety of birdlife.