Gondwana

Yoorigan Falls on the south side of Middle Brother Mountain at Johns River NSW Australia.

On a recent visit I spoke with Dr Mary White who was a recipient of the 2009 Queens Birthday Honours list for her services to Botany as a researcher and through the promotion of increased understanding and awareness of the natural world.

Mary explained that at a time during Gondwana the three brother mountains are the remains of a volcano around the size of Mount Fujiyama and that the vegetation now growing on this side of Middle Brother Mountain was once across the whole inland of Australia.

Dr Mary White now runs the Falls Retreat adjacent to Yoorigan Falls and is recognised for her conservation work on the property.

Mary was born in Rhodesia where she studied paleo botany and the Gondwana period when Australia and Africa where once joined.