This small group of units consists of two rocky outcrops which are part of the Ellery Granodiorite pluton. These two outcrops are Goonmirk Rocks and Mt. Ellery which are the highest points in the area and receive a high rainfall (often >1800 mm per annum). The soils are generally shallow, stony with organic brown and red gradational profiles where soil has developed interposed by stone and/or rock outcrops. The rock outcrops generally occur on the crest and upper slopes. The vegetation is sparse on the crest and upper slopes where Montane forest may occur with Wet Sclerophyll Forest on the lower slopes of this unit and some Cool Temperate Rainforest in depressions. Geology: Dgl6; Devonian Granodiorite (Ellery Granodiorite). Rainfall: Greater than 1200 mm per annum. Slope: Variable; 10-100%. Dominant landform element: Crests, slope. Minor landform element: Tors. |
Soils
: Dominant: Gn4.11, Gn4.31, Gn3.31. Brown and red gradational profiles which are generally shallow, but deeper on lower slopes, with organic friable sandy loam A horizons grading into moderately to strongly structured sandy clay loams to gritty sandy clay B horizons.