[1] These sand dunes are thought to date from the Pleistocene, are from 1–6 m high and rest on a river terrace.

[2] Under the Commonwealth EPBC Act it is listed as Warkworth Sands Woodland of the Hunter Valley.

[3] Extending from Newcastle in the southeast to Murrurundi to the northwest, traversing large towns such as Singleton and Muswellbrook, the community features mid to low woodland that is generally dominated by Angophora floribunda in its canopy and Banksia integrifolia subsp.

[1] Animals include Litoria aurea, Petrogale penicillata, Pteropus poliocephalus, Pseudomys novaehollandiae, Dasyurus maculatus, Chalinolobus dwyeri, Nyctophilus corbeni, and Grantiella picta.

[1] Threatened fauna which have been recorded in Warkworth Sands Woodland are: Petaurus norfolcensis, (Squirrel Glider), Chthonicola saggitata (Speckled Warbler), Climacteris picumnus victoriae (Brown treecreeper) and Pomatostomus temporalis temporalis (Grey-crowned Babbler).