[2] Two of the component reserves, Liffey River and Dry's Bluff (Taytitikitheeker),[3] were purchased by Dr Bob Brown in 1990, in order to protect them from being logged.

[2] The Liffey Valley is part of the catchment of the Meander River and drains the cliffs of the Great Western Tiers, dropping precipitously from 1,200 to 400 m (3,900 to 1,300 ft) asl in a distance of 10 km (6.2 mi).

Vegetation types range from alpine heath to wet and dry sclerophyll forests, with temperate rainforest gullies.

[2] Mammals recorded from the reserve are Tasmanian devils and platypuses as well as bandicoots, bettongs, potoroos and pygmy possums.

Birds found there include threatened Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagles, pink robins and yellow-tailed black-cockatoos.