Norah Head Lightstation Precinct the tree cover is a dense cover of shrubs, grasses and graminoids including red bottlebrush (CALLISTEMON CITRINUS), the banksia (BANKSIA OBLONGFOLIA), Sydney golden wattle (ACACIA LONGIFOLIA), she-oak (ALLOCASUARINA DISTYLA), MIRBELIA RUBIIFOLIA and slender rice-flower (PIMELEA LINIFOLIA). Forty nine species of fauna have been recorded on or near the headland, including five marine mammals, the southern right whale (EUBALAENA AUSTRALIS), the hump-backed whale (MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE), the New Zealand fur-seal (ARCTOCEPHALUS FORSTERI), and the common dolphin (DELPHINUS DELPHIS). Other species present include one frog, the eastern banjo frog (LIMNODYNASTES ORNATUS), the common ringtail possum (PSEUDOCHEIRUS PEREGRINUS) and thirty five bird species including
Deep sea creature extreme difference in pressure between the sea floor and the surface makes the creature's survival on the surface near impossible; this makes in-depth research difficult because most useful information can only be found while the creatures are alive. Recent developments have allowed scientists to look at these creatures more closely, and for a longer time. A marine biologist, Jeffery Drazen, has explored a solution, a pressurized fish trap. This captures a deep-water creature, and adjusts its internal pressure slowly to surface level as the creature is brought to the surface, in the hope that the creature can adjust. Another scientific