Cliffhouse Wetlands are privately owned on a property located approximately 35 kilometres south-west of Lake Victoria, NSW. The property is managed for environmental purposes for at least 15 years. The wetlands are a natural river red gum riverine depression covering an area of 11 ha adjacent to the Murray River.

Cliffhouse is a stronghold for the endangered southern bell frog Litoria raniformis and has received environmental water from the NSW government previously to support this species. Cliffhouse is monitored for frogs under the Saving our Species program through NSW government, with assistance from the MDWWG. Cliffhouse also provides significant waterbird habitat during dry periods and is monitored annually by DPIE-EES waterbird monitoring program

Watering will focus on continuing to maintain quality habitat for the southern bell frog and waterbirds.

As the wetlands are shallow, they will receive EWT water to assist with the maintenance of existing and surrounding southern bell frog populations.

The wetland today only fills in very wet years from Murray River floods, requiring targeted flows to achieve a more ‘natural’ watering regime.

Water can only be delivered by a pump helping to preclude carp from the wetland.

Support river red gum woodland and lignum areas.

Provide refuge and foraging habitat for a range of waterbirds.

Provide refuge for southern bell frog (Vulnerable EPBC Act 1999 and Endangered NSW BC Act 2016).