THE BBC’s “How Life Works” will be shooting at Namadgi National Park, making the park only one of two film locations in Australia.

The documentary that tracks the world’s most crucial habitats, will also visit North America, Kenya, Brazil and Bangladesh.

“The ecology based series will demonstrate the important inter-relationships between species and highlight how these interrelationships allow the ecosystem to function,” Namadgi National Park Manager Brett McNamara said.

“Within Namadgi National Park they will be focussing on grasslands and the relationship between wild dogs and kangaroos.

Mr McNamara said the film crew will be staying at Ready Cut Cottage in Gudgenby Valley with Namadgi rangers providing logistical support.

“Namadgi has a wide range of natural environments, an abundance of native wildlife as well as a number of Aboriginal and European cultural sites, so it is a great place for an ecology documentary to be filmed,” he said.

“Namadgi was declared a national park in 1984 and covers 106,095 hectares. It is situated at the crossroads for a range of plant communities from alpine, inland tablelands and coastal environments and within a short walk, vegetation and wildlife can change dramatically. Habitats range from broad, grassy plains in the valleys to Alpine Ash forests on the slopes and Snow Gum woodlands and subalpine meadows on the mountain peaks.”

Filming will take place deep within the Gudgenby Valley – which was once a cattle grazing property.

“As a modified landscape the Gudgenby Valley highlights human impact on the landscape and the response that native fauna, such as kangaroos have made. Its location also highlights the role wild dog’s play as a top order predator in the ecosystem.

“It’s this inter-relationship which BBC will illustrate through their documentary.”

More information on “How Life Works” at: www.bbc.co.uk