More information can be obtained from pamphlets on Para Wirra Conservation Park from DEWNR. There are 38 recorded reptiles and amphibians within Para Wirra Conservation Park. Part of that area is now preserved as part of the Para Wirra Recreation Park. The eastern part of Yattalunga includes most of the Para Wirra Recreation Park. Derived from the Aboriginal wirra - 'gum tree' and ando - 'rock wallaby'. Para meaning "river" and Wirra meaning "forest". When the railway was built in 1880, a siding was provided, named Oodla Wirra. Wirra Wirra railway station is a railway station in the Shire of Etheridge, Queensland, Australia. A siding at Reedy Springs at was renamed Wirra Wirra in December 1910. The Para Wirra Conservation Park is north-east of the town.