The clay soils of the area support a few shrubs scattered through the speargrass and other native grasses favoured by grazing kangaroos. Cycads Macrozamia moorei are common in the grassy understorey. On the highest part of the Consuelo Tableland, a tall stately forest occurs with cycads and dense growths of kangaroo and blady grass flourishing in the deep fertile soils. The variety of mahogany tree found here, E. laevopinea var. A variety of bird species including honeyeaters, lorikeets and parrots is seen frequently.
Wildflowers add splashes of colour to many areas in late winter and spring.
The great diversity of vegetation at Mt Moffatt provides homes for many animals, including koalas and seven species of kangaroo and wallaby. Birdlife is prolific with 107 species recorded. By night, possums, gliders, marsupial mice and native cats may be seen. While little is known about the Aboriginal inhabitants who once lived in the Mt Moffatt area, it is believed the land may have been used by two groups, the Nuri people on the lowland southern areas, and the Bidjara on the high northern areas. Boundaries probably were not static and ownership undoubtedly would have varied over the years.