NPWS hazard reduction operations across Sydney 23 October 2024
The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is planning 2 hazard reduction operations across greater Sydney starting Wednesday 23 October 2024, weather and conditions permitting.
A 48-hectare burn in Garigal National Park at Bantry Bay, will improve protection for properties adjacent to the burn at Killarney Heights. This will assist in reducing the spread of bushfire within Garigal National Park and to promote biodiversity by maintaining appropriate fire regimes across the reserve system.
This burn area extends west of Bantry Bay and is bounded by Magazine Track, Flat Rock Beach and the bay to property boundaries from the end of Killarney Drive, north to Athlone Crescent. Magazine track will be closed for public safety.
Separately, a 17-hectare burn in the Whale Rock area of Lane Cove National Park, North Epping will help improve protection for property adjacent to the area ahead of the summer season.
This burn area is between Boundary Road and Malton Road, North Epping. For public safety, walking track closures will include Pennant Hills Trail, Day Trail, Boundary Road Trail and Devlins Creek Trail, Lane Cove Valley Walk from the M2 north to Devlins Creek Trail, and the Great North Walk between Browns Waterhole and Lorna Pass.
Walking tracks in adjacent bushland areas are also closed, including the Step Track from Canoon Avenue, Ulm Avenue and Cove Street, as well as Comenarra-Canoon Trail north of Browns Waterhole.
Each of these tracks will be reopened once assessed as safe.
All burns around the state are coordinated with the NSW Rural Fire Service.
People with known health conditions can sign up to receive air quality reports, forecasts and alerts via email or SMS from the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (NSW DCCEEW).
For health information relating to smoke from bush fires and hazard reduction burning, visit the NSW Health or Asthma Australia website.
More information on hazard reduction activities is available at NSW Rural Fire Service and the NSW Government Hazards Near Me website and app.
