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11 Jul 2024

SS Nemesis shipwreck memorial event marks 120th anniversary | Media release

After 120 years, relatives have gathered at the wreck site of SS Nemesis off the coast of Port Kembla to honour and remember the 32 lives lost when the steamship vanished in 1904.
Dr Brad Duncan, Senior Assessments Officer, Heritage NSW, wearing name tag, talking while on a boat at sea
News
23 Jul 2024

Sydney Harbour National Park hazard reduction burn | Media release

National Parks and Wildlife Service, together with Fire and Rescue NSW will be conducting a hazard reduction burn in Sydney Harbour National Park, between Taylors Bay and Bradleys Head Road at Bradleys Head on Wednesday, July 24, weather permitting.
Smoke over the mountains following aerial incendiary hazard reduction burn Bull Station
News
26 Jul 2024

Toilet block vandalised at Glow Worm Tunnel precinct | Media release

The toilet block at the newly upgraded Glow Worm Tunnel precinct has been damaged by vandals.
A broken door hadle
News
03 Jul 2024

Trifecta of awards for Sydney's lookouts | Media release

Proving they are not just a hit with visitors, spectacular sight-seeing precincts in Sydney region national parks have now scooped a trifecta of awards, with the new North Head lookouts, Burragula and Yiningma, taking out the highest award for architecture in New South Wales.
A person is seated on a curved bench by the sea, surrounded by vertical wooden stakes
News
12 Jul 2024

Unveiling of Blue Plaque commemorates the 1965 Freedom Ride during NAIDOC Week | Media release

In celebration of NAIDOC Week, a blue plaque has been unveiled at the Wayside Chapel in Kings Cross, commemorating the pivotal 1965 Freedom Ride.
Woman beside historical blue plaque commemorating 1965 Aboriginal rights Freedom Ride.
News
08 Aug 2024

Whale cut free near Coffs and swims off safely thanks to team effort | Media release

A humpback whale just off Coffs Harbour was safely disentangled from commercial fishing gear yesterday afternoon thanks to a team effort by community, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, NSW Water Police’s Marine Area Command, Jetty Dive Centre and Organisation for the Rescue and Research of Ce
Part of a whale is visible above water as 2 people in helmets lean over the side of an inflatable motor boat and a third person holds a long pole. The sea is calm and vividly blue, with the shoreline and rugged forested hills in the background.
News
22 Jul 2024

World-first scorecard for Australia's oldest national park | Media release

In a world first, Australia’s oldest national park, the Royal National Park in Heathcote has received its first health report, with the publication of an EcoHealth Scorecard.
Penny Sharpe is kneeling by the water's edge and holding a platypus that is emerging from a release bag. She is surrounded by Dr Gilad Bino, Heathcote MP Maryanne Stuart and NPWS parks staff.
News
08 Aug 2024

Yarriabini National Park hazard reduction burn | Media release

The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is conducting a hazard reduction burn in Yarriabini National Park starting Friday 9 August, weather permitting.
Hazard reduction burn, National Parks and Wildlife Service staff
News
31 Jul 2024

Yiraaldiya National Park, Sydney planned cultural burn | Media release

National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) in conjunction with Greater Sydney Landcare, Firestick Alliance, Dharug and connected Aboriginal communities will be conducting a 2-day cultural burn in Yiraaldiya National Park starting 1 August, weather permitting.
Yiraaldiya National Park and neighbouring suburbs
News
18 Mar 2024

$100 million to increase biodiversity protection and deliver certainty for housing | Media release

The NSW Government has delivered on its commitment to strengthen protection for koalas while helping deliver much-needed housing in western and south-western Sydney, by enhancing the Cumberland Plain Conservation Plan.
Cumberland Plain Woodland