Scheyville National Park is located in the Hawkesbury region, about 50 kilometres north west of Sydney. The park has a rich Aboriginal history, with colonial occupation increasing agricultural use of the area from the 1800s.

The Osage orange tree hedge dating from the mid-18th century in Peats Crater at the northern end of Muogamarra Nature Reserve is a significant cultural and historic heritage item.

Kamay Botany Bay National Park is located at La Perouse and Kurnell, in Sydney. It covers approximately 456 hectares of the northern and southern headlands of the entrance to Botany Bay, including 13 kilometres of spectacular coastline. It is significantly the site where the first encounter occurred between Aboriginal Australians and the crew of the Endeavour.

Nielsen Park is a 20-hectare waterfront reserve in Vaucluse, a harbourside suburb of Sydney, that was incorporated into Sydney Harbour National Park in 1968. The park has regional and local significance because of its rich and diverse cultural, social, aesthetic and natural values. These values include Aboriginal sites, remnant bush, and a range of buildings and structures including the Victorian gothic villa, Greycliffe House.

This conservation management plan for the La Perouse Headland within Botany Bay National Park addresses the whole of the La Perouse headland area, including Bare Island.

Mulgoa Nature Reserve is 213 hectares in size and is located in south-west Sydney, approximately 5 kilometres south-west of Penrith and 50 kilometres west of Sydney’s central business district.

The township of Hartley lies on the western edge of the Blue Mountains, 12 kilometres south of Lithgow. It is a rare surviving collection of vernacular buildings, which were built around 1840-1860. The town developed and became successful as populations spread west of the Blue Mountains with the regulation of land allocation.

Goat Island is of national and state heritage significance for its exceptional ensemble of built, natural and archaeological features that represent 3 important historical periods within one place: Aboriginal (pre-1830), colonial (1830–1900) and maritime (1901–1993). The island retains its isolation from the city and surrounding foreshore development.

Royal National Park, Heathcote National Park and Garawarra State Conservation Area are located on the north-eastern edge of the Woronora Plateau in the southern part of the Sydney Basin Bioregion. The parks cover approximately 18,912 hectares.

This plan of management describes how the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service will conserve the natural and cultural heritage of the park while providing unique and enriching experiences for visitors to Sydney Harbour. The park is one of the smaller national parks in New South Wales. At just under 400 hectares it sits within a protected areas system totalling around 7 million hectares of land.