This new national park is located 5 kilometres south of Silverdale and 10 kilometres west of Bringelly. It is being created as part of the Cumberland Plain Conservation Plan that allows western Sydney to grow while permanently protecting important habitat.

The park will eventually expand to over 1,100 hectares in size. There are plans for additional land to be added to the park in the near future.

The park will protect habitat for at least 28 threatened species, including Cumberland and Dural land snails, southern greater glider, powerful owl, giant burrowing frog and eastern coastal free-tailed bat.

It also features areas of critically endangered Shale Sandstone Transition Forest and Sydney Turpentine–lronbark Forest ecological communities.

Important Aboriginal cultural heritage will also be protected and the land’s management as a national park will enable greater access to Country for Aboriginal people.

Public access to the new park is currently only available via Bents Basin State Conservation Area. Opportunities for visitors to access the park will increase over time, with the expansion of the park and creation of infrastructure to support appropriate public use.

Fast facts

  • It is located about 5 kilometres south Silverdale and about 10 kilometres west of Bringelly in western Sydney.
  • It is located on the traditional Country of Aboriginal people of the Dharug, Dharawal and Gundungurra language groups.
  • It is situated in the Cumberland subregion of the Sydney Basin bioregion.
  • At least 28 threatened species are known to occur and it incorporates areas of critically endangered ecological communities.
  • Gulguer National Park provides important ecological connectivity from Gulguer Nature Reserve and Bents Basin State Conservation Area in the east across to Burragorang State Conservation Area to the west.

  • Aerial view of a hillside with some cleared, grassy areas and thickly forested areas
    Land proposed for restoration, Gulguer National Park. 
    Credit: DCCEEW
    Land proposed for restoration, Gulguer National Park
  • A rocky cliff is visible among dense green vegetation
    Forest Hill Creek cliffline, adjacent to the new Gulguer National Park. 
    Credit: DCCEEW
    Forest Hill Creek cliffline, adjacent to the new Gulguer National Park
  • A spectacular pink and red flower nestled in long, thin green leaves, where a tiny native bee is resting
    Mountain devil flower (Lambertia formosa) with a native masked bee (Hylaeus sp.). 
    Credit: DCCEEW
    Mountain devil flower (Lambertia formosa) with a native masked bee (Hylaeus sp.)
  • A dirt road extends through a forest of tall, thin trees
    Turpentine–lronbark Forest Threatened Ecological Community. 
    Credit: DCCEEW
    Turpentine–lronbark Forest Threatened Ecological Community
  • A grassy clearing dotted with mature trees under blue sky
    Cleared paddock with diverse remnant mature trees. These will provide a seed bank that will assist with landscape rehabilitation. 
    Credit: DCCEEW
    Cleared paddock with diverse remnant mature trees. These will provide a seed bank that will assist with landscape rehabilitation.