Warrumbungle National Park covers an area of 23,312 hectares and is located between the towns of Coonabarabran, Gilgandra and Coonamble on the north-west slopes of New South Wales.
Brindabella National Park is located in southern New South Wales and adjoin the Australian Capital Territory, 30 kilometres west of Canberra. The Brindabella State Conservation Area became a national park in 2013. The park covers an area of 21,352 hectares and is at the northern extent of the Brindabella Range and at the northern limit of the Australian Alps National Parks.
Cumbebin Swamp Nature Reserve is located adjacent to Byron Bay on the far north coast of New South Wales. It has an area of 91 hectares and was established in 1999 to protect a significant component of the Belongil-Cumbebin wetland.
Mimosa Rocks National Park covers 5,804 hectares between Tathra and Bermagui on the Far South Coast of NSW. It includes 20 kilometres coastline as well as areas of hinterland forest.
Biddon State Conservation Area covers 3,352 hectares and is located in the Pilliga sub-region of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion, approximately 15 kilometres north-west of Gilgandra. It was reserved as a state conservation area (Community Conservation Area Zone 3) on 1 December 2005.
Copperhannia Nature Reserve is located 15 kilometres west of Trunkey within the Central Tablelands of New South Wales and covers an area of 3,497 hectares.
The Big Scrub was once the largest continuous tract of sub-tropical rainforest in Australia, covering 75,000 hectares of the rich basalt soils to the east and north of Lismore on the north coast of New South Wales. Today only about 100 hectares remains as isolated patches. Six significant remnants, Boatharbour, Victoria Park, Davis Scrub, Andrew Johnston Big Scrub and Wilson, are nature reserves dedicated under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974.
Nearie Lake Nature Reserve is situated in south-western NSW approximately 80 kilometres north of Wentworth. The reserve, which is 4,347 hectares in size, is located on the Great Anabranch of the Darling River.
Yuraygir National Park and State Conservation Area are located on the north coast of New South Wales, less than an hour’s drive from Grafton, Maclean and Coffs Harbour. The park extends over 60 kilometres of coastline from Lake Wooloweyah, a tidal lake at the mouth of the Clarence River, to the Corindi River in the south.
This plan of management amendment ensures that Snowy 2.0 works enabled by the Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Act 1997, provided they are approved under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 and authorised under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, are in accordance with National Parks and Wildlife Act.
