This management plan relates to three areas located on the southern fringe of metropolitan Sydney: Royal National Park, Heathcote National Park and Garawarra State Recreation Area.
Willala Aboriginal Area is situated on the eastern edge of the Pilliga Forest about 70 kilometres east of Baradine and covers an area of 1,347 hectares. It was reserved in 2005 under the Brigalow and Nandewar Community Conservation Area Act 2005 because of its significant Aboriginal cultural heritage values.
Willi Willi National Park covers an area of 30,030 hectares on the eastern fall of the Great Dividing Range, approximately 50 kilometres west of Kempsey on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales.
Coocumbac Island Nature Reserve is located in the Manning River on the NSW mid-north coast. The island is situated immediately upstream of the Martin Bridge (formerly part of the Pacific Highway), and is adjacent to the city of Taree.
Kirramingly Nature Reserve is located 40 kilometres south of Moree in the north-west plains of New South Wales, and lies within the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion.
Dubay Nurahm Aboriginal Area is located 12 kilometres southeast of Ballina and 700 metres west of Patchs Beach in northern NSW. The area, which is 5.92 hectares in size, was purchased to protect its Aboriginal cultural heritage values.
Mount Dowling Nature Reserve lies about 65 kilometres south of Queanbeyan and 15 kilometres east of Bredbo, off the Bredbo-Jerangle Road. The reserve is 513 hectares in size and encompasses Mount Dowling, from which it gets its name.
Flaggy Creek and Tallawudjah Nature Reserves are located in the Clarence Valley, on the north coast of NSW. Flaggy Creek Nature Reserve is located approximately seven kilometres north of Glenreagh, on the Orara Way. Tallawudjah Nature Reserve is located west of Flaggy Creek Nature Reserve, approximately seven kilometres north-west of Glenreagh.
Wiesners Swamp Nature Reserve is located in the Riverina, approximately 50 kilometres north-west of Albury and 8 kilometres north-east of the small town of Walbundrie. The reserve was gazetted in 1996 and has an area of 103 hectares.
