Budderoo National Park, Barren Grounds Nature Reserve, Macquarie Pass National Park and Robertson Nature Reserve form an inter-related group of parks and reserves at the eastern edge of the Southern Highlands, southwest of Wollongong. They comprise extensive areas of plateau and adjacent escarpment, predominantly supporting heathland, woodland, tall open forest and rainforest. The escarpment provides spectacular scenery and several lookouts and waterfalls are popular visitor attractions.
Clyde River National Park is located on the Clyde River approximately 5 kilometres north-west of Batemans Bay. The park was established in 2001 and consists of several sections with a total area of 1,278 hectares.
Bouddi National Park is located on the NSW Central Coast, 20 kilometres south-east of Gosford. The park is adjacent to low-density residential development and small semi-rural holdings in the MacMasters Beach, Bensville, Killcare Heights, Killcare, Hardys Bay, Pretty Beach, Empire Bay, Wagstaffe and Daleys Point areas.
Mundoonen Nature Reserve covers an area of 1,485 hectares and is located approximately 70 kilometres north of Canberra in the Central Tablelands of NSW. The reserve straddles the Hume Highway approximately midway between Gunning and Yass.
This Aboriginal ownership and leaseback agreement, between the Wiimpatja people and the Office of Environment and Heritage, was the first agreement formed between Aboriginal people and the Office.
Aboriginal ownership and leaseback agreementMutawintji National Park
Burning Mountain Nature Reserve is situated in highly folded terrain approximately 25 kilometres north of Scone adjacent to the New England Highway. Although small in area, the reserve’s 14.5 hectares conserves interesting features which have resulted from the naturally occurring burning of an underground coal seam, believed to be one of only three such phenomenon in the world.
Dowe National Park is located approximately 21 kilometres west-south-west of Manilla. The park is 381 hectares, with a boundary 11.8 kilometres long. It forms part of the catchment for Captains Gully which flows into the Namoi River (Keepit Dam). Access to Dowe National Park is off Edgerton Lane.
Queens Lake Nature Reserve and Queens Lake State Conservation Area are on the NSW Mid North Coast and protect significant landscape features and catchment values associated with Queens Lake and its tributaries. The parks cover 2,449 hectares of land and lie within the traditional Country of the Birpai Aboriginal People.
