This document is the pest management strategy for the Central Coast Hunter region. The area includes Gosford, Wyong, Lake Macquarie, Newcastle, Cessnock, Maitland, Upper Hunter Shire and the Liverpool Plains shire.
The Great North Road was built using convict labour between 1826 and 1836, spanning the 264-kilometre distance between Sydney and the Hunter Valley. The Old Great North Road is a 43-kilometre stretch of this road that retains some of the best examples of our convict heritage.
Dharug National Park covers about 14,834 hectares and is located on the north bank of the Hawkesbury River opposite the small settlement of Wisemans Ferry, some 55 kilometres from of the centre of Sydney and 25 kilometres west of Gosford. Established in 1967, the park features spectacular sandstone cliff-lines and gullies, a substantial section of the historic Old Great North Road and many Aboriginal sites.
