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The Budderoo National Park is a
The National Parks & Wildlife Servicemanaged park is best known for the timber boardwalk through the Minnamurra
national park
A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state dec ...
that is located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
; situated approximately south southwest of Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...
.
Location and features
The National Parks & Wildlife Servicemanaged park is best known for the timber boardwalk through the Minnamurra rainforest
Rainforests are characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforest can be classified as tropical rainforest or temperate rainfores ...
. The park features waterfalls, picnic and barbecue areas, and a visitors centre.
Budderoo is part of the Budderoo and Barren Grounds Important Bird Area
An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations.
IBA was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife Int ...
which contains large numbers of endangered eastern bristlebirds, as well as smaller numbers of pilotbird
The pilotbird (''Pycnoptilus floccosus'') is a species of passerine bird in the family Acanthizidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Pycnoptilus''. The species is endemic to south-eastern Australia.
Taxonomy
The species was first described ...
s and rockwarblers, in a mosaic of sandstone heath and eucalypt woodland habitats.
Barren Grounds Nature Reserve is adjacent to the eastern border of the park; Yarrawa State Forest is not far from the park's western border.
See also
* Protected areas of New South Wales *Carrington Falls
The Carrington Falls is a plunge waterfall across the Kangaroo River located in the Southern Highlands region of New South Wales, Australia.
Location and features
The falls are situated where the river crosses the western escarpment of the B ...
* Belmore Falls
The Belmore Falls is a Waterfall#Types, plunge waterfall with three drops on the Barrengarry Creek in the Southern Highlands (New South Wales), Southern Highlands and Illawarra regions of New South Wales, Australia.
Location and features
Locate ...
References
External links
* * {{authority control National parks of New South Wales Protected areas established in 1986 1986 establishments in Australia Important Bird Areas of New South Wales