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The Bundjalung National Park is a national park located on the north coast of
Bundjalung National Park
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, Australia, north-east of Sydney. It protects an area of coastal plain, heathland and solitary beaches between the towns of Iluka and Evans Head.
The park features coffee rock Coffee rock is the common name for the rock-like formations of indurated sands that were formed from ancient river sediments of the Pleistocene age.
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formations that can be found on the beaches at its northern end.
Background
Along the Iluka peninsula coast at the southern end of the park are a number of closely spaced headlands that create small crescent shaped beaches of white sand. Each headland features rock platforms cut by waves and contain rock pools that are havens for intertidal marine life. The park is named for the Bundjalung Aboriginal nation, the original occupiers of the land. Facilities in the park include camping areas at Black Rocks (a nature-based camping area with minimal facilities, adjacent to Ten Mile Beach) and at Woody Head (which provides amenities including hot showers, cabins and a kiosk). The park contains six picnic areas: Gummi Garra near Evans Head and Shark Bay, Old Ferry Crossing, Back Beach, Frazers Reef and Iluka Bluff on the Iluka Peninsula. The north-eastern portion of the park contains an exclusion zone utilised by theRAAF
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as an active bombing range and public access is restricted. The bombing range has been in use since World War II
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as a training facility for target practice. Its existence predates the gazettal of the park and provides a mixed benefit in that it has preserved a large area that has been relatively untouched by human interference for many years.
See also
*Protected areas of New South Wales
The Protected areas of New South Wales include both terrestrial and marine protected areas. there are 225 national parks in New South Wales.
Based on the Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database (CAPAD) 2020 data there are 2136 separat ...
* Mount Warning
Mount Warning ( Bundjalung: ''Wollumbin''), a mountain in the Tweed Range in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia, was formed from a volcanic plug of the now-gone Tweed Volcano. The mountain is located west-south-west of Mu ...
* High Conservation Value Old Growth forest
The High Conservation Value Old Growth forest is a heritage-listed forest located across twelve local government areas in the Northern Rivers, Mid North Coast, and New England regions of New South Wales, Australia. The conservation area is also ...
References
Further reading
* Department of Environment and Conservation NSW: ''Bundjalung National Park'', promotional flyer, 2006 * National Parks and Wildlife Service NSW : ''Broadwater National Park, Bundjalung National Park and Iluka Nature Reserve – Plan of Management''. Sydney, August 1997.External links
Bundjalung National Park
{{Authority control National parks of New South Wales Protected areas established in 1980 1980 establishments in Australia