The Tooloom National Park is a

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located in the

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region of

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. The part is situated approximately north of

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and from the border town of . The park is part of the Focal Peak Group

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inscribed in 1986 and added to the

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in 2007. The name ''Tooloom'' is derived from Bundjalung word ''Duluhm'' meaning

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, referring to the Tooloom Falls. The average summer temperature in the park ranges from 16 °C and 28 °C, and the winter temperature ranges from 3.5 °C and 18 °C.

Fauna

The endangered species of long-nosed potoroo lives in the park, and there are also ten species of wallabies and kangaroos.

Gallery

Image:Strangler - Tooloom National Park.jpg, Hollow base of a Strangler Fig, Tooloom Scrub Image:Zanthoxylum brachyacanthum Tooloom NP April 1998.jpg,

Thorny Yellowwood ''Zanthoxylum brachyacanthum'', known as thorny yellow-wood, satinwood, satin tree or scrub mulga, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to north-eastern Australia. It is a rainforest shrub or tree with thick, cone ...

at Tooloom Scrub

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Tooloom National Park
National parks of New South Wales Protected areas established in 1995 Gondwana Rainforests of Australia 1995 establishments in Australia Northern Rivers {{NewSouthWales-protected-area-stub

Fauna

Gallery

See also

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