Lane Cove River Tourist Park is a caravan park and campground in the Australian state of

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located in the suburb of

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within the boundaries of the

Lane Cove National Park The Lane Cove National Park is a protected national park that is located within metropolitan Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. The national park is situated about north-west of the Sydney central business district and features variou ...

and about north of the

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. It is operated by the

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. It is located on the western side of national park.

History

The land within the national park allocated to the tourist park has been a camping area since at least 1968. There are records of amenities buildings being constructed in 1968 but it is believed that there was a campground or caravan park at this location previous to this date, likely dating back to the 1940s. Easts Holidays operated a lease at this site for a number of years until 1998. The

took over the operation of the tourist park in 1998. Since that time the amount of

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, bush regeneration and habitat creation has totally transformed the look and feel of the tourist park. It was used in the television series, ''

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'' from 2009 to 2014.

References

External links

Lane Cove River Tourist Park
Official website
NSW Department of Environment & Climate Change
Website
News release by NSW Government Minister concerning tourism awards

NSW Government news release about World Tourism Awards

World Travel & Tourism Council
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