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The Yengo National Park is a
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that is located in the Lower Hunter region of
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, in eastern
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. The park is situated northwest of the
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, south of , north of , and southwest of . The average elevation of the terrain is 309 meters. The Yengo National Park is one of the eight protected areas that, in 2000, was inscribed to form part of the
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listed
Greater Blue Mountains Area The Greater Blue Mountains Area is a World Heritage Site located in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. The area was placed on the World Heritage List at the 24th Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Cairns in 2000. ...
. The Yengo National Park is the most northeasterly of the eight protected areas within the World Heritage Site. The national park forms part of the
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.


Features

The
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(NPWS) opened their depot in
Bucketty Bucketty is a locality in the City of Cessnock local government area (LGA), in New South Wales, Australia. It is in the south of the LGA, immediately adjacent to the border with the City of Hawkesbury and Central Coast Council, in the Hunter R ...
in 1993 and commenced managing the newly established Yengo National Park. A helipad, known as 'Bucketty International' was established and in 1995 a fire tower was built, following severe fires in the area. In 1999 the NPWS acquired parts of the Crown land that lay between Bucketty and the Yengo National Park. This new area also included the Convict Wall and the amphitheatre used by the community. The Bucketty community asked NPWS to recognise their custodianship of the place and in early 2000, the community, together with the NPWS, developed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly manage the site. Access to Yengo National Park is via Yengo Creek Road off the Great North Road, near . The park is bounded in the east by the small settlements of Bucketty and ; in the north by Wollombi Brook; in the west by the
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, the settlements of and , and the Mellong Range; and in the south by the Parr State Conservation Area, the settlement of , Webbs Creek, Mogo Creek, the Hawkesbury River, and the
Dharug National Park The Dharug National Park is a protected national park that is located in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, in eastern Australia. The national park is situated approximately north of the Sydney central business district and west ...
. The course of the Macdonald River flows from the northwest of the national park towards the southeast, where it reaches its
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with the Hawkesbury River.


Bushfires of 2019/2020

In the summer of 2019/2020, Yengo National Park was engulfed in the largest bushfire from a single ignition point that Australia has known; this fire became known as the Gospers Mountain Fire. Nearly all the national park was burnt.


Wildlife

This is a place of great biodiversity. The park is home to over 50 species of
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, such as
wombats Wombats are short-legged, muscular quadrupedal marsupials that are native to Australia. They are about in length with small, stubby tails and weigh between . All three of the extant species are members of the family Vombatidae. They are adap ...
,
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,
koalas The koala or, inaccurately, koala bear (''Phascolarctos cinereus''), is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae and its closest living relatives are the womb ...
and
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and over 200 species of birds.


See also

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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 ...


References


External links

* * * National parks of the Hunter Region Protected areas established in 1988 1988 establishments in Australia Hunter Region Great Dividing Range Blue Mountains (New South Wales) {{NewSouthWales-protected-area-stub