Current alerts in this area
Last reviewed: Tue 2 June 2026, 1.34pm
Applies from Mon 1 Jun 2026, 9.00am
to Fri 19 Jun 2026, 11.59pm.
Last reviewed: Tue 2 Jun 2026, 1.34pm.
Other planned events: Planned Aerial Spraying - Temporary Area Closures
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NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) will be controlling invasive bitou bush using aerial spraying in selected coastal areas of Crowdy Bay, Limeburners Creek, Goolawah, and Hat Head National Parks between 1 and 19 June 2026.
To ensure public safety, temporary closures will be in place on the day of spraying only in affected areas. These closures will include:
Crowdy Bay National Park - confirmed to proceed 3rd June
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- Dunbogan Beach (from the northern NP boundary to the Diamond Head 4WD access point)
- Blackbutt, Cheese Tree, Geebung and Abbey Creek picnic areas
- Mermaid Lookout, Diamond Head Loop and Forest walking tracks
- Kylies Beach / Crowdy Beach (from south of Kylies Campground to Crowdy Gap)
- Mermaid and Figtree beach access tracks (off Fig Tree Road)
Limeburners Creek National Park - planned week commencing 9th June
- Big Hill Walk Track and Big Hill Back Beach
- Barries Bay Beach
- Plomer Back Beach (southern end)
- Short delays on Point Plomer Road from Big Hill to Point Plomer Campground
- Plomer Road (south of Point Plomer Campground to The Broken Bit)
- Queens Head Day Use Area
- North Shore Beach
Goolawah National Park - planned week commencing 9th June
- Goolawah Beach (Crescent/Back Beach), including the 4WD beach access road to Racecourse Campground
- Racecourse Headland car park
Hat Head National Park - planned week commencing 9th June
- Killick Beach (from Richardsons Crossing to Hungry Headland)
- Killick Beach 4WD access road (from Hungry Road and Kemps Headland Road)
- Kemps Headland to Connors Beach walking track
- The Gap car park
- Connors Hill Trail
- Korogoro Circuit Walking Track
- Smoky Beach (from Hat Head township to Smoky Cape Campground), including 4WD beach access
- Smoky Beach 4WD access track
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Please note that closures will apply only while operations are underway in the area. NPWS staff will be onsite during closures, and affected areas will be reopened approximately one hour after treatment, once the spray has dried on vegetation.
For further information, please contact NPWS Hastings Macleay at npws.hastingsmacleay@environment.nsw.gov.au
Nearby alerts
Applies from Mon 1 Jun 2026, 9.00am to Fri 19 Jun 2026, 11.59pm. Last reviewed: Tue 2 Jun 2026, 1.34pm
Other planned events: Planned Aerial Spraying - Temporary Area Closures
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NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) will be controlling invasive bitou bush using aerial spraying in selected coastal areas of Crowdy Bay, Limeburners Creek, Goolawah, and Hat Head National Parks between 1 and 19 June 2026.
To ensure public safety, temporary closures will be in place on the day of spraying only in affected areas. These closures will include:
Crowdy Bay National Park - confirmed to proceed 3rd June
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- Dunbogan Beach (from the northern NP boundary to the Diamond Head 4WD access point)
- Blackbutt, Cheese Tree, Geebung and Abbey Creek picnic areas
- Mermaid Lookout, Diamond Head Loop and Forest walking tracks
- Kylies Beach / Crowdy Beach (from south of Kylies Campground to Crowdy Gap)
- Mermaid and Figtree beach access tracks (off Fig Tree Road)
Limeburners Creek National Park - planned week commencing 9th June
- Big Hill Walk Track and Big Hill Back Beach
- Barries Bay Beach
- Plomer Back Beach (southern end)
- Short delays on Point Plomer Road from Big Hill to Point Plomer Campground
- Plomer Road (south of Point Plomer Campground to The Broken Bit)
- Queens Head Day Use Area
- North Shore Beach
Goolawah National Park - planned week commencing 9th June
- Goolawah Beach (Crescent/Back Beach), including the 4WD beach access road to Racecourse Campground
- Racecourse Headland car park
Hat Head National Park - planned week commencing 9th June
- Killick Beach (from Richardsons Crossing to Hungry Headland)
- Killick Beach 4WD access road (from Hungry Road and Kemps Headland Road)
- Kemps Headland to Connors Beach walking track
- The Gap car park
- Connors Hill Trail
- Korogoro Circuit Walking Track
- Smoky Beach (from Hat Head township to Smoky Cape Campground), including 4WD beach access
- Smoky Beach 4WD access track
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Please note that closures will apply only while operations are underway in the area. NPWS staff will be onsite during closures, and affected areas will be reopened approximately one hour after treatment, once the spray has dried on vegetation.
For further information, please contact NPWS Hastings Macleay at npws.hastingsmacleay@environment.nsw.gov.au
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Applies from Thu 7 May 2026, 8.00am to Fri 3 Jul 2026, 6.00pm. Last reviewed: Fri 29 May 2026, 6.02pm
Closed areas: Partial park closure for weed management
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) will be controlling invasive environmental weeds using hand spraying in selected coastal dune areas of Limeburners Creek National Park between Thursday 7 May and Friday 3 July 2026.
Temporary closures will be in place on the day of spraying only in affected areas. These closures will include walking trail access to Barries Bay Beach north of Point Plomer.
The program is designed to reduce infestations of invasive weeds species such as bitou bush, lantana, senna and morning glory.
Please contact the Kempsey NPWS Office on (02) 6561 6700 for more information.
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Applies from Mon 25 May 2026, 3.02pm to Fri 5 Jun 2026, 3.04pm. Last reviewed: Tue 19 May 2026, 3.12pm
Other planned events: Fox and Feral Dog Trapping Program
National Parks and Wildlife Service, Hastings Macleay is conducting a soft-jaw trapping program in Maria National Park from 25 May to 5 June 2026.
The operation will use soft-jaw traps with lures for the control of foxes and wild dogs. The program is designed to minimise predator impacts on native wildlife, especially Koalas. Domestic pets are not permitted in NSW National Parks managed lands. Visitors are advised to avoid interfering with any pest control equipment or activities undertaken by NPWS staff and authorised contractors. In the event of encountering a trapped animal, do not approach or contact the animal.
For more information, contact the NPWS Macleay office on 6561 6700 (business hours) or NPWS after-hours call centre on 1300 056 294 (after hours).
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Applies from Tue 19 Mar 2024, 9.25pm. Last reviewed: Mon 13 Apr 2026, 9.20pm
Closed areas: Ngambaa Feral Predator Free Area - Closed Roads
Construction is complete on the Ngambaa Feral Predator-Free Area which has necessitated the closure of roads in the reserve for visitor safety.
Cedar Park picnic area will remain open and available for visitor access.
The following roads are subject to permanent closure as part of the construction and operation of the feral predator free area:
- Wittigs Road
- parts of Stockyard Creek Road
- Seams Road
- Jacks Road
- Buds Crossing Road
Construction works were completed in August and the 23k of fencing is complete.
Construction works have included:
- clearing the fence corridor
- building the fence
- installing bridge and culvert crossings.
Closed areas: Closed for ground pest control operations
Pest animal control shooting operations will also occur in these areas
Shooting operations will occur on select nights throughout this period. The operations will run from sunset to sunrise in areas that are closed for public access.
Information regarding the project can be obtained via the following link: https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/parks-reserves-and-protected-areas/park-management/return-of-threatened-and-declining-species/ngambaa-feral-predator-free-area
For further information please contact the NPWS Coffs Coast area office on 02 6652 0900
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Applies from Mon 1 Mar 2021, 11.38am to Fri 30 Oct 2026, 9.17am. Last reviewed: Thu 19 Mar 2026, 9.41am
Closed areas: Area permanently closed - Mermaid Pools
Access to Mermaid Pools is permanently closed including for swimming. Sudden large swells and tides create major waves that wash over the rocks and pools.
Do not access this area. The severe conditions at this site have caused a number of significant injuries and deaths in the past.
Mermaid Pools have never been a designated visitor site due to the extreme nature of the surf and tides at this location. There is no approved public access walking track to Mermaid Pools.
For further information call the NPWS Verges Creek area office on 02 6561 6700.
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