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The Pines picnic area

Yarriabini National Park

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Family running along Little Bay beach, Arakoon National Park. Photo: David Finnegan/DPE

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Little Bay picnic area

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The spectacular view from Smoky Cape picnic area. Photo: Debby McGerty © NSW Government

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Smoky Cape picnic area

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Wilson River picnic area shelter, Willi Willi National Park. Photo: John Spencer

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Wilson River picnic area

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Gap Beach in Hat Head National Park. Photo credit: Barbara Webster © DPIE

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Gap Beach picnic area

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An wide view of the picnic shelter and its lush forest setting at Never Never picnic area, Dorrigo National Park. Credit: John Spencer/DCCEEW © DCCEEW

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Never Never picnic area

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Bluff loop picnic area

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Bongil picnic area, Bongil Bongil National Park. Photo: Rob Cleary/OEH

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Bongil picnic area

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Cedar Park picnic area, Ngambaa Nature Reserve. Photo: Rob Cleary © OEH

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Cedar Park picnic area

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The Glade picnic area, Dorrigo National Park. Photo © Rob Cleary

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The Glade picnic area

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Nearby things to do

The view from behind the waterfall towards the suspension bridge at Crystal Shower Falls walk in Dorrigo National Park. Photo: Rob Cleary © OEH

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Crystal Shower Falls walk

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Trial Bay Gaol, Arakoon National Park. Photo: Rob Cleary

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Trial Bay Gaol

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Warrell Creek, Gaagal Wanggaan (South Beach) National Park. Photo: A Ingarfield

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Warrell Creek

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Visitors following the trail around the Look At Me Now headland. Photo: Rob Cleary

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Solitary Islands coastal walk

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Front beach, Arakoon National Park. Photo: Debbie McGerty/OEH

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Front Beach

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Botanic walk trees, Willi Willi National Park. Photo: John Spencer © OEH

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Botanic walk

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Bridle trail, Arakoon National Park. Photo: Debby McGerty © OEH

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Bridle trail

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Connors Beach walking track, Hat Head National Park. Photo: Debby McGerty © OEH

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Connors walking track

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Staff helping a visitor at Dorrigo Rainforest Centre. Photo: John Spencer/DCCEEW © DCCEEW

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Dorrigo Rainforest Centre

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Native plants with ocean and island in the distance. Photo: Stuart Poignard

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Green Island walking track

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Hastings Forest Way touring route, Werrikimbe National Park. Photo: John Spencer

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Hastings Forest Way touring route

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Jack Perkins track, Hat Head National Park. Photo: Debby McGerty © OEH

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Jack Perkins walking track

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Kinchela Trig lookout walk, Hat Head National Park. Photo: Debby McGerty © OEH

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Kinchela Trig Lookout walk

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Views down the coastline on Korogoro Walking track, Hat Head National Park. Photo: Debby McGerty © OEH

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Korogoro walking track

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Little Bay to Gap Beach walking track, Hat Head National Park. Photo: Debby McGerty © OEH

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Little Bay to Gap Beach walking track

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A family walking along the Lyrebird Link walking track. Photo © Barbara Webster

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Lyrebird Link track

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Monument Hill walking track in Arakoon National Park. Photo: Debby McGerty © OEH

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Monument Hill walking track

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New England Wilderness walk, New England National Park. Photo © Barbara Webster

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New England Wilderness walk

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Palm Grove walk forest, Willi Willi National Park. Photo: John Spencer © OEH

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Palm Grove walk

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A family walking along Powder Magazine track in Arakoon National Park. Photo: David Finnegan © OEH

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Powder Magazine walking track

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Smoky Cape Lighthouse, Hat Head National Park. Photo: David Finnegan/NSW Government

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Smoky Cape Lighthouse

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The rocky headlands along the Smoky Cape walking track in Hat Head National Park. Photo: John Spencer © OEH

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Smoky Cape Range walking track

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A family enjoying a meal at Trial Bay Kiosk Restaurant, Arakoon National Park. Photo: David Finnegan/NSW Government

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Trial Bay Kiosk Restaurant

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Waterfall walk cascade, Willi Willi National Park. Photo: John Spencer © OEH

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Waterfall walk

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Way Way Creek Road, Yarriabini National Park. Photo: G Wallace/NSW Government

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Way Way Creek Road drive

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Wonga walk in Dorrigo National Park. Photo credit: Owen Mowle © DPIE

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Wonga walk

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Yarriabini lookout, Yarriabini National Park. Photo: A Turbill/NSW Government

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Yarriabini lookout

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A young woman on a Via Travel Australia guided tour gazes out over a wide vista of bushland, river and waterfall at a lookout. Photo © Via Travel Australia

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14-day coastal tours from Sydney to Cairns

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Group of people with motorcycles on Port Macquarie seawall. Photo © Endeavour Motorcycle Tours

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2-day Port Macquarie motorcycle adventure

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A view through trees of a waterfall cascading into a pool. Photo: Graeme McGregor © ParkTours

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8-day NSW North Coast and Tablelands walking tour

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Ranger Matt crouching beside a log to show the fungi growing on it, Dorrigo National Park. Photo: Jane Grebert. © DPE

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Dorrigo rainforest Aboriginal cultural tour

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An NPWS ranger and a young woman and man look at the Gondwana circle map on the ground, Dorrigo National Park. Photo: 'And the trees’ Photography © NPWS

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Dorrigo rainforest ranger-guided tour

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Children in the forest with an NPWS ranger guide, Dorrigo National Park. Photo: Louise Walpole © NPWS

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Junior ranger: Dorrigo Rainforest kids nature play

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Large swell crashing over rocks and into Mermaid Pools in Arakoon National Park. Image credit: Shane Robinson © DPIE

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Mermaid Pools

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A group of 5 mountain bikers ride through lush forest on one of the Muurlay Baamgala cycle trails. Photo: Jay Black/DPIE

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Muurlay Baamgala cycle trails

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Smoky Cape Lighthouse tour, Hat Head National Park. Photo: And the trees photography © DPE

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Smoky Cape Lighthouse tour

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Sunset above the Trial Bay Gaol walls, Arakoon National Park. Photo: Carolyn McPhee © DPIE

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Trial Bay Gaol twilight tour

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View through bars at Trial Bay Goal. Photo: Kim Payne Photography © DPE

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Trial Bay Gaol: Life behind bars kids tour

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Trial Bay Gaol with starscape. Photo: Kim Payne Photography © DPE

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Walk on the dark side: Sunset tour for adults

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Blackbutt walking track, Dorrigo National Park. Photo: Rob Cleary © OEH

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Blackbutt walking track

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Casuarina Falls circuit, Dorrigo National Park. Photo © Barbara Webster

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Casuarina Falls circuit

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Red Cedar Falls walking track, Dorrigo National Park. Photo: Rob Cleary © OEH

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Red Cedar Falls walking track

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Rosewood Creek walking track, Dorrigo National Park. Photo: Rob Cleary © OEH

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Rosewood Creek walking track

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Satinbird stroll, Dorrigo National Park. Photo: Rob Cleary © OEH

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Satinbird stroll

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Skywalk lookout, Dorrigo National Park. Photo: Rob Cleary © DPIE

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Skywalk lookout

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Slingsbys trail and Syndicate Ridge track, Dorrigo National Park. Photo: Rob Cleary © OEH

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Slingsbys trail and Syndicate Ridge track

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Walk with the Birds boardwalk, Dorrigo National Park. Photo: Jay Black © DPE

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Walk with the Birds boardwalk

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Waterwall Way scenic drive, Dorrigo National Park. Photo: Barbara Webster

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Waterfall Way scenic drive

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Lyre bird

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Bundageree Creek lookout

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4WD, Carrai National Park. Photo: Piers Thomas/NSW Government

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Carrai and Coachwood trails

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An eastern spinebill on a grevillea flower. Photo © Andrew Turbill

Immersive stories

Dorrigo Rainforest birds revealed self-guided audio tour

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A man paddling a canoe along Pine Creek, with creek banks in distance. Photo: Jay Black © OEH

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Pine Creek paddle route

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Bluff loop walking track, Bongil Bongil National Park. Photo © Rob Cleary

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Bluff loop walking track

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Bongil Beach, Bongil Bongil National Park. Photo: Barbara Webster

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Bongil Beach

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Bonville Creek, Bongil Bongil National Park. Photo © Andrew Turbill

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Bonville Creek

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A walking track in the rainforest. Photo: Rob Cleary

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Bundageree Rainforest walk

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Canopy Cafe, Dorrigo National Park. Photo: NSW Government

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Canopy Cafe

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Kosekai lookout, Dunggir National Park. Photo: Rob Cleary © OEH

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Kosekai lookout

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A timber single-lane bridge across a river in Nymboi-Binderay National Park. Photo: Robert Cleary & copy; Robert Clearly

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Moonpar Forest drive

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Nature Nomads clearing bitou bush, Arakoon National Park. Photo: Nick Cubbin

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Arakoon bushcare

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View of Trial Bay Gaol, Arakoon National Park. Photo: David Finnegan

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Friends of Trial Bay Gaol

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Volunteer guides visitors through rainforest, Dorrigo National Park. Photo: Rob Cleary/Seen Australia

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Volunteer at Dorrigo Rainforest Centre

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Nearby camping and accommodation

Aerial view of Trial Bay Gaol campground, Arakoon National Park. Photo: Rob Mulally/DPIE

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Trial Bay Gaol campground

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The beach near Hungry Gate campground in Hat Head National Park. Photo: Debby McGerty © Debby McGerty

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Hungry Gate campground

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Little Bay Cottage, Arakoon National Park. Photo: Michael van Ewijk/DPIE

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Little Bay Cottage

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A car parked under trees at Smoky Cape campground in Hat Head National Park. Photo © Debbie McGerty

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Smoky Cape campground

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Smoky Cape Lighthouse Keepers Cottage, Hat Head National Park. Photo: Michael van Ewijk/NSW Government

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Smoky Cape Lighthouse Keepers' Cottages

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Tuckers Rocks Cottage garden. Photo: John Spencer/DPIE

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Tuckers Rocks Cottage

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1st Bay campground

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2nd Bay campground

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Nearby parks

Skywalk lookout, Dorrigo National Park. Photo: Rob Cleary © DPIE

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Dorrigo National Park

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Point lookout from Wrights lookout, New England National Park. Photo: Shane Ruming/OEH

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New England National Park

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Aerial view of Trial Bay. Photo: Rob Mulally/DPIE

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Arakoon National Park

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Urumbilum Creek, Bindarri National Park. Photo: Shane Ruming

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Bindarri National Park

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The coastline near Tuckers Rocks Cottage, Bongil Bongil National Park. Photo: John Spencer/DPIE

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Bongil Bongil National Park

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Coastal view from near Smoky Cape lighthouse, Hat Head National Park. Photo: David Finnegan/NSW Government

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Hat Head National Park

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Rivulet, Willi Willi National Park. Photo: John Spencer © DPIE

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Willi Willi National Park

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Yarriabini National Park. Photo: Shane Ruming

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Yarriabini National Park

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Bridge through Dunggir, Dunggir National Park. Photo: Robert Cleary © DPIE

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Dunggir National Park

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Gaagal Wanggaan (South Beach) National Park. Photo: L Orel

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Gaagal Wanggaan (South Beach) National Park

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Aerial photo of the beach and Racecourse Headland in Goolawah National Park. Photo: John Spencer/OEH

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Goolawah National Park

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Walking track, Ngambaa Nature Reserve. Photo: Robert Cleary © DPIE

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Ngambaa Nature Reserve

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Baalijin Nature Reserve

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Bellinger River National Park

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Bollanolla Nature Reserve

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Boonanghi Nature Reserve

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Bowraville Nature Reserve

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Clybucca Aboriginal Area

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Clybucca Historic Site

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Fishermans Bend Nature Reserve

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Gads Sugarloaf Nature Reserve

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Ganay Nature Reserve

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Gumbaynggirr National Park

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Gumbaynggirr State Conservation Area

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Jaaningga Nature Reserve

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Jagun Nature Reserve

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Juugawaarri Nature Reserve

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Kilprotay Flora Reserve

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Kumbatine National Park

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Kumbatine State Conservation Area

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Maria National Park

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Nambucca Aboriginal Area

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Nunguu Mirral Aboriginal Area

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Pee Dee Nature Reserve

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Skillion Nature Reserve

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Valla Nature Reserve

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Verges Creek Nature Reserve

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Willi Willi Caves Nature Reserve

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Yarrahapinni Wetlands National Park

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Yarravel Nature Reserve

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Yarri Barri Nature Reserve

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Yessabah Nature Reserve

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A humpback whale breaches the water off the NSW coast, near Sydney. Photo credit: Wayne Reynolds &copy Wayne Reynolds
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