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La Perouse Museum

La Perouse area in Kamay Botany Bay National Park

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  • Kurnell Visitor Centre, Kamay Botany Bay National Park. Photo: Natasha Webb/DPIE

    Kurnell Visitor Centre

    Kurnell Visitor Centre is closed while a new visitor centre is being built. You can still contact our staff for maps, history and advice by email or phone. 

 

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View to the ocean from Bundeena Drive to Marley walking track, Royal National Park. Photo © Natasha Webb

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Bundeena Drive to Marley walk

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People looking out over the ocean from the whale watching platform at Cape Solander. Photo: John Spencer © DPE

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Cape Solander

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Site of Captain Cooks landing place. Photo: Andy Richards

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Captain Cooks landing place

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The Coast track, Royal National Park. Photo: David Finnegan © OEH

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The Coast track

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Oyster shells on Towra Beach in Towra Point Nature Reserve. Photo: John Spencer © OEH

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Park sign pointing to Cape Baily lighthouse, set against a vista of ocean, rugged rocky coastline and bushland. Photo: Natasha Webb/DPIE

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Cape Baily Lighthouse

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Cape Banks headland, La Perouse, Kamay Botany Bay National Park. Photo: Elinor Sheargold © OEH

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Cape Banks walking track

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Wide view of grassy parkland dotted with mature trees and picnic tables. Photo credit: Natasha Webb © Natasha Webb

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Commemoration Flat picnic area

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A couple enjoying the view from a picnic table at Bonnie Vale picnic area in Royal National Park. Photo: Simone Cottrell/OEH

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Bonnie Vale picnic area

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Warumbul picnic area, Royal National Park. Photo: Andy Richards/NSW Government

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Warumbul picnic area

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View of flat grassy area with picnic table and rugged coastline in the distance. Photo: Natasha Webb/DPIE

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Yena picnic area

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Rainforest species and a paved path and flat timber bridge along Banks-Solander track. Credit: Natasha Webb/DCCEEW © Natasha Webb

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Banks-Solander track

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Views of Little Congwong Beach from Henry Head walking track. Photo: Natasha Webb © OEH

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Henry Head walking track

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People walking through along the raised path on Artillery track. Photo: John Spencer © DPE

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Artillery track

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Bare Island in La Perouse, Kamay Botany Bay National Park. Photo: E Sheargold/DPIE

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Bare Island and Cape Banks ultimate day tour

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Aerial view of Bare Island and the fort, Kamay Botany Bay National Park. Photo: S Cohen/OEH

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Bare Island Fort guided tour

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Clapsticks. Photo: Tanja Bruckner

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Blak Markets at Bare Island

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A family exploring the shoreline near Bonnie Vale campground in Royal National Park. Credit: Simone Cottrell/DCCEEW

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Bonnie Vale guided nature walk

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View of Wattamolla with coastal bushland and sandy beach in the Royal National Park, near Sydney. Photo © M8 Explorer

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Kids looking through binoculars during a Bush Play School activity. Photo: Jodie Cooper © Bush Play School

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Bush playgroup activities in Sydney’s south

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Ocean view along the Coast track in Royal National Park, showing grassy vegetation and coastal shrubland under a partly cloudy sky. Photo credit: Brian Lichi © Youthworks Christian Outdoor Education

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Gentle waves lap Congwong Beach, with Bare Island in background. Photo: Kevin McGrath/OEH.

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Historic grave surrounded by old wooden fence, on flowering heath with coastal bushland and ocean in the background. Photo: Kevin McGrath © OEH

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Dharawal Resting Place track

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Travelling Barista food truck. Photo © Travelling Barista

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Food truck in Kamay Botany Bay

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A group of hikers gather around tour guide perched on tree stump. Photo credit: Alex Musgrove © Nature Being Australia.

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Guided forest therapy walk in Royal National Park

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People sitting down on a timber bench with their pram in La Perouse area, Kamay Botany Bay National Park. Photo: John Spencer © OEH

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Jennifer Street boardwalk

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2 people kayaking on a Bundeena Kayaks guided tour. Photo: Paul Robbins © Monde Photo

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Kayak tours of Bundeena and Royal National Park

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A bush trail kids will explore on an Aussie Wild Nature Discovery tour in Royal National Park. Photo © Ricki Coughlan

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Kids nature discovery tour in Royal National Park

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Detail of stone masonry and doorway of Macquarie watchtower, set on a grass lawn, with a pine tree in the background. Photo: Kevin McGrath/DPIE

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Fenced area with tomb and metal cross, on a wide grassy slope with Botany Bay in the background, near Sydney. Photo: Stacy Wilson/DPIE

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Pere Receveurs Tomb

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Bushwalkers with backpacks walk along a pristine beach at sunrise in the Royal National Park. Photo credit: Mark Coulter © Collaroy Centre

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Royal National Park 2-day treks for youth

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A waterfall cascades over a steep sea cliff into the ocean in the Royal National Park. Photo credit: Greg Sommers © Sydney Nimble Tours

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Tailored tours of Royal National Park

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2 women walking The Coast track in Royal National Park with the ocean in the background. Photo: © Women’s Fitness Adventures

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The Coast track fitness adventures for women

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Youth trekking along The Coast track in Royal National Park. Photo: Alex Brown © Ausjourney

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The Coast track overnight hikes for youth

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Women trek along a rocky river bed using hiking poles. Photo credit: Michele Michel © Diamonds in the Rough Adventures

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Women's trek training sessions

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Lyre bird

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Happy Valley camp

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Path through sun-dappled coastal woodland, with tree branches arching overhead. Credit and © Natasha Webb/DCCEEW

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Muru and Yena tracks

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Stairs down to Maroubra Beach, from Western Escarpment walking track, Malabar Headland National Park. Photo: E Sheargold © OEH

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Western Escarpment walking track

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Family walking near whale bones sculptures on foreshore of Burrawang walk. Photo credit: Natasha Webb © Natasha Webb

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Burrawang walk

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Aerial of walkers on the Boora Point walking track platform. Photo: John Spencer © DPE

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Boora Point walking track

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Cape Baily walking track, winding over the Kurnell cliff tops with spectacular views of the ocean, Kurnell area, Kamay Botany Bay National Park. Photo: Jeremy Malgras © DPE

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Cape Baily walking track

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Girawheen picnic area, Wolli Creek Regional Park. Photo: John Spencer

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Girrahween picnic area

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Quibray Bay viewing platform, Towra Point Nature Reserve. Photo: John Spencer/NSW Government

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Quibray Bay viewing platform

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Wolli Creek track, Wolli Creek Regional Park. Photo: John Spencer

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Wolli Creek walking track

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Skylight cave is located on a dangerously narrow, slippery rock edge with pounding waves below, Kurnell area, Kamay Botany Bay National Park. Photo: Jeremy Malgras © DCCEEW

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Skylight cave

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Bushcare, Kamay Botany Bay National Park. Photo: David Finnegan

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Botany Bay Busy Bees

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A group of volunteers weeding and doing bush regeneration work on a sunny day in Kamay Botany Bay National Park. Photo: Samuel Woodrow © DPE

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Bush regeneration at Kamay Botany Bay

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A volunteer with weeds she's removed, helping to restore native wildlife habitat. Credit: Remy Brand/DCCEEW © the photographer

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Corporate volunteer program: La Perouse

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Burrawang walk, Kamay Botany Bay National Park. Photo © Andy Richards

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Bare Island Fort, Kamay Botany National Park. Photo: Andrew Richards/DCCEEW

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Junior ranger: Bound for Botany Bay

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Volunteers doing bush regeneration on a cliff at Marley Beach, with the view of the coast behind them. Photo: David Robson © DPIE

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Royal bushies

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Volunteer participating in bush regeneration, Wolli Regional Park. Photo: John Spencer

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Wolli Creek bush regeneration

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A family enjoying the view from the balcony of Hilltop Cottage in Royal National Park. Photo: John Spencer © DPIE

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Hilltop Cottage

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Four people walk towards Weemalah Cottage in Royal National Park. Photo: John Spencer/OEH

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Weemalah Cottage

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An aerial view of Bonnie Vale campground and parking in Royal National Park. Photo: Andrew Elliot © DPE

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Bonnie Vale campground

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Royal National Park

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Wetlands, Towra Point Nature Reserve. Photo: John Spencer/NSW Government

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Towra Point Nature Reserve

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Boardwalk to Bare Island Fort, La Perouse, Kamay Botany Bay National Park. Photo: E Sheargold/OEH.

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Kamay Botany Bay National Park

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Bronze sculptures of whales behind Commemoration Flat picnic area, Kurnell. Photo credit: Natasha Webb © DPIE

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Kurnell area

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View to Bare Island, Kamay Botany Bay National Park. Photo: Andy Richards

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La Perouse area

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Wolli Creek, Wolli Creek Regional Park. Photo: John Spencer, © DCCEEW

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Wolli Creek Regional Park

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Aerial of walkers on Boora Point walking track. Photo: John Spencer © DPE

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NYE in Sydney Harbour

Celebrate the New Year with the best views of Sydney's famous New Year's Eve fireworks. Sydney Harbour National Park offers fantastic vantage points for a spectacular panorama of the city skyline.

NYE 2014 at Bradleys Head in Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: John Spencer/OEH
La Perouse Museum

Park info

  • in the La Perouse area of Kamay Botany Bay National Park in the Sydney and surrounds region

  • 7am–8.30pm November to March. 

    7am–7.30pm April to October.

    La Perouse park entry gate closed to vehicles between 7pm and 5am all year.

    Areas may have to close at times due to poor weather or fire danger.

  • There are no park entry fees in La Perouse area but you'll need to pay to tour Bare Island. Park entry fees apply in the Kurnell area of Kamay Botany Bay National Park, only.

    Buy annual pass
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