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Glenrock State Conservation Area

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Walk

Tomaree Coastal Walk

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Cycle

Glenrock mountain biking trails

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Walk

Great North walk - Brisbane Water National Park

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Great North walk – Palm Grove Nature Reserve

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Great North walk - Watagans National Park

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The Coast walking track

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Tomaree Head Summit walk

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Visitors at the World War II gun emplacement at Fort Tomaree. Photo: J Spencer/OEH

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World War II gun emplacements

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Picnic

Somersby Falls picnic area

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Somersby Falls walking track

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Visit

Zenith Beach

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Picnic

Astills picnic area

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Back Creek picnic area

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Man walking on the Bateau Bay track. Photo: John Spencer

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Bateau Bay Beach picnic area

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Black Oaks picnic area

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Barbecue shelter, Watagans National Park

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Boarding House Dam picnic area

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Walk

Circuit walking track

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Pinney Beach, Wallarah National Park. Photo: Susan Davis © OEH

Walk

Coastal walking track

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View

Crackneck Point lookout

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Dark Point, Myall Lakes National Park. Photo: Jodie Chalker/NSW Government

Discover

Dark Point Aboriginal Place

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Dark Point walking track

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Deadmans Loop Trail, Werakata National Park. Photo: Susan Davis/NSW Government

Cycle

Deadmans mountain bike loop

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Picnic

Elizabeth Bay picnic area

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Engels Reach picnic area

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Walk

Fort Tomaree walk

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A Gould's petrel chick, Cabbage Tree Island. Photo: John Spencer © DCCEEW

Immersive stories

Gould's petrel immersive story Tomaree Head

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Monkey Face lookout

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Moonee Beach trail

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Mungo walking track

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Palms circuit track

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Palms picnic area

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Pipers Creek picnic area

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Walk

Rainforest walk to Riverside Park

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Riverside Park

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Cycle

Scenic trail

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Walk

The Welcome walk

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Picnic

Village Green picnic area and playground

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Wreck Beach walk

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Walk

Yacaaba Headland walking track

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Yondeo trail

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Yuelarbah walking track

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Fingal Island and Point Stephens lighthouse walk, Tomaree National Park. Photo:OEH/NSW Government

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Point Stephens Lighthouse and Fingal Island

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Discover

Birubi Point Aboriginal Place

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Aerial photo of Slot canyon lookout, perched over the a gap in the cliffline above the ocean. Credit: John Spencer © DPE

Walk

Birubi Point to One Mile Beach walking track

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An Aboriginal ranger leading a tour. Photo: Adam Hollingsworth ©DPIE

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Blue Gum Hills Aboriginal cultural tour

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Surf

Box Beach

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Ride

Columbey horse riding trails

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Visit

Dudley Beach

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A group of women in hiking gear standing on a bridge in Tomaree Nation Park. Photo: Sharon Mackay © Women Embrace Adventure

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Embrace Tomaree women's guided coastal walk

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Fingal Island Lighthouse. Photo: Jeannie Lawson © Aquamarine Adventures.

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Fingal Island eco-walk and lighthouse tour

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View of people walking over green grass toward the white tower of Point Stephens lighthouse. Photo credit: Bonita Holmes-Nu © Moonshadow-TQC Cruises

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Fingal Island historical lighthouse tour

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A NPWS Aboriginal Discovery ranger teaching a child abut traditional tools. Photo: Adam Hollingworth/DPE

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Glenrock Aboriginal cultural tour

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A coastal view of Glenrock State Conservation Area. Photo © Geotrail and Nature Tours

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Glenrock discovery walking tour

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Mountain bikers in Glenrock State Conservation Area. Photo: © Shaun Sursok

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Glenrock kids' mountain bike coaching

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Views of Mooney Mooney creek in Brisbane Water National Park. Photo: Barry Collier.

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Great North walk stage 10: Brisbane Water dreaming

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Paddle

Guided kayak adventures at Smiths Island

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A pair of women on horseback make a river crossing. Photo credit: Andrew Cooney © Glenworth Valley Outdoor Adventures

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Horse riding adventures in Popran National Park

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Picnic

Iris Moore lookout and picnic area

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The Dudley Beach rock shelf at low tide, showing tree stumps from the fossilised forest, Glenrock State Conservation Area. Photo: John Spencer © DPE

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Junior ranger: Glenrock coastal adventure tour

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Walkers on Tomaree Coastal walk near Boat Harbour, Tomaree National Park. Photo: John Spencer © DPE

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Junior ranger: Tomaree coastal adventure tour

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View of a sandy beach and breaking waves beneath a blue sky, with a rugged headland in the distance. Photo: Josh Ford © DPE

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Kingsley Beach

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CoastXP tour guide on boat on Lake Macquarie. Photo © CoastXP

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Lake Macquarie cruise and guided nature walk

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Group of children on bike tour. Photo © Bike and Fitness.

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Mountain bike coaching for all ages

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A mountain biking instructor on a bike explains technique as another cyclist stands and watches. Photo credit: Stephen Ardern © Momentum is your Friend

Cycle

Mountain bike skills instruction at Glenrock

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Paddle

Myall Lakes escape paddling tours

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Sand and rock pools in foreground, with headlands and view of the coast against a blue sky in background. Photo: John Spencer © DPE

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Ocean rockpool nature tour: Glenrock

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Walkers enjoying view from the rock platform at Tomaree National Park. Photo: John Spencer © DPE

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Ocean rockpool nature tour: Tomaree

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A group of people riding camels along the beach on a guided tour with Oakfield Ranch Camel Rides. Photo credit: © Oakfield Ranch Camel Rides

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Port Stephens guided camel rides

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Two people fishing at the waters edge on a beach. Photo credit: Tony Neill © Port Stephens Beach Fishing Safaris

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Port Stephens half-day beach fishing safari

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3 people wearing helmets ride blue quad bikes along coastal dunes. Photo © Quad Bike King

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Quad Bike King tours in Worimi sand dunes

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Surf

Samurai Beach

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Quad bikers riding on Worimi sand dunes. Photo: Sand Dune Adventures

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Sand Dune Adventures quad bike tour

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Walk

Shoal Bay to Fingal Bay walking track

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View

Slot canyon lookout

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Surf

Surf lessons in Tomaree National Park

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Two people on a tandem flight with Cloudbase Paragliding. Photo: Mark Rossi © Cloudbase Paragliding

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Tandem paragliding on the NSW Central Coast

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A man in a 4WD vehicle for Tag-Along and Passenger Tours travels down a dune under clear skies. Photo: Nicole Boyle © 4WD Tag-Along and Passenger Tours

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Tomaree 4WD tag-along and passenger tours

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A NPWS ranger and 2 park visitors take in the view from a coastal lookout in Tomaree National Park. Photo: John Spencer © DPE

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Tomaree coastal walking tour

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View of 2 brightly-coloured kayaks at the shoreline of Myall Lake, with the sun setting behind trees. Photo credit: Tony Schofield © Adventure Activities Outdoors

Paddle

Top of the Myall guided sunset kayak tours

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Abseil

Watagans cliff abseiling tours

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A group of people riding horses along the shoreline on a Sahara Trails tour. Credit: Imogyn Allardice © Sahara Trails

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Worimi beach horse riding tours

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A tour group standing in front of a 4WD with their sandboards. Credit: Andrew Hay © Sand Dune Safaris

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Worimi guided sandboarding and sand surfing adventures

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A group enjoys sand boarding on the dunes alongside a red Port Stephens 4WD Tours vehicle. Photo credit: Ray Alley © Port Stephens 4WD Tours

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Worimi sand boarding adventure in coastal dunes

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Aerial view of 5 people standing at the top of a massive sand dune, holding their sand boards in the air. Photo © 4WD Tours R Us

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Worimi sand boarding with 4WD Tours R Us

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Wreck Beach

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Walk

Bombala walking track

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Picnic

Double Wharf picnic area

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Walk

Leggy Point loop walking track

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View

The Narrow Place lookout

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Walk

Turners walking track

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Picnic

Morisset picnic area

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Walk

Grass tree track

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Picnic

Alexanders picnic area

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Walk

Awaba Bay Foreshore walk

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Tomaree National Park signs. Photo: John Spencer

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Fishermans Bay foreshore

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Learn

Forestry Hut

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Walk

Heritage walking track

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Lillypilly loop track, Wyrrabalong National Park. Photo: John Spencer © OEH

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Lillypilly loop trail

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Picnic

Marmong picnic area

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Minmi cemetery stroll, Blue Gum Hills Regional Park. Photo: John Yurasek © OEH

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Minmi Cemetery walk

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View

Muirs lookout

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Man at Pelican Beach lookout. Photo: John Spencer

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Pelican Beach Road lookout

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Walk

Red Gum trail

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Hunter Wetlands National Park. Photo: Susan Davis © OEH

Walk

Scotts Point Way to Riverside Park trail

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Watch

Seaham Swamp Bird Hide

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Walk

Seaham Swamp walk

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Watch

Stockton sandspit

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Picnic

Tea Tree picnic area and lookout

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Climb

TreeTops Newcastle

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Walk

Wangi circuit walking track

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View

Pink Caves

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Volunteer

Awaba Bay bush regeneration

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Aerial photo showing the cultural artwork by Worimi man Gerard Black at Birubi Point Aboriginal Place. Credit: Daniel Parsons © Daniel Parsons

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Birubi storytelling: Matjarr nguka biinba

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Blue Gum Hills bush regeneration

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Discover

Burwood trail

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Drowned forest, Colongra Swamp Nature Reserve. Photo: Barry Collier © Barry Collier

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Colongra Swamp bush regeneration

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Native Australian flora in Wyrrabalong National Park. Photo: John Spencer © OEH

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Friends of Wyrrabalong North

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The view looking north from the spur. Photo: John Yurasek © OEH

Itinerary

Itinerary: Central Coast

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People fishing from platform, Tomaree National Park. Photo: John Spencer

Itinerary

Itinerary: NSW North Coast fishing

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Tuggerah bushcare

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The small white blossom of the scrub turpentine tree. Photo: Gavin Phillips © DPIE

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Wambina bushcare

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Watagan weeders

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Wyrrabalong bushcare Bateau Bay

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Nearby camping and accommodation

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Frazer campground

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Freemans campground

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Baileys Cottage

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2 campers sitting with their backpacks with their tents set up in the background. Photo: John Spencer/DPIE

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Bangalow campground

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Gap Creek facilities, Watagans National Park. Photo: Susan Davis/DPIE

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Gap Creek campground

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2 campers setting up a tent on the grass. Photo: John Spencer/DPIE

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Rivermouth campground

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Stewart and Lloyds campground

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View across sand to vehicles, people, and a tent on Samurai Beach in Tomaree National Park. Photo: Jim Cutler © DPIE

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Samurai Beach campground

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Little Mountain campground

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Tattersalls campground

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Nearby parks

Visitor paddling across Boolambayte Lake, Bungarie Bay campground. Credit: John Spencer © DPE

Park

Myall Lakes National Park

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Blue Gum Hills Regional Park

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Brisbane Water National Park

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Glenrock State Conservation Area

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Hunter Wetlands National Park

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Lake Macquarie State Conservation Area

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Family playing on the river bank, Elizabeth Bay. Photo: John Spencer © DPIE

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Munmorah State Conservation Area

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2 black cockatoos in a tree. Photo: Ken Stepnell © DPIE

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Popran National Park

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Tomaree National Park

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Wallarah National Park

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Watagans National Park

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Werakata National Park

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Worimi National Park

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Wyrrabalong National Park

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Jilliby State Conservation Area

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Karuah National Park

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Palm Grove Nature Reserve

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Seaham Swamp Nature Reserve

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Awabakal Nature Reserve

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Belford National Park

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Bird Island Nature Reserve

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Boondelbah Nature Reserve

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Bushy Island Nature Reserve

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Colongra Swamp Nature Reserve

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Columbey National Park

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Columbey State Conservation Area

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Corrabare South Flora Reserve

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Corrabare North Flora Reserve

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Corrie Island Nature Reserve

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Gir-um-bit National Park

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Gir-um-bit State Conservation Area

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Howe Aboriginal Area

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John Gould Nature Reserve

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Karuah Nature Reserve

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Karuah State Conservation Area

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Kuluwan Flora Reserve

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Medowie Nature Reserve

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Medowie State Conservation Area

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Moffats Swamp Nature Reserve

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Moon Island Nature Reserve

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One Tree Island Nature Reserve

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Pambalong Nature Reserve

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Pulbah Island Nature Reserve

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Shark Island Nature Reserve

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Snapper Island Nature Reserve

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Sugarloaf State Conservation Area

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Tangory Nature Reserve

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Tilligerry National Park

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Tilligerry Nature Reserve

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Tilligerry State Conservation Area

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Tingira Heights Nature Reserve

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Tiraki Nature Reserve

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Tuggerah Nature Reserve

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Tuggerah State Conservation Area

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Wallaroo National Park

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Wambina Nature Reserve

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Warrawolong Nature Reserve

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Watagan Flora Reserves

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Werakata State Conservation Area

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Worimi Regional Park

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Worimi State Conservation Area

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Park info

in Glenrock State Conservation Area in the North Coast region
Glenrock State Conservation Area is always open but may have to close at times due to poor weather or fire danger.

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