Bago Bluff is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, approximately 410 km northeast of Sydney. It is situated south west of Wauchope and includes parts of the former Broken Bago State Forest and a part of Lorne State Forest. The Bago Bluff National Park also includes in the northern section the old Bago Bluff Flora Reserve and Six B Flora Reserve.
| Bago Bluff National Park New South Wales | |
|---|---|
 Bago Bluff | |
  Bago Bluff National Park | |
| Nearest town or city | Wauchope |
| Coordinates | 31°31′56″S 152°37′44″E / 31.53222°S 152.62889°E |
| Established | January 1999 |
| Area | 40.23 km2 (15.5 sq mi)[1] |
| Managing authorities | National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales) |
| Website | Bago Bluff National Park |
| See also | Protected areas of New South Wales |
Bago Bluff offers splendid views of the Hastings Valley from the top of the bluff which can be accessed via several forest roads from the south, including Bago Road.[2] The park's northern boundary is on southern side of the Oxley Highway where there are two badly washed 4WD tracks into the park.
Quarries in the park have previously yielded leaf and shell fossils.
Birds that may be spotted in the park include: Australian magpies (Gymnorhina tibicen), golden whistlers (Pachycephala pectoralis), green winged pigeons, grey fantails (Rhipidura), kookaburras (genus Dacelo), large-billed scrubwrens (Sericornis magnirostris), spotted pardalotes (Pardalotus punctatus), pied currawongs (Strepera graculina), striated thornbills (Acanthiza lineata) and white-browed scrubwrens (Sericornis frontalis).[3]
Lantana has become a problem in the park where it is almost covering some of the tracks.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Department of Environment Climate Change and Water Annual Report 2009-10". Annual Report. Department of Environment Climate Change and Water: 274–275. November 2010. ISSN 1838-5958.
- ^ National Parks in the Camden Haven Region Archived 13 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 25 March 2009
- ^ North East NSW Parks and Reserves Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 25 March 2009
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