Arakwal National Park

Arakwal National Park
Tallow Beach at Byron Bay. Arakwal National Park can be seen on the right.
Coordinates: 28 ° 39 ′ 37 ″  S , 153 ° 37 ′ 16 ″  E
Location:	New South Wales , Australia
Specialty:	Wallum heathland
Next city:	Byron Bay
Surface:	1.99 km²
Founding:	October 26, 2001

The Arakwal National Park is a national park in the northwest of the Australian state of New South Wales , 624 kilometers north of Sydney and two kilometers south of Cape Byron , the most easterly point of Australia. The closest town is Byron Bay . The park protects a walled area, a humid heathland behind Tallow Beach , which is home to many species of birds and two native species of frogs , Crinia tinnula and Litoria olongburensis , which are threatened with extinction .

Originally, Aborigines from the arakwal tribe lived here . The area was declared a national park in 2001 after a lease agreement was reached with the arakwal. The Aborigines help manage the park.

Web links

• New South Wales - Arakwal National Park . ABC Australia
• Arakwal National Park . NSW Environment & Heritage Office

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Annual Report 2009 . NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water. Sydney (November 2010). ISSN  1838-5958