Bago Bluff National Park

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Bago Bluff National Park
View of Bago Bluff from the Oxley Highway
View of Bago Bluff from the Oxley Highway
Bago Bluff National Park, New South Wales
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Coordinates: 31 ° 31 ′ 56 ″  S , 152 ° 37 ′ 44 ″  E
Location: New South Wales , Australia
Surface: 40.23 km²
Founding: 1999
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The Bago Bluff National Park (English Bago Bluff National Park ) is located in the state of New South Wales in Australia , about 410 km northeast of Sydney and a little southwest of Wauchope , from where one has the best access to the park via the Oxley Highway . It has an area of ​​4023 ha and was placed under protection in January 1999.

General

Bago Bluff comprises parts of the Broken Bago State Forest and the Lome State Forest. In the national park you can enjoy sweeping views over the Hastings Valley . Petrifications have been found in the area. Bago Bluff National Park has year-round rainfall. The maximum amount of precipitation measured in one day is 310.6 mm.

Flora and fauna

Bird species include, for example, the flute bird , the yellow-bellied thick head , fan tails , kookaburra , spotted panther bird and the thick-billed strangler crow . Endangered species are also the brown-headed cockatoo , the long-tailed fruit pigeon , the giant owl , the New Holland owl and the black owl .

Further protection categories

The park also includes the Bago Bluff Flora Reserve and Six B Flora Reserve plant protection areas .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b North East NSW Parks and Reserves - Trip report by B. Everingham, July 1999, accessed July 28, 2010
  2. a b Explanations of the National Park Administration
  3. climatic data according CECCW