Conjola National Park

Conjola National Park
	Lake Conjola
Location:	New South Wales , Australia
Next city:	Nowra
Surface:	110.31 km²
Founding:	1994
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The Conjola National Park ( English Conjola National Park ) is an approximately 110 square kilometer nature reserve in the Australian state of New South Wales , around 40 kilometers south of Nowra . It is just east of the Princes Highway and extends to the Pacific at Sussex Inlet .

The park offers hilly terrain with lakes such as Swan Lake , Conjola Lake and Berringer Lake , streams and lots of forest. The area has been inhabited by Aborigines for 6000 years .

There are more than 197 species of birds in the park, of which more than a dozen are considered threatened. The park is also the habitat of the Australian dwarf glider , the short-headed glider , the large gliding squirrel , the swamp wallaby and the red-necked wallaby .

In January 2013 a heavy bush fire raged in the park and was closed until further notice.

Web links

Commons : Conjola National Park - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website of the park at www.environment.nsw.gov.au
Official website of the park at www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au

Individual evidence

^ Conjola National Park: Fires, floods and park closures. In: NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service. January 22, 2013, accessed on January 26, 2013 (English): “This park is currently CLOSED until further notice due to impact from bushfire; please refer to the Rural Fire Service (Deans Gap). "
↑ Adam Straney: Deans Gap Fire The Morning After. Radio 2ST, January 9, 2013, archived from the original on February 19, 2013 ; Accessed on January 26, 2013 (English): "The fire jumped the highway at Jerrawangla south of the Sussex turn off about 8PM and headed on a path east towards the coast through the Conjola National Park."
^ Bushfire spreads into a New South Wales national park. In: itv. January 8, 2013, accessed on January 26, 2013 (English): "This image taken from a New South Wales Fire Service aircraft fitted with infra-red scanner shows how a bushfire had spread into the Conjola National Park."

[1] Conjola National Park: Fires, floods and park closures. In: NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service. January 22, 2013, accessed on January 26, 2013 (English): “This park is currently CLOSED until further notice due to impact from bushfire; please refer to the Rural Fire Service (Deans Gap). "

[2] Adam Straney: Deans Gap Fire The Morning After. Radio 2ST, January 9, 2013, archived from the original on February 19, 2013 ; Accessed on January 26, 2013 (English): "The fire jumped the highway at Jerrawangla south of the Sussex turn off about 8PM and headed on a path east towards the coast through the Conjola National Park."

[3] Bushfire spreads into a New South Wales national park. In: itv. January 8, 2013, accessed on January 26, 2013 (English): "This image taken from a New South Wales Fire Service aircraft fitted with infra-red scanner shows how a bushfire had spread into the Conjola National Park."