Cottan Bimbang National Park

Cottan Bimbang National Park
Rainforest at the picnic area on Stockyard Creek
Coordinates: 31 ° 21 ′ 2 ″  S , 152 ° 8 ′ 2 ″  O
Location:	New South Wales , Australia
Specialty:	Eucalyptus primary forest
Next city:	Walcha
Surface:	269 ​​km²
Founding:	1999
Wandering stick palm ( Linospadix monostachya )

The cottan-bimbang national park is a national park in eastern Australian state of New South Wales .

location

The park is located in the eastern stepland, 443 kilometers north of Sydney and 65 kilometers south of Walcha . The Oxley Highway crosses the park south of Werrikimbe National Park. The Myrtle Scrub Road is a 15 kilometer long ring road in the western part of the park and connects it with the Oxley Highway.

Flora and fauna

The former state forest is home to primary forest with very tall eucalyptus trees , rainforest , endangered frog species , yellow-bellied glider ( Petaurus australis) and koalas . "Cottan-bimbang" is an Aboriginal term for walking stick palm (Linospadix monostachya) that grows in the temperate rainforest of the park.

Blackberries ( Rubus ) are an introduced species and therefore pose a serious weed problem.

Facilities

There is a barbecue and picnic area , as well as public restrooms, on Stockyard Creek on Oxley Highway and a cleared picnic area on the Cells River on Myrtle Scrub Road. At Maxwells Flat on Causeway Road is a campground with a dry toilet.

Web links

• Cottan-Bimbang National Park . NSW Environment & Heritage Office

Individual evidence

1. ^ Central & North West Road Map . NRMA (2007)
2. ↑ 2008 Guide to NSW National Parks . New South Wales National Parks & Wildlife Service