Dunggir National Park

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Dunggir National Park
Dunggir National Park, New South Wales
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Coordinates: 30 ° 40 ′ 36 ″  S , 152 ° 39 ′ 7 ″  E
Location: New South Wales , Australia
Specialty: Mountains with eucalyptus forest and rainforest, koalas
Next city: Argents Hill
Surface: 26.51 km²
Founding: January 1, 1997
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The Dunggir National Park is a national park in north-eastern Australian state of New South Wales , 382 km north of Sydney , 84 kilometers north of Port Macquarie and about 60 km southwest of Coffs Harbor .

The national park is east of the New England National Park . The landscape features high mountain ridges overgrown with eucalyptus forest and narrow, protected stream valleys with patches of subtropical rainforest .

Koalas live in the forests , from which the park got its name. In the local Aboriginal language , the Gumbaynggir , 'Dunggir' means koala. There are also Gelbbauch- Gleitbeutler and Powerful Owl s ( owl ).

Web links

Dunggir National Park . NSW Environment & Heritage Office

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing Pty. Ltd. Archerfield QLD (2007). ISBN 978174193232-4 . P. 29
  2. ↑ a b Dunggir National Park . NSW Environment & Heritage Office