Gir-um-Bit National Park

Gir-um-Bit National Park
Coordinates: 32 ° 42 ′ 39.8 ″  S , 151 ° 58 ′ 6.2 ″  E
Location:	New South Wales , Australia
Specialty:	Estuary, mangroves
Next city:	Karuah
Surface:	6.13 km²
Founding:	July 2007

The Gir-um-bit National Park is a national park in the east of the Australian state of New South Wales , about 30 kilometers northeast of Newcastle .

The park includes three smaller stretches of coastline on Little Swan Bay , Big Swan Bay and in the Karuah River estuary across from Soldiers Point and two islands in Little Swan Bay . Typical subtropical coastal landscapes are protected there , for example with mangroves . The saltwater wetlands are also a refuge for migratory birds and a habitat for native waterfowl.

Web links

• Gir-um-bit National Park . NSW Environment & Heritage Office

Individual evidence

1. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing Pty. Ltd. Archerfield QLD (2007). ISBN 978174193232-4 . P. 27
2. ^ Gir-um-bit National Park . NSW Environment & Heritage Office ( Memento of the original from March 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.