Hunter Wetlands National Park

Hunter Wetlands National Park
Coordinates: 32 ° 50 ′ 24.3 "  S , 151 ° 46 ′ 47.6"  O
Location:	New South Wales , Australia
Specialty:	Wetlands, mangroves
Next city:	Newcastle
Surface:	42.54 km²
Founding:	July 2007

The Hunter Wetlands National Park is a national park in the east of the Australian state of New South Wales , nine kilometers north of Newcastle .

The park includes riverside areas in the Hunter River estuary , both on the southern and northern branches. The west coast of Fullerton Cove is also part of the park. The Kooragang Swamp Reserve and the Hexham Swamp Reserve , former state sanctuaries , went into the national park on the northern outskirts of Newcastle, as did Stockton sand grit and part of Ash Island. The wetlands provide shelter for migratory birds and native waterfowl.

Popular recreational activities include bird watching near Stockton Bridge and visiting the Kooragang Wetlands on Ash Island, where a mangrove swamp can be viewed from safe piers .

Web links

• Hunter Wetlands 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. 23
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Hunter Wetlands National Park . NSW Environment & Heritage Office