Malabar Headland National Park

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Malabar Headland National Park
View of Malabar Headland from Long Bay Beach
View of Malabar Headland from Long Bay Beach
Malabar Headland National Park, New South Wales
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Coordinates: 33 ° 57 ′ 36 ″  S , 151 ° 15 ′ 36 ″  E
Location: New South Wales , Australia
Next city: southeast of Bourke
Surface: 18 ha
Founding: 2012
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The Malabar Headland National Park (English: Malabar Headland National Park ) is a national park on the coast of New South Wales , Australia . It is located about 13 kilometers southeast of downtown Sydney in the Local Government Area Randwick City near Malabar . With an area of ​​18 hectares  , it is the smallest national park in the state.

Malabar Headland is a headland and has a size of 1.77 km².

Use of the headland

The area of ​​the headland has been used mainly for agriculture since European settlement. Later, the Europeans built residential and military buildings and also operated shooting and equestrian sports on the site. During World War II , Malabar Headland was fortified for military defense purposes. The historic facilities are now a listed building. There is also a large target practice area on the peninsula called the ANZAC Rifle Range , which is still in use today.

Flora and fauna

On the headland, one of the few areas in the south of Sydney with its original landscape, with a vegetation of different species in the form of banksia bushes, has largely been preserved. There are also small heathlands and other plants that grow on the sandstone cliffs .

In National Park and on the peninsula a subspecies was 's bat ( Miniopterus schreibersii oceanensis ) demonstrated further Graukopf-flying foxes ( Pteropus poliocephalus ) pezoporus ( Pezoporus wallicus wallicus ), sooty oystercatcher ( Haematopus fuliginosus ) and the high-risk Gold Rosella ( Neophema chrysogaster ).

Others

Hiking trails lead through the national park. The Hawkesbury sandstone cliffs drop vertically into the sea for spectacular views.

The Malabar Headland National Park is administered by the La Perouse Local Aboriginal Land Council .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Australian Government - CapAd 2014 - NSW summary . Terrestrial Protected Areas in New South Wales (2014). DSEWPaC , accessed August 28, 2017; MS Excel ; 180 kB
  2. ^ Statement of Management Intent. Malabar Headland National Park , at environment.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved August 27, 2017