Meroo National Park

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Meroo National Park
Beach south after the Termeil Point
Beach south after the Termeil Point
Meroo National Park, New South Wales
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Coordinates: 35 ° 26 ′ 54 ″  S , 150 ° 23 ′ 50 ″  E
Location: New South Wales , Australia
Specialty: Beaches, bushland, rocky island
Founding: 2001
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The Meroo National Park is a national park in the southeast of the Australian state of New South Wales , south of the city of Ulladulla .

Meroo was only raised to a national park in 2001. Before that, the area was a state forest with a free campsite. In the 1990s, the site was badly damaged by a forest fire. Because of this misfortune and because the area with beautiful coastline and bushland was constantly used by tourists, the National Park Administration of New South Wales decided to make the area a national park so that the bushland could regenerate. In addition to the beaches, the park has rocky tide pools and a rocky island that can be reached on foot when the tide is low. The fauna includes many marine animals, such as crabs, starfish, small fish and sea urchins.

Since the elevation to national park status, stricter regulations apply to the protection of natural bushland and native fauna. Certain stretches of coast have been fenced in to stop erosion, and camping is only allowed in a few places. This enabled the bushes to recover after the devastating fire. The animal population is recovering, wallabies and possums can be seen more often, and the native bird life has returned.

The Meroo Lake and Termeil Lake are considered important habitats for endangered species of frog (Green Bell Frog and Golden Bell Frog). The national park is considered to be an ecologically important connection from the southwest of Morton National Park to the sea. In both national parks you can find forests with tall eucalyptus trees as well as various rare species of owl (Powerful Owl, Sooty Owl, Masked Owl).

photos

  • Looking north from Termeil Point to Tabourie Lake

  • Rocks at Termeil Point

Web links

Commons : Meroo National Park  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Meroo National Park - Management Plan . Office of Environment & Heritage. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.environment.nsw.gov.au  
  2. ↑ a b Meroo National Park - Plants, Animals and Landscape . Office of Environment & Heritage. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service