Tomaree National Park
Tomaree National Park | ||
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The coast seen from the lighthouse | ||
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Location: | New South Wales , Australia | |
Specialty: | Lighthouse, gun post | |
Next city: | Nelson Bay | |
Surface: | 23.18 km² | |
Founding: | November 9, 1984 | |
Point Stephens Lighthouse |
The Tomaree National Park is a national park in the east of the Australian state of New South Wales , about 150 kilometers northeast of Sydney and 50 kilometers northeast of Newcastle , in the Local Government Area Port Stephens .
The park is on the coast of the Tasman Sea between Fishermans Bay in the south and Shoal Bay in the north. Two major attractions are Point Stephens Light , a lighthouse built in 1862, and the WWII gun post at Tomaree Head , built in 1941.
The park around Anna Bay , Fingal Bay , Shoal Bay and Nelson Bay consists of rocky stretches of coast, sandy beaches and heathland behind. Only here can the acidic volcanic rock rhyodacite be found.
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