Abercrombie River National Park
Abercrombie River National Park is a national park in New South Wales, Australia. It is 138 kilometres (86 miles) west of Sydney. The Abercrombie and Retreat Rivers flow through the park. The park protects a large area of open forest, the largest area in this part of New South Wales.[2] There are large trees, Casuarina cunninghamia, growing along the river. The river is normally a series of deep waterholes.[3] In the park there are platypuses, rakalis, wallaroos, red-necked wallabies, swamp wallabies and Eastern Grey Kangaroos.
Abercrombie River National Park New South Wales | |
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IUCN Category II (National Park) | |
Nearest town or city | Oberon |
Coordinates | 34°05′38″S 149°42′27″E / 34.09389°S 149.70750°ECoordinates: 34°05′38″S 149°42′27″E / 34.09389°S 149.70750°E |
Population | Lua error in Module:PopulationFromWikidata at line 143: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
Established | 22 December 1995[1] |
Area | 190 km2 (73.4 sq mi)[1] |
Managing authorities | NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service |
Website | Abercrombie River National Park |
See also | Protected areas of New South Wales |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Abercrombie River National Park: Park management". Office of Environment & Heritage. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
- ↑ "Abercrombie River National Park". NSW National Parks. 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ↑ "Abercrombie River National Park - Plants, animals and landscape". NSW National Parks. 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2011.[dead link]
Other websites
Wikivoyage has a travel guide about: Abercrombie River National Park |
- UNEP-WCMC WDPA Site Sheet Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- List of all animals found in the park Archived 2005-06-15 at the Wayback Machine