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Coolah Tops National Park

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Bracken's Cottage, Coolah Tops National Park
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Pinnacle Lookout, Coolah Tops National Park

Coolah Tops is a national park located in New South Wales, Australia, Template:Convert northwest of Sydney, established on 5 July 1996. It is managed by the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service. Its World Conservation Union category is II. It is situated Template:Convert east of Coolah in the Liverpool Range, on the Coolah Creek Road.

The park features waterfalls that plunge from the plateau. Giant grass trees and open forest with stands of snow gums shelter gliders, wallabies, eagles and owls.

It is home to one of the largest populations of greater gliders in Australia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Camping and walking are the main recreational activities performed here.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Views from the tops are possible over the Liverpool Plains.

The sources of the Talbragar River and the Coolaburragundy River lie in the park.

The park is managed consistent with a statutory plan of management<ref>https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/-/media/OEH/Corporate-Site/Documents/Parks-reserves-and-protected-areas/Parks-plans-of-management/coolah-tops-national-park-plan-of-management-020000.pdf Template:Bare URL PDF</ref> adopted in 2003.

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