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==Description== Covering {{convert|65|km|abbr=on}} of coastline, it is the largest coastal park in New South Wales.<ref name="Kijas 2007"/> The Yuraygir coastal walk traverses the coastline,<ref name="walk">{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/yuraygir-national-park/yuraygir-coastal-walk/walking |title=Yuraygir coastal walk |date=29 January 2015|work=National Parks NSW|publisher=NSWNPWS |access-date=3 February 2015}}</ref> and takes four days to complete.<ref>{{cite book|last=Stone|first=Derrick|title=Walks, Tracks and Trails of New South Wales|publisher=Csiro Publishing|date=2012|pages=13|isbn=9780643106901|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8v0s5zfUHisC&pg=PA13}}</ref> There are 48 beaches, including the highly regarded {{convert|800|m|adj=on}}-long Shelley Beach.<ref>{{cite book|last=Andrew D. Short, Brad Farmer|title=101 Best Australian Beaches|publisher=NewSouth|date=2012|pages=176|isbn=9781742245997|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QMASY1bNbkgC&pg=PA176}}</ref> Thirty species of mammal have been recorded within the park, including the threatened [[rufous bettong]] (''Aepyprymnus rufescens''), [[tiger quoll]] (''Dasyurus maculatus''), [[brush-tailed phascogale]] (''Phascogale tapoatafa'') and [[squirrel glider]] (''Petaurus norfolcensis''). Swamps and wet heath are habitat for the threatened [[eastern ground parrot]] (''Pezoporus wallicus'') and [[eastern grass owl]] (''Tyto longimembris'').<ref name="animals">{{cite web|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkWildlife.aspx?id=N0040|title=Yuraygir National Park: Native animals|date=29 January 2015|work=Environment NSW|publisher=Department of Environment and Climate Change|access-date=3 February 2015}}</ref> Pests include feral pigs, cats, dogs and horses, and foxes, while problem weeds include groundsel bush (''[[Baccharis halimifolia]]''), bitou bush (''[[Chrysanthemoides monilifera]]'' subsp. ''rotunda''), lantana (''[[Lantana camara]]'') and slash pine (''[[Pinus elliottii]]'').<ref name="pestweed">{{cite web|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkPestsWeeds.aspx?id=N0040|title=Yuraygir National Park: Pests and Weeds |date=29 January 2015|work=Environment NSW|publisher=Department of Environment and Climate Change|access-date=3 February 2015}}</ref>
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