Editing Booti Booti National Park

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type                   = protected
| name                   = Booti Booti National Park
| state                  = nsw
| iucn_category          = II
| image                  = SevenMileBeach(Forster)NSW20100911-1.JPG
| caption                = A view of Seven Mile Beach, some of which is contained within Booti Booti National Park
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| coordinates            = {{coord|32|14|40|S|152|32|36|E|display=inline,title}}
| relief                 = 1
| map_alt                = 
| nearest_town_or_city   = {{NSWcity|Forster}}-{{NSWcity|Tuncurry}}
| area                   = 15.67
| area_footnotes         = <ref name="ParkAreas">{{cite journal|title=Department of Environment Climate Change and Water Annual Report 2009-10|journal=Annual Report|publisher=Department of Environment Climate Change and Water|date=November 2010|issn=1838-5958|pages=274–275|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/whoweare/deccwar10.htm}}</ref>
| established            = 1992
| established_footnotes  = 
| visitation_num         = 
| visitation_year        = 
| visitation_footnotes   = 
| managing_authorities   = National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)
| url                    = 
}}
'''Booti Booti National Park''' ({{langx|kda|Butibuti}})<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.firstvoices.com/explore/FV/sections/Data/Pama-nyugan/Gathang/Gathang/learn/words/1df35a4d-5527-461d-9087-d0284c0cf4f5 | title=FirstVoices }}</ref> is a [[national park]] in [[New South Wales]], Australia, {{Convert|282|km|mi|0}}, by road, north-north-east of [[Sydney]]. The holiday town of [[Forster, New South Wales|Forster]]-[[Tuncurry, New South Wales|Tuncurry]] lies immediately to the north.

==History==
The first European to inhabit the area was a Captain J. Gogerly who sailed from [[Forster, New South Wales|Forster]] to Sydney with loads of timber.<ref name=environmentnsw/> He and some of his family are buried in the park. Mining for mineral sands took place at Seven Mile Beach from 1969 to 1975, and at Elizabeth Beach from 1969 to 1970.<ref name="griffith2000">{{cite journal|last=S.J. Griffith, R. Wilson and K. Maryott-Brown|date=2000|title=Vegetation and flora of Booti Booti National Park and Yahoo Nature Reserve, lower North Coast of New South Wales|journal=Cunninghamia|volume=6|issue=3|pages=645–715|url=http://rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/87797/Cun63645Gri.pdf|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20140624131203/http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/87797/Cun63645Gri.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 June 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The park was declared a state recreation area from 30 September 1977, then a national park in 1992.<ref name=environmentnsw>{{cite web|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkHeritage.aspx?id=N0081|title=Booti Booti National Park: Culture and history|last=Office of Environment and Heritage|date=20 May 2013|work=Environment and Heritage |publisher=NSW Government|access-date=3 June 2013}}</ref>

==Geography==
Geographically, the national park is made up of three hill complexes – the {{convert|224|m|ft}} high [[Cape Hawke]] to the north, and {{convert|169|m|ft}} high Booti Hill and {{convert|96|m|ft}} high Charlotte Head in the southern end. The three areas are connected by low–lying [[estuary|estuarine]] and [[Eolianite|aeolian]] sands. The stretch of land between Cape Hawke and Booti Hill is around {{convert|10|km|mi}} long and ranges between {{convert|400|m|ft}} and {{convert|3.25|km|mi}} wide. It separates Wallis Lake from the ocean. Cape Hawke and Charlotte Head were once islands, which became joined to the mainland by built-up sand deposits.<ref name="griffith2000"/>

==Flora==
654 species of native plants have been recorded from Booti Booti National Park. This formed 46 distinct plant communities within the park boundaries. 17% of the park is classified as [[rainforest]]. Seven distinct wet [[sclerophyll forest]] and ten dry sclerophyll forest communities have been recorded.<ref name="griffith2000"/>

Five species recognised as ''threatened'' by the [[New South Wales Government]] occur within the park – these are ''[[Allocasuarina defungens]]'', ''[[Allocasuarina simulans|A.&nbsp;simulans]]'', ''[[Chamaesyce psammogeton]]'', ''[[Cynanchum elegans]]'' and ''[[Senna acclinis]]''.<ref name="griffith2000"/>

104 exotic species have been recorded from the park. Bitou bush (''[[Chrysanthemoides monilifera]]'' var. ''rotundata'') has infested sand dunes and cliff areas,<ref name="griffith2000"/> having spread from nearby beach habitat.<ref name=environmentnsw5>{{cite web|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkPestsWeeds.aspx?id=N0081 |title=Booti Booti National Park: Pest animals and weeds |last=Office of Environment and Heritage|date=20 May 2013|work=Environment and Heritage |publisher=NSW Government|access-date=4 June 2013}}</ref> ''[[Lantana camara]]'' infests the rainforest at Cape Hawke,<ref name="griffith2000"/> particularly disturbed habitat.<ref name=environmentnsw5/> Madeira vine (''[[Anredera cordifolia]]'') and coast morning glory (''[[Ipomoea cairica]]'') are vines that grow over and smother native vegetation in the park.<ref name="griffith2000"/>

==Fauna==
Booti Booti National Park has had 210 species of bird recorded within its limits.<ref name=environmentnsw2>{{cite web|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkWildlife.aspx?id=N0081 |title=Booti Booti National Park: Native animals |last=Office of Environment and Heritage|date=20 May 2013|work=Environment and Heritage |publisher=NSW Government|access-date=3 June 2013}}</ref>

==Activities==
Activities at Booti Booti National Park include hiking, swimming, birdwatching, [[mooning]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Scanlan |first1=Rebekah |title=Instagram: People flashing bums at Booti Booti National Park is the new trend |url=https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/booti-booti-national-park-inundated-with-visitors-taking-bare-bottom-selfies/news-story/9cf3ebe7fa691207bdb0bfcbf08d318a |website=www.news.com.au |language=en}}</ref> and, during winter, whale watching.<ref name=environmentnsw3>{{cite web|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/nationalparks/parkhome.aspx?id=N0081 |title=Booti Booti National Park |last=Office of Environment and Heritage|date=20 May 2013|work=Environment and Heritage |publisher=NSW Government|access-date=4 June 2013}}</ref> Camping sites are located at The Ruins, in the  Booti Hill area at the park's southern end.<ref name=environmentnsw4>{{cite web|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkCamping.aspx?id=N0081 |title=Booti Booti National Park: Camping |last=Office of Environment and Heritage|date=20 May 2013|work=Environment and Heritage |publisher=NSW Government|access-date=4 June 2013}}</ref> A lookout is located on top of Cape Hawke.<ref name=environmentnsw3/>

== See also ==
* [[List of reduplicated Australian place names]]
* [[Protected areas of New South Wales]]
* {{Wikivoyage-inline}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{National Parks of New South Wales}}
{{Suburbs of Mid-Coast Council}}
{{Hunter Region places and items of interest}}

[[Category:National parks of the Hunter Region]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1992]]
[[Category:Mid-Coast Council]]
[[Category:1992 establishments in Australia]]