Editing Bundjalung National Park

{{Short description|National park in Australia}}
{{Nosources|date=February 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type                   = protected
| name                   = Bundjalung National Park
| state                  = nsw
| iucn_category          = II
| image                  = Bundjalung National Park Woody Head Lookout.JPG
| caption                = Lookout from Woody Head towards the [[Tasman Sea]]
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| coordinates            = {{coord|29|14|51|S|153|19|43|E|display=inline,title}}
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| nearest_town_or_city   = [[Evans Head, New South Wales|Evans Head]]
| area                   = {{Convert|210|km2|sqmi|1|abbr=on}}<!-- If the area is greater than 100ha (1km2) a conversion template is not required. -->
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| established            = 1980
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| managing_authorities   = [[National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)|NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service]]
| url                    = http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park/parks/Bundjalung-National-Park
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The '''Bundjalung National Park''' is a {{convert|210|km2|adj=on}} [[national park]] located on the north coast of [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]], {{convert|554|km}} north-east of [[Sydney]].  It protects an area of coastal plain, heathland and solitary beaches between the towns of [[Iluka, New South Wales|Iluka]] and [[Evans Head, New South Wales|Evans Head]].{{cn|date=March 2013}}

The park features [[coffee rock]] formations that can be found on the beaches at its northern end.{{cn|date=March 2013}}

==Background==
Along the Iluka peninsula coast at the southern end of the park are a number of closely spaced headlands that create small crescent shaped beaches of white sand.  Each headland features rock platforms cut by waves and contain rock pools that are havens for intertidal marine life.{{cn|date=March 2013}}

The park is named for the [[Bundjalung people|Bundjalung]] Aboriginal nation, the original occupiers of the land.{{cn|date=March 2013}}

Facilities in the park include camping areas at Black Rocks (a nature-based camping area with minimal facilities, adjacent to Ten Mile Beach) and at Woody Head (which provides amenities including hot showers, cabins and a kiosk).{{cn|date=March 2013}}

The park contains six picnic areas: Gummi Garra near Evans Head and Shark Bay, Old Ferry Crossing, Back Beach, Frazers Reef and Iluka Bluff on the Iluka Peninsula.{{cn|date=March 2013}}

The north-eastern portion of the park contains an exclusion zone utilised by the [[Royal Australian Air Force|RAAF]] as an active bombing range and public access is restricted.  The bombing range has been in use since [[World War II]] as a training facility for target practice.  Its existence predates the gazettal of the park and provides a mixed benefit in that it has preserved a large area that has been relatively untouched by human interference for many years.{{cn|date=March 2013}}
[[File:Bundjalungwelcome.jpg|thumb|250px|Dual-language entrance sign at Bundjalung National Park, in English and Bundjalung languages]]

==See also==
* [[Protected areas of New South Wales]]
* [[Mount Warning]]
* [[High Conservation Value Old Growth forest]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
* Department of Environment and Conservation NSW: ''Bundjalung National Park'', promotional flyer, 2006
* National Parks and Wildlife Service NSW : ''Broadwater National Park, Bundjalung National Park and Iluka Nature Reserve – Plan of Management''. Sydney, August 1997.  {{ISBN|0-7310-7655-9}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070212062427/http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/parks.nsf/parkContent/N0041?OpenDocument&ParkKey=N0041&Type=Xo Bundjalung National Park]

{{National Parks of New South Wales}}

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[[Category:National parks of New South Wales]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1980]]
[[Category:1980 establishments in Australia]]