Editing Wyrrabalong National Park

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{{Infobox Australian place
| type                   = protected
| name                   = Wyrrabalong National Park
| state                  = nsw
| iucn_category          = II
| image                  = Tuggerah Lake map.png
| caption                = Northern section of the national park
| image_alt              = 
| coordinates            = {{coord|33|17|34.8|S|151|32|34.8|E|display=inline,title}}
| force_national_map     = 
| pushpin_label_position = left
| relief                 = 1
| map_alt                = 
| nearest_town_or_city   = {{NSWcity|Gosford}}
| area                   = 6.2
| area_footnotes         = <ref name=oeh>{{cite web|title=Wyrrabalong National Park: Park management|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkManagement.aspx?id=N0077|work=Office of Environment and Heritage|publisher=[[Government of New South Wales]]|access-date=4 October 2014}}</ref>
| established            = {{start date|1991|05||df=y}}
| established_footnotes  = <ref name=oeh/>
| visitation_num         = 
| visitation_year        = 
| visitation_footnotes   = 
| managing_authorities   = [[National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)|NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service]]
| url                    = http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/Wyrrabalong-National-Park
}}
[[File:Melaleuca quinquenervia Livistona australis Wyrrabalong NP 1.jpg|thumb|Wyrrabalong National Park]]
The '''Wyrrabalong National Park''' is a coastal [[national park]] that is located on the [[Central Coast (New South Wales)|Central Coast]] of [[New South Wales]], in eastern [[Australia]]. The {{convert|620|ha|adj=on}} national park consists of two sections;  the northern section consists of approximately {{convert|480|ha}} and covers a substantial area of the peninsula between [[The Entrance, New South Wales|The Entrance]] and [[Norah Head, New South Wales|Norah Head]] as well as  Terilbah and Pelican Islands within [[Tuggerah Lake]]. The southern section consists of about {{convert|120|ha}} of the coast, from [[Shelly Beach, New South Wales|Shelly Beach]] south to [[Forresters Beach, New South Wales|Forresters Beach]].<ref name="wnppom">{{cite book|title=Wyrrabalong National Park: Plan of Management|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/planmanagement/final/20130496WyrrabalongNPMgmtPlan.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625153925/http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/planmanagement/final/20130496WyrrabalongNPMgmtPlan.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 June 2014|publisher=[[National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)|NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service]]|date=25 March 2013|access-date=7 February 2007|isbn=978-1-74359-198-7}} </ref> The park is also noted for containing the last significant coastal (littoral) rainforest on the Central Coast.<ref name="gnbwnp">{{NSW GNR|id=KWIOoesEGH|title=Wyrrabalong National Park|access-date=11 August 2013}}</ref>

Most of the park lies in the [[Tuggerah Lakes|Tuggerah]] [[Important Bird Area]], identified as such by [[BirdLife International]] because of its importance for a variety of [[waterbird|water]] and [[woodland]] birds.<ref name=bli>{{cite web |publisher=[[BirdLife International]] |date=2011 |work=Important Bird Areas factsheet |title=Tuggerah |url=http://www.birdlife.org |access-date=17 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630122358/http://www.birdlife.org/ |archive-date=30 June 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

The average elevation of the terrain is 8 metres.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wyrrabalong National Park topographic map, elevation, relief|url=https://en-ca.topographic-map.com/maps/dq36/Wyrrabalong-National-Park/|access-date=2022-01-17|website=topographic-map.com|language=en}}</ref>

==History==
The land now occupied by Wyrrabalong National Park was first inhabited by the [[Indigenous Australians|indigenous]] [[Darkinjung people|Darkinjung]] and [[Awabakal people|Awabakal]] peoples. The Darkinjung occupied the southern section and The Awabakal occupied the northern section. It is believed [[Europe]]ans first [[Age of Discovery|discovered]] [[the Tuggerah Lakes]] in 1796. It was found by [[Governors of Tasmania|Governor of Tasmania]], [[David Collins (lieutenant governor)|Colonel David Collins]], who had arrived on the [[First Fleet]], during the search for an escaped [[Convictism in Australia|convict]], Mary Morgan, who was said to be living with the Aborigines to the North of the [[Hawkesbury River]].<ref name="tetcm">{{cite web|title=Who Found Tuggerah Lake?|url=http://www.theentrancetcm.com.au/history/who_found.html|work=theentrancetcm.com.au|access-date=18 July 2006}}</ref>

== Weather ==
The average summer temperature is between 20 °C and 25 °C, and the record measured temperature is 42.4 °C, in winter the temperature is between 10 °C and 17 °C, and the lowest measured temperature is 3.4 °C.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wyrrabalong National Park {{!}} Visitor info|url=https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park/parks/wyrrabalong-national-park/visitor-info|access-date=2022-01-16|website=NSW National Parks|language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[Protected areas of New South Wales]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web|title=Wyrrabalong National Park: Visitor guide|url=http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/~/media/Visitor/Files/PDF/Brochures/wyrrabalong-pdf.ashx|type=PDF brochure|work=[[National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)|NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service]]|publisher=[[Government of New South Wales]]|date=2012}}

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[[Category:National parks of New South Wales]]
[[Category:Central Coast (New South Wales)]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1991]]
[[Category:1991 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:Important Bird Areas of New South Wales]]


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