Bago Bluff is a national park

National park

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 in New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

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, approximately 410 km northeast of Sydney

Sydney

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. It is situated south west of Wauchope

Wauchope, New South Wales

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 and includes parts of the former Broken Bago State Forest and a part of Lorne State Forest. The Bago Bluff National Park also includes in the northern section the old Bago Bluff Flora Reserve and Six B Flora Reserve.

Bago Bluff offers splendid views of the Hastings Valley from the top of the bluff which can be accessed via several forest roads from the south, including Bago Road. The park’s northern boundary is on southern side of the Oxley Highway

Oxley Highway

The Oxley Highway is a rural highway in New South Wales, Australia. It starts at Nevertire where it joins the Mitchell Highway. It links Warren, Gilgandra, Coonabarabran, Gunnedah, Carroll, Tamworth, Bendemeer, Walcha, Yarrowitch, Ellenborough, Long Flat, Wauchope and ends at Port Macquarie on the...

 where there are two badly washed 4WD tracks into the park.

Quarries in the park have previously yielded leaf and shell fossils.

Birds that may be spotted in the park include: Australian Magpie

Australian Magpie

The Australian Magpie is a medium-sized black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea. A member of the Artamidae, it is closely related to the butcherbirds...

s (Cracticus tibicen), Golden Whistler

Golden Whistler

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s (Pachycephala pectoralis), green winged pigeons, grey fantail

Fantail

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s (Rhipidura), kookaburra

Kookaburra

Kookaburras are terrestrial kingfishers native to Australia and New Guinea. They are large to very large, with a total length of . The name is a loanword from Wiradjuri guuguubarra, and is onomatopoeic of its call...

s (genus Dacelo), large-billed Scrubwren

Large-billed Scrubwren

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s (Sericornis magnirostris), Spotted Pardalote

Spotted Pardalote

The Spotted Pardalote is one of the smallest of all Australian birds at 8 to 10 cm in length, and one of the most colourful; it is sometimes known as the Diamondbird...

s (Pardalotus punctatus), pied currawong

Pied Currawong

The Pied Currawong is a medium-sized black passerine bird native to eastern Australia and Lord Howe Island. One of three currawong species in the genus Strepera, it is closely related to the butcherbirds and Australian Magpie of the family Artamidae. Six subspecies are recognised...

s (Strepera graculina), Striated Thornbill

Striated Thornbill

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s (Acanthiza lineata) and White-browed Scrubwren

White-browed Scrubwren

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s (Sericornis frontalis).

Lantana

Lantana

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has become a problem in the park where it is almost covering some of the tracks.