The Protected areas of New South Wales include both terrestrial and aquatic

Aquatic ecosystem

An aquatic ecosystem is an ecosystem in a body of water. Communities of organisms that are dependent on each other and on their environment live in aquatic ecosystems. The two main types of aquatic ecosystems are marine ecosystems and freshwater ecosystems....

 protected areas. At 30 June 2010 there were 776 separate terrestrial protected areas with a total land area of 6641256 hectares (16,410,886.5 acre) (8.29% of the state’s area). 189 of these are national park

National park

A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or...

s, totalling 5045422 hectares (12,467,498.3 acre). At the same time there were 18 aquatic protected areas with a total area of 347087 hectares (857,669.9 acre).

National Parks

National parks are managed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service

National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)

The National Parks and Wildlife Service is part of the Office of Environment and Heritage - the main government conservation agency in New South Wales, Australia....

, an agency of the Department of Environment and Climate Change of New South Wales.

Central NSW

• Abercrombie River National Park
  Abercrombie River National Park
  Abercrombie River National Park is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, located 138 km west of Sydney.-External links:*...
  
  
• Belford National Park
• Cataract National Park
• Cocoparra National Park
  Cocoparra National Park
  Cocoparra is a national park in New South Wales , 457 km west of Sydney.Cocoparra National Park is located 25 kilometres northwest of Griffith, in the Riverina region of south western New South Wales...
  
  
• Conimbla National Park
  Conimbla National Park
  Conimbla is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 253 km west of Sydney....
  
  
• Coolah Tops National Park
  Coolah Tops National Park
  Coolah Tops is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 258 km northwest of Sydney, established on 5 July 1996. It is managed by the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service. Its World Conservation Union category is II...
  
  
• Garrawilla National Park
  Garrawilla National Park
  Garrawilla National Park was created in December 2005. It covers an area of 937 hectares. This park is located on the northern side of the Oxley Highway approximately half way between Coonabarabran and Mullaley in New South Wales, Australia....
  
  
• Goobang National Park
  Goobang National Park
  Goobang is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 296 km northwest of Sydney. It protects the largest remnant forest and woodland in the central west region of the state, where interior and coastal NSW flora and fauna species overlap....
  
  
• Goulburn River National Park
  Goulburn River National Park
  Goulburn River National Park is in New South Wales, Australia, 280 km northwest of Sydney and it is 20 km south-west of Merriwa. The Goulburn River National Park is located in Hunter Valley and covers approximately 90 km of the Goulburn River...
  
  
• Kalyarr National Park
• Mount Kaputar National Park
  Mount Kaputar National Park
  Mount Kaputar National Park is a national park in Australia, surrounding the proximities of Mount Kaputar, a volcano active between 17 and 21 million years ago. It is located east of Narrabri and northwest of Sydney. Millions of years of erosion have since carved the volcanic region into the...
  
  
• Nangar National Park
  Nangar National Park
  Nangar is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 252 km west of Sydney. The park is located in the Nangar-Murga Range between Eugowra and Canowindra. It features Nangar Mountain, which rises to 778 metres....
  
  
• Oolambeyan National Park
  Oolambeyan National Park
  Oolambeyan is a 22,231 hectare national park located south of Carrathool and south east of Hay in the Riverina region of south western New South Wales, Australia....
  
  
• Timbarra National Park
• Turon National Park
  Turon National Park
  Turon National Park is located along a section of the Turon River in central New South Wales, Australia. Proposed as an area worth protecting in 1983, the park was not established until 2002...
  
  
• Warrumbungle National Park
  Warrumbungle National Park
  Warrumbungle National Park is located in central northern New South Wales, Australia, 550 km northwest of Sydney. Outside of the Sydney metropolitan area parks, it is the most-visited national park in New South Wales....
  
  
• Weddin Mountains National Park
  Weddin Mountains National Park
  Weddin Mountains is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 291 km west of Sydney. It is a small crescent shaped range, with a high point some 750 m above sea level, running roughly north south with steep cliffs on the eastern side sloping more gradually down to the plane in the west...
  
  

Hunter & Mid North Coast

• Bago Bluff National Park
  Bago Bluff National Park
  Bago Bluff is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, approximately 410 km northeast of Sydney. It is situated south west of Wauchope and includes parts of the former Broken Bago State Forest and a part of Lorne State Forest...
  
  
• Barakee National Park
  Barakee National Park
  Barakee is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 257 km north of Sydney....
  
  
• Barrington Tops National Park
  Barrington Tops National Park
  Barrington Tops is a National Park in the Hunter Valley, approximately north of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. The nearest towns are Scone, Singleton, Dungog, Gloucester and East Gresford....
  
  
• Bellinger River National Park
  Bellinger River National Park
  Bellinger River National Park is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, about 410 km north of Sydney. The main feature of the park is the Bellinger River and the unspoilt forests on its upper reaches....
  
  
• Ben Halls Gap National Park
  Ben Halls Gap National Park
  Ben Halls Gap National Park is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 251 km north of Sydney....
  
  
• Bindarri National Park
  Bindarri National Park
  Bindarri National Park is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 431 km northeast of Sydney.-External Links:*...
  
  
• Biriwal Bulga National Park
  Biriwal Bulga National Park
  Biriwal Bulga National Park is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 284 km northeast of Sydney....
  
  
• Bongil Bongil National Park
  Bongil Bongil National Park
  Bongil Bongil National Park is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 427 km northeast of Sydney....
  
  
• Booti Booti National Park
  Booti Booti National Park
  Booti Booti National Park is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, , by road, north-north-east of Sydney.The first European to inhabit the area was a Captain J. Gogerly who sailed from Forster to Sydney with loads of timber. He and some of his family are buried in the park...
  
  
• Cascade National Park
  Cascade National Park
  Cascade is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 431 km northeast of Sydney.Cascade National Park is a beautiful subtropical and warm temperate rainforest, including booyong, crab apple and coach wood trees, surrounding the village of Cascade....
  
  
• Coorabakh National Park
  Coorabakh National Park
  Coorabakh is a national park near Hannam Vale in New South Wales, Australia, 272 km northeast of Sydney.Three volcanic outcrops known as Big Nellie , Flat Nellie and Little Nellie dominate the park....
  
  
• Crowdy Bay National Park
  Crowdy Bay National Park
  Crowdy Bay is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 271 km northeast of Sydney....
  
  
• Dooragan National Park
  Dooragan National Park
  Dooragan is a national park near Laurieton, New South Wales, Australia, approximately 365 km northeast of Sydney.- Three Brothers :The local aboriginal people tell a dreamtime story of three brothers of the Birpai tribe who were killed by a witch called Widjirriejuggi and were buried where the...
  
  
• Dorrigo National Park
  Dorrigo National Park
  Dorrigo National Park is a national park in New South Wales , 580 km north of Sydney on Dome Road off the Waterfall Way, 5 km east of the town of Dorrigo....
  
  
• Dunggir National Park
  Dunggir National Park
  Dunggir is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 382 km northeast of Sydney....
  
  
• Ghin-Doo-Ee National Park
  Ghin-Doo-Ee National Park
  Ghin-Doo-Ee is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 200 km northeast of Sydney.-See also:* Protected areas of New South Wales...
  
  
• Hat Head National Park
  Hat Head National Park
  Hat Head is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 356 km northeast of Sydney. It lies within the Hastings-Macleay Important Bird Area....
  
  
• Junuy Juluum National Park
  Junuy Juluum National Park
  Junuy Juluum is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 424 km northeast of Sydney.-External links:*...
  
  
• Kumbatine National Park
  Kumbatine National Park
  Kumbatine is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 332 km northeast of Sydney....
  
  
• Maria National Park
  Maria National Park
  Maria is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 341 km northeast of Sydney. It lies within the Hastings-Macleay Important Bird Area....
  
  
• Middle Brother National Park
  Middle Brother National Park
  Middle Brother National Park is a protected area of 1830 hectares, situated in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales. The nearest large town is Laurieton. The high rainfall and volcanic soils produce outstanding eucalyptus forest and rainforest. Large Flooded Gum and Blackbutt grow in...
  
  
• Mount Royal National Park
  Mount Royal National Park
  Mount Royal is a national park in New South Wales, Australia. It is 187 km north of Sydney.The park is part of the Barrington Tops Area of the World Heritage Site Gondwana Rainforests of Australia inscribed in 1986 and which was also added to the Australian National Heritage List in 2007.-See...
  
  
• Myall Lakes National Park
  Myall Lakes National Park
  Myall Lakes National Park is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, northeast of Sydney. It surrounds the scenic Myall Lakes, and includes Broughton Island.-See also:* Protected areas of New South Wales...
  
  
• Nymboi-Binderay National Park
  Nymboi-Binderay National Park
  Nymboi-Binderay is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 444 km north of Sydney. It is located north of the town of Dorrigo.This park surrounds the granite gorges and banks of the rugged Nymboida River. The Nymboida rapids are used by white water rafters. The park also contains...
  
  
• Saltwater National Park
• Tapin Tops National Park
  Tapin Tops National Park
  Tapin Tops is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 264 km northeast of Sydney....
  
  
• Tomaree National Park
  Tomaree National Park
  Tomaree is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 145-155 km northeast of Sydney in the Port Stephens Local Government Area. It is located on the shores of the Tasman Sea, extending north from Fishermans Bay to Shoal Bay passing through Boat Harbour, One Mile, Nelson Bay and Fingal Bay.Most...
  
  
• Towarri National Park
  Towarri National Park
  Towarri is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 230 km north of Sydney.-See also:* Protected areas of New South Wales...
  
  
• Ulidarra National Park
  Ulidarra National Park
  Ulidarra is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 442 km northeast of Sydney....
  
  
• Wallarah National Park
• Wallingat National Park
  Wallingat National Park
  Wallingat is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 211 km northeast of Sydney. The park has forest walks, a campsite on the banks of the Wallingat River and a viewpoint, the Whoota Whoota Lookout, with views of Wallis Lake and the coast. The roads are unsealed and narrow, but suitable...
  
  
• Watagans National Park
  Watagans National Park
  Watagans is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, north of Sydney.-References:...
  
  
• Willi Willi National Park
  Willi Willi National Park
  Willi Willi is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 325 km northeast of Sydney. It is quite noticeable from nearby Port Macquarie as a tall escarpment to the north west...
  
  
• Woko National Park
  Woko National Park
  Woko is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 243 km north of Sydney....
  
  
• Yarriabini National Park

Northern Tablelands

• Bald Rock National Park
  Bald Rock National Park
  Bald Rock National Park is a national park in northern New South Wales, Australia, just north of Tenterfield on the Queensland border. On the other side of the border the national park continues as the Girraween National Park....
  
  
• Barool National Park
  Barool National Park
  Barool is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 479 km north of Sydney....
  
  
• Basket Swamp National Park
  Basket Swamp National Park
  Basket Swamp is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 558 km north of Sydney, and 15 kilometres north east of Tenterfield.The park is named after Basket Swamp, a waterlogged area in the western sector of the park....
  
  
• Boonoo Boonoo National Park
  Boonoo Boonoo National Park
  Boonoo Boonoo National Park is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 571 km north of Sydney and 26 kilometres north east of Tenterfield off Woodenbong Road....
  
  
• Butterleaf National Park
  Butterleaf National Park
  Butterleaf is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 491 km north of Sydney....
  
  
• Capoompeta National Park
  Capoompeta National Park
  Capoompeta is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 505 km north of Sydney....
  
  
• Carrai National Park
  Carrai National Park
  Carrai is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 347 km north of Sydney....
  
  
• Cataract National Park
• Cathedral Rock National Park
  Cathedral Rock National Park
  Cathedral Rock is a national park eight kilometres west of Waterfall Way in New South Wales, Australia, 70 kilometres east of Armidale and about 555 kilometres north of Sydney....
  
  
• Chaelundi National Park
  Chaelundi National Park
  Chaelundi is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 455 km north of Sydney and north-west of Dorrigo.-Location:The park is located in Northern NSW, Australia, near the towns of Dorrigo and Grafton, approximately 600km by road north of Sydney....
  
  
• Cottan-Bimbang National Park
  Cottan-Bimbang National Park
  Cottan-Bimbang is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 443 km north of Sydney and 65 km south east of Walcha and was formerly a state forest. The Oxley Highway crosses the park south of Werrikimbe National Park...
  
  
• Cunnawarra National Park
  Cunnawarra National Park
  Cunnawarra is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 80 km east of Armidale, 10 km off the Waterfall Way and 565 km north of Sydney. The 25 kilometre Styx River Forest Way runs from the Point Lookout Road through Cunnawarra National Park to the Kempsey Road...
  
  
• Gibraltar Range National Park
  Gibraltar Range National Park
  Gibraltar Range is a national park in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, 79 km north-east of Glen Innes and 493 km north of Sydney...
  
  
• Guy Fawkes River National Park
  Guy Fawkes River National Park
  Guy Fawkes River National Park is on Waterfall Way near Ebor, New South Wales, 50 kilometres west of Dorrigo and 80 km north-east of Armidale in Australia...
  
  
• Indwarra National Park
  Indwarra National Park
  Indwarra is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 422 km north of Sydney....
  
  
• Kings Plains National Park
  Kings Plains National Park
  Kings Plains is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 48 km from Inverell, 50 km from Glen Innes and 478 km north of Sydney.-History:...
  
  
• Kwiambal National Park
  Kwiambal National Park
  Kwiambal is a national park in New South Wales, Australia located about 30 km from the town of Ashford. The Severn River and Macintyre River, both flow through and finally converge in the park below the MacIntyre falls. The park is studded with granite outcrops and also features the Ashford...
  
  
• Mummel Gulf National Park
  Mummel Gulf National Park
  Mummel Gulf is a national park in New South Wales , about 487 kilometres by road north of Sydney. It is situated approximately 50 km southeast of Walcha on the unsealed Enfield Forest Road and 12 km south of the Oxley Highway....
  
  
• New England National Park
  New England National Park
  New England National Park is situated on the Northern Tablelands in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia, 560 km north of Sydney. It is about 10 km south of Waterfall Way, just 85 km east of Armidale and 65 km west of Coffs Harbour...
  
  
• Nowendoc National Park
  Nowendoc National Park
  Nowendoc National Park is a park on the southern end of the Northern Tablelands and west of Nowendoc, New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately 70 km south of Walcha and about 375 km north of Sydney....
  
  
• Nymboida National Park
  Nymboida National Park
  Nymboida is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 485 km north of Sydney....
  
  
• Oxley Wild Rivers National Park
  Oxley Wild Rivers National Park
  Oxley Wild Rivers National Park is in New South Wales, Australia, 445 kilometres north of Sydney and is named in memory of the Australian explorer John Oxley, who passed through the area in 1818...
  
  
• Single National Park
  Single National Park
  Single is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 432 km north of Sydney....
  
  
• Timbarra National Park
• Warra National Park
  Warra National Park
  Warra is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 438 km north of Sydney....
  
  
• Warrabah National Park
  Warrabah National Park
  Warrabah is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 371 km north of Sydney. It is situated west of Kingstown and east of Split Rock Dam....
  
  
• Washpool National Park
  Washpool National Park
  The Washpool National Park is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 516 km north of Sydney. The park is 586.78 km2 in size, has two campgrounds and is managed by the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service...
  
  
• Werrikimbe National Park
  Werrikimbe National Park
  Werrikimbe National Park is in the catchment zone of the Upper Hastings River, New South Wales, Australia, about 486 km north of Sydney. This national park is about 80 km west of Wauchope and 90 km east of Walcha on the eastern escarpment of the Great Dividing Range...
  
  

Northern Rivers

• Arakwal National Park
  Arakwal National Park
  Arakwal National Park is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 624 km north of Sydney and 2  km south of Cape Byron, the most easterly point of mainland Australia. The nearest town is Byron Bay...
  
  
• Border Ranges National Park
  Border Ranges National Park
  Border Ranges National Park, 150 km south of Brisbane, Australia, is in northern New South Wales with a small portion located in Queensland....
  
  
• Broadwater National Park
  Broadwater National Park
  Broadwater is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 577 km northeast of Sydney....
  
  
• Bundjalung National Park
  Bundjalung National Park
  Bundjalung National Park is on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia, 554 km north-east of Sydney. It protects an area of coastal plain, heathland and solitary beaches between the towns of Iluka and Evans Head....
  
  
• Bungawalbin National Park
  Bungawalbin National Park
  Bungawalbin is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 563 km north of Sydney. Originally known as Bungawalbin Nature Reserve, it was granted National Park status in 1999....
  
  
• Fortis Creek National Park
  Fortis Creek National Park
  Fortis Creek is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 520 km north of Sydney....
  
  
• Goonengerry National Park
  Goonengerry National Park
  Goonengerry is a small village in New South Wales, Australia, 626 km northeast of Sydney. It is known for its horse riding and National Park.-Important Bird Area:...
  
  
• Koreelah National Park
  Koreelah National Park
  Koreelah is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 631 km north of Sydney. The park is part of the Scenic Rim Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance in the conservation of several species of threatened birds. -Description:The main...
  
  
• Mallanganee National Park
  Mallanganee National Park
  Mallanganee is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 571 km north of Sydney.The Park is part of the Focal Peak Group World Heritage Site Gondwana Rainforests of Australia inscribed in 1986 and added to the Australian National Heritage List in 2007....
  
  
• Maryland National Park
  Maryland National Park
  Maryland is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 604 km north of Sydney....
  
  
• Mebbin National Park
  Mebbin National Park
  Mebbin is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 633 km north of Sydney. It is part of the Shield Volcano Group of the World Heritage Site Gondwana Rainforests of Australia inscribed in 1986 and added to the Australian National Heritage List in 2007...
  
  
• Mooball National Park
  Mooball National Park
  Mooball is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 648 km northeast of Sydney....
  
  
• Mount Clunie National Park
  Mount Clunie National Park
  Mount Clunie is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 631 km north of Sydney. It is part of the Focal Peak Group World Heritage Site Gondwana Rainforests of Australia inscribed in 1986 and added to the Australian National Heritage List in 2007...
  
  
• Mount Jerusalem National Park
  Mount Jerusalem National Park
  Mount Jerusalem is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 635 km north of Sydney. It contains three river systems, Tweed River, Brunswick River and the Richmond River.-Important Bird Area:...
  
  
• Mount Nothofagus National Park
  Mount Nothofagus National Park
  Mount Nothofagus is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 634 km north of Sydney. It is part of the Focal Peak Group World Heritage Site Gondwana Rainforests of Australia inscribed in 1986 and added to the Australian National Heritage List in 2007...
  
  
• Mount Pikapene National Park
  Mount Pikapene National Park
  -External links:* * -See also:* Protected areas of New South Wales...
  
  
• Mount Warning National Park
  Mount Warning National Park
  Mount Warning National Park is a park in northern New South Wales, Australia, 642 km north of Sydney near the border with the state of Queensland. It surrounds Mount Warning, part of a remnant caldera of a much larger extinct volcano . The park is administered by the NSW National Parks and...
  
  
• Nightcap National Park
  Nightcap National Park
  Nightcap National Park is in New South Wales, Australia, 35 km north of Lismore. It is classed by the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas as Category II...
  
  
• Ramornie National Park
  Ramornie National Park
  Ramornie is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 485 km north of Sydney....
  
  
• Richmond Range National Park
  Richmond Range National Park
  Richmond Range is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 605 km north of Sydney. It is located north of the Bruxner Highway in the southern portion of the Richmond Range mountains, part of the Great Dividing Range.-External links:*...
  
  
• Tooloom National Park
  Tooloom National Park
  Tooloom is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 616 km north of Sydney. The name Tooloom is derived from Bundjalung Duluhm....
  
  
• Toonumbar National Park
  Toonumbar National Park
  Toonumbar is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 617 km north of Sydney.The Park is part of the Focal Peak Group World Heritage Site Gondwana Rainforests of Australia inscribed in 1986 and added to the Australian National Heritage List in 2007.-Description:The park features...
  
  
• Wollumbin National Park
• Yabbra National Park
  Yabbra National Park
  Yabbra is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 598 km north of Sydney.-External links:* at www.environment.nsw.gov.au...
  
  
• Yuraygir National Park
  Yuraygir National Park
  Yuraygir is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 482 km northeast of Sydney....
  
  

Outback NSW

• Culgoa National Park
  Culgoa National Park
  Culgoa is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 662 km northwest of Sydney....
  
  
• Gundabooka National Park
  Gundabooka National Park
  Gundabooka is a national park in New South Wales, Australia. The park is located 70 km south of Bourke, Australia. Mount Gunderbooka is located within the park. Prior to becoming a park the area was home to the Ngemba and a sheep station. Petroglyph rock art and ancestral ceremonial grounds are...
  
  
• Kinchega National Park
  Kinchega National Park
  Kinchega is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, covering an area of approximately 443 km². It is located 839 km west of Sydney and 111 kilometres south-east of Broken Hill...
  
  
• Mallee Cliffs National Park
  Mallee Cliffs National Park
  Mallee Cliffs is a national park in the south-west of New South Wales, Australia. It lies 789 km west of Sydney and 30 km east of the Murray River city of Mildura, Victoria....
  
  
• Mungo National Park
  Mungo National Park
  Mungo National Park is an isolated national park in south-western New South Wales, Australia, 876 km west of Sydney, in the Balranald Shire. It is part of the Willandra Lakes Region, a World Heritage Site covering 2,400 square kilometres, and incorporating seventeen dry lakes...
  
  
• Mutawintji National Park
  Mutawintji National Park
  Mutawintji is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 878 km west of Sydney and about 130 km north-east of Broken Hill.The rugged, mulga-clad Byngnano Range is dissected by colourful gorges, rockpools and creek beds lined with red gums...
  
  
• Paroo-Darling National Park
  Paroo-Darling National Park
  The Paroo-Darling National Park spans two distinct regions in the outback area of north-western New South Wales. This region covers the arid catchments of the Paroo River and the Paroo-Darling confluence to the south.-History:...
  
  
• Sturt National Park
  Sturt National Park
  Sturt National Park is in the arid north-western corner of New South Wales, Australia, 1059 km northwest of Sydney. Established in 1972, the park is named after explorer Charles Sturt. It covers more than 340 000 hectares and is one of the largest national parks in the state. The park...
  
  
• Willandra National Park
  Willandra National Park
  Willandra is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 582 km west of Sydney.-Location and regional context:Willandra National Park was established in 1972. It is relatively remote, being located about 150 km northeast of Griffith, and 64 km by road from Hillston...
  
  
• Yanga National Park
  Yanga National Park
  Yanga is a 31,190-hectare national park located on frontage of on the Murrumbidgee River and east of Balranald, in the Riverina region of southwest New South Wales...
  
  

South Coast & Highlands

• Bangadilly National Park
• Ben Boyd National Park
  Ben Boyd National Park
  Ben Boyd National Park is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, south of Sydney. It is named after the entrepreneur Ben Boyd who had a variety of interests in the far South Coast of New South Wales including whaling and farming. The park itself was established in 1971...
  
  
• Benambra National Park
• Biamanga National Park
  Biamanga National Park
  Biamanga National Park is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 307 km south of Sydney....
  
  
• Bimberamala National Park
  Bimberamala National Park
  Bimberamala National Park is a national park in New South Wales, Australia. It is located thirty km west of Batemans Bay and ten km north of Kings Highway....
  
  
• Bournda National Park
  Bournda National Park
  Bournda National Park is a 2,655 ha protected area in New South Wales, Australia, managed as a national park by NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, and was established on 24 April 1992. It is 343 km south of Sydney near Tathra. Bournda National Park spans from Kianinny Bay, on the...
  
  
• Brindabella National Park
  Brindabella National Park
  Brindabella National Park is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 267 km southwest of Sydney in the Brindabella Ranges.On 7 November 2008 The Park was added to the Australian National Heritage List as one of eleven areas constituting the Australian Alps National Parks and...
  
  
• Budawang National Park
  Budawang National Park
  Budawang is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 200 km southwest of Sydney. It contains part of the Budawang Mountain Range....
  
  
• Budderoo National Park
  Budderoo National Park
  Budderoo is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 99 km southwest of Sydney, best known for the timber boardwalk through the Minnamurra rainforest...
  
  
• Bugong National Park
• Clyde River National Park
  Clyde River National Park
  Clyde River is a national park in south-eastern New South Wales between Batemans Bay and Nelligen. The park includes 9 km of river frontage to the Clyde River, bounded on three sides by the Clyde River and on the northeast side by the Kings Highway...
  
  
• Conjola National Park
  Conjola National Park
  Conjola is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 165 km southwest of Sydney....
  
  
• Deua National Park
  Deua National Park
  Deua is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 320 kilometres south of Sydney, and 100 kilometres east of Canberra. The nearest towns on the coast are Batemans Bay, Moruya and Narooma....
  
  
• Eurobodalla National Park
  Eurobodalla National Park
  Eurobodalla National Park is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 268 km southwest of Sydney near the towns of Narooma and Moruya.- Features :Significant sites within the park are:*Wreck of the SS Monaro*Pilot station, South Head Moruya...
  
  
• Gourock National Park
• Gulaga National Park
  Gulaga National Park
  Gulaga is a national park on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia. The park was created in 2001. It is 46.73 km² in area.On 6 May 2006 the freehold titles to Gulaga and Biamanga National Parks were handed back to the Yuin people by the New South Wales Government...
  
  
• Jerrawangala National Park
• Jervis Bay National Park
  Jervis Bay National Park
  Jervis Bay National Park, formerly known as Jervis Bay National Park , consists of several protected areas on the western and northern foreshores of Jervis Bay, on the south coast of New South Wales...
  
  
• Kooraban National Park
• Kosciuszko National Park
  Kosciuszko National Park
  Kosciuszko National Park covers 690,000 hectares and contains mainland Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko for which it is named, and Cabramurra the highest town in Australia...
  
  
• Livingstone National Park
  Livingstone National Park
  Livingstone is a national park and state conservation area located south of Wagga Wagga and east of Mangoplah, in the South West Slopes region of south western New South Wales.-History:...
  
  
• Macquarie Pass National Park
  Macquarie Pass National Park
  Macquarie Pass National Park is a national park in New South Wales , 90 km southwest of Sydney. It is located around the pass of that name, which is on the Illawarra Highway....
  
  
• Meroo National Park
  Meroo National Park
  Meroo National Park is a national park in on South Coast of New South Wales, Australia.Meroo has only recently been designated as a National Park. Previously it was a state forest which contained an unregulated camp ground with beautiful beaches and bushland. The area was badly damaged over ten...
  
  
• Mimosa Rocks National Park
  Mimosa Rocks National Park
  Mimosa Rocks is a national park in New South Wales , 329 km southwest of Sydney near the towns of Tathra and Bermagui.Mimosa Rocks National Park starts at the northern end of Tathra Beach and runs north for about 16 km...
  
  
• Minjary National Park
• Monga National Park
  Monga National Park
  Monga National Park is located 230 km south west of Sydney, Australia. The closest town nearby is Braidwood.Monga features outstanding high altitude eucalyptus forest and cool temperate rainforest....
  
  
• Morton National Park
  Morton National Park
  Morton is a national park in New South Wales , 170 km southwest of Sydney.The most notable attractions are the Fitzroy Falls, just off the main road from the Highlands to Kangaroo Valley and Pigeon House Mountain west of Milton. The park consists mostly of a flat plateau dissected by steep...
  
  
• Mount Imlay National Park
  Mount Imlay National Park
  Mount Imlay is a national park in New South Wales , 387 km south of Sydney, named after the Imlay brothers, who were early pioneers to the district. It is accessed from the Princes Highway, south of Eden, New South Wales....
  
  
• Murramarang National Park
  Murramarang National Park
  Murramarang is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 206 km southwest of Sydney. It follows the coastline from Long Beach north to Merry Beach near Ulladulla. It is surrounded by three state forests, Kioloa, South Brooman, and Benandarrah....
  
  
• Seven Mile Beach National Park
  Seven Mile Beach National Park
  Seven Mile Beach is a national park in New South Wales , 110 km southwest of Sydney.-Fact sheet:*Area: 8.98 km²*Coordinates: *Date of establishment: November 12, 1971...
  
  
• South East Forest National Park
  South East Forest National Park
  South East Forest is a national park in New South Wales , 378 km southwest of Sydney. It features high quality old growth eucalyptus forest and remnant patches of temperate rainforest....
  
  
• Tallaganda National Park
  Tallaganda National Park
  -See also:* Protected areas of New South Wales...
  
  
• Tarlo River National Park
  Tarlo River National Park
  Tarlo River is a national park in New South Wales , 134 km southwest of Sydney.-Fact sheet:*Area: 80.74 km²*Coordinates: *Date of establishment: 28 May 1982...
  
  
• Wadbilliga National Park
  Wadbilliga National Park
  Wadbilliga National Park is in south-eastern New South Wales Australia, 425 km southwest of Sydney via Cobargo, and 150 km south east of Canberra. The nearest towns are Narooma and Cobargo in the east, and Cooma on the plateau in the west....
  
  
• Woomargama National Park
  Woomargama National Park
  Woomargama National Park is a national park situated south east of Holbrook and north east of Albury, in the South West Slopes region of southern New South Wales. Southern extremities of the park are within one kilometre of Lake Hume which is formed on the Murray River...
  
  
• Yanununbeyan National Park

Sydney & Surrounds

• Blue Mountains National Park
  Blue Mountains National Park
  The Blue Mountains National Park is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 81 km west of Sydney, and located in the Blue Mountains region of the Great Dividing Range. The park covers 268,987 hectares. The boundary of the park is quite irregular as it is broken up by roads, urban areas...
  
  
• Botany Bay National Park
  Botany Bay National Park
  Botany Bay National Park is a national park in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia located approximately 16 km south east of the Sydney central business district, on the northern and southern headlands of Botany Bay...
  
  
• Bouddi National Park
  Bouddi National Park
  Bouddi National Park is located on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia, 46 km northeast of Sydney. A section of the national park extends into the sea creating fully protected land, shore and marine habitats. The Park contains one of the last temperate rainforests on the Central...
  
  
• Brisbane Water National Park
  Brisbane Water National Park
  Brisbane Water National park is a national park in New South Wales, , 47 km north of Sydney.The park has many pleasant and interesting walks that can vary from mild to rugged. One walk that can be easily accessed via public transport, is the walk to Pindar Cave on the escarpment above...
  
  
• Cattai National Park
  Cattai National Park
  Cattai is a national park in New South Wales , 45 km northwest of Sydney. It is the site of a land grant to the First Fleet assistant surgeon, Thomas Arndell. Arndell's cottage, dating from 1821, is still in the park...
  
  
• Dharug National Park
  Dharug National Park
  Dharug National Park is a national park in New South Wales , 58 km north of Sydney.-Fact sheet:*Area: 152 km²*Coordinates: *Date of establishment: October 1, 1967...
  
  
• Gardens of Stone National Park
  Gardens of Stone National Park
  Gardens of Stone is a national park in the Australian state of New South Wales, 125 km northwest of Sydney. At 15,010 ha, it is part of the Greater Blue Mountains Area World Heritage Site.-See also:* Protected areas of New South Wales...
  
  
• Garigal National Park
  Garigal National Park
  Garigal National Park is a national park in New South Wales , 20 km north of central Sydney. The park is somewhat disjointed but covers the following areas:...
  
  
• Georges River National Park
  Georges River National Park
  Georges River is a national park in New South Wales , 18 km southwest of Sydney. It is set along the Georges River, and is run by the National Parks and Wildlife Service....
  
  
• Heathcote National Park
  Heathcote National Park
  Heathcote is a national park in New South Wales , 34 km southwest of Sydney. It lies west of the South Coast Line and the suburbs of Heathcote and Waterfall.-Description:...
  
  
• Kanangra-Boyd National Park
  Kanangra-Boyd National Park
  Kanangra-Boyd is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 100 km west of Sydney. It lies to the southwest of and is contiguous with the Blue Mountains National Park, and is part of the Greater Blue Mountains Area World Heritage Site ....
  
  
• Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
  Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
  Ku-ring-gai Chase is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 25 km north of Sydney located largely within the Ku-ring-gai, Hornsby, Warringah and Pittwater municipal areas. Ku-ring-gai Chase is also officially classed as a suburb by the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales...
  
  
• Lane Cove National Park
  Lane Cove National Park
  Lane Cove National Park is a small national park located within metropolitan Sydney. The park islocated about ten kilometres north-west of the Sydney CBD...
  
  
• Marramarra National Park
  Marramarra National Park
  Marramarra is a national park in New South Wales , 41 km north of Sydney.-Fact sheet:*Area: 118 km²*Coordinates: *Date of establishment: December 28, 1979...
  
  
• Nattai National Park
  Nattai National Park
  Nattai is a national park in New South Wales , 150 km southwest of Sydney. It is part of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, and primarily encompasses the valley of the Nattai River, which is surrounded by spectacular sandstone cliffs. The park is covered in dry sclerophyll forest...
  
  
• Popran National Park
  Popran National Park
  Popran is a national park in the Central Coast region of New South Wales , 56 km north of Sydney.-Fact sheet:*Area: 39.70 km²*Coordinates: *Date of establishment: November 30, 1994...
  
  
• Royal National Park
  Royal National Park
  Royal National Park is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 29 km south of Sydney CBD.Founded by Sir John Robertson, Acting Premier of New South Wales, and formally proclaimed on 26 April 1879, it is the world's second oldest purposed national park, the first usage of the term...
  
  
• Scheyville National Park
  Scheyville National Park
  Scheyville is a national park in New South Wales , 41 km northwest of Sydney. Longneck Lagoon lies in the northern section of the park.-Outline:...
  
  
• Sydney Harbour National Park
  Sydney Harbour National Park
  thumb|right|250px|[[Nielsen Park]]Sydney Harbour National Park is a national park comprising parts of Sydney Harbour, its foreshores and various islands. The park lies within the Sydney metropolitan area and was created in piecemeal fashion during the 20th century...
  
  
• Thirlmere Lakes National Park
  Thirlmere Lakes National Park
  Thirlmere Lakes is a national park in New South Wales , 70 km southwest of Sydney, and lying just to the west of Thirlmere, New South Wales. It is part of the Greater Blue Mountains Area World Heritage Site...
  
  
• Werakata National Park
  Werakata National Park
  Werakata is a national park in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. The park is located to the north, east and south of the town of Cessnock...
  
  
• Wollemi National Park
  Wollemi National Park
  Wollemi National Park is the second largest national park in New South Wales, and contains most of the largest wilderness area, the Wollemi Wilderness...
  
  
• Wyrrabalong National Park
  Wyrrabalong National Park
  Wyrrabalong National Park is located on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. It was added in 1991. The park consists of two main sections. The northern section consists of approximately 480 hectares and covers a substantial area of the peninsula between The Entrance and Norah Head as...
  
  
• Yellomundee Regional Park
  Yellomundee Regional Park
  Yellomundee Regional Park is situated on the eastern escarpment of the Blue Mountains, part of the Great Escarpment formed by the orogeny that created the Great Dividing Range, north-west of Penrith. It stretches 8.6 kilometres in a north-south direction from Yarramundi to Mount Riverview and Emu...
  
  
• Yengo National Park
  Yengo National Park
  Yengo is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 132 km northwest of Sydney.In 1993 the National Park and Wildlife Service opened their depot in Bucketty. From here they started to manage the newly established Yengo National Park...
  
  

Nature Reserves

Nature Reserves are managed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service

National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)

The National Parks and Wildlife Service is part of the Office of Environment and Heritage - the main government conservation agency in New South Wales, Australia....

, an agency of the Department of Environment and Climate Change of New South Wales.

Central NSW

• Arakoola Nature Reserve
• Avisford Nature Reserve
• Barton Nature Reserve
• Binnaway Nature Reserve
• Boomi Nature Reserve
• Boomi West Nature Reserve
• Boronga Nature Reserve
• Brigalow Park Nature Reserve
• Budelah Nature Reserve
• Careunga Nature Reserve
• Coolbaggie Nature Reserve
• Copperhannia Nature Reserve
• Dapper Nature Reserve
• Donnybrook Nature Reserve
• Dural Nature Reserve
• Eugowra Nature Reserve
• Freemantle Nature Reserve
• Gamilaroi Nature Reserve
• Girralang Nature Reserve
• Kemps Creek Nature Reserve
• Kirramingly Nature Reserve
• Koorawatha Nature Reserve
• Kuma Nature Reserve
• Macquarie Marshes Nature Reserve
  Macquarie Marshes Nature Reserve
  The Macquarie Marshes Nature Reserve is located in the Macquarie Marshes, a region along the lower Macquarie River in northwestern New South Wales, Australia, about 600 km northwest of Sydney. The marshes are created by irregular flooding of the flat lands along the river...
  
  
• Midkin Nature Reserve
• Munghorn Gap Nature Reserve
  Munghorn Gap Nature Reserve
  thumb|right|220px|[[Regent Honeyeater]]Munghorn Gap Nature Reserve is a 6,800 hectare reserve in eastern Australia. Situated on the Great Dividing Range, 35 km north-east of Mudgee. The Castle Rocks walking trail reveals pagoda-like sandstone formations.-Flora and fauna:Many plants and...
  
  
• Narran Lake Nature Reserve
• Pilliga Nature Reserve
• Planchonella Nature Reserve
• The Rock Nature Reserve
• Tollingo Nature Reserve
• Turallo Nature Reserve
• Wambool Nature Reserve
• Weetalibah Nature Reserve
• Winburndale Nature Reserve
• Woggoon Nature Reserve
• Wongarbon Nature Reserve
• Yaegl Nature Reserve
• Yarringully Nature Reserve

Hunter & Mid North Coast

• Awabakal Nature Reserve
• Baalijin Nature Reserve
• Back River Nature Reserve
• Bagul Waajaarr Nature Reserve
• Bandicoot Island Nature Reserve
• Bird Island Nature Reserve
• Bollanolla Nature Reserve
• Boonanghi Nature Reserve
• Boondelbah Nature Reserve
• Boorganna Nature Reserve
  Boorganna Nature Reserve
  Boorganna Nature Reserve is located north west of Taree on the Comboyne Plateau in New South Wales, Australia. Managed by the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service. It features various forest types, including stands of sub tropical rainforest...
  
  
• Bowraville Nature Reserve
• Bretti Nature Reserve
• Brimbin Nature Reserve
• Bugan Nature Reserve
• Burning Mountain Nature Reserve
• Bushy Island Nature Reserve
• Camels Hump Nature Reserve
• Camerons Gorge Nature Reserve
• Cedar Brush Nature Reserve
• Coocumbac Island Nature Reserve
  Coocumbac Island Nature Reserve
  Coocumbac Island Nature Reserve is a rare example of subtropical lowland rainforest. Situated on the Manning River, New South Wales, it is 6 hectares in size....
  
  
• Coolongolook Nature Reserve
• Cooperabung Creek Nature Reserve
• Coramba Nature Reserve
• Corrie Island Nature Reserve
• Coxcomb Nature Reserve
• Darawank Nature Reserve
• Fifes Knob Nature Reserve
• Fishermans Bend Nature Reserve
• Gads Sugarloaf Nature Reserve
• Ganay Nature Reserve
• Garby Nature Reserve
• Goonook Nature Reserve
• Hexham Swamp Nature Reserve
• Jaaningga Nature Reserve
• Jagun Nature Reserve
• Jasper Nature Reserve
• John Gould Nature Reserve
• Juugawaarri Nature Reserve
• Karuah Nature Reserve
• Kattang Nature Reserve
• Khappinghat Nature Reserve
• Khatambuhl Nature Reserve
• Killabakh Nature Reserve
• Killarney Nature Reserve
• Kooragang Nature Reserve
• Koorebang Nature Reserve
• Kororo Nature Reserve
• Lake Innes Nature Reserve
• Limeburners Creek Nature Reserve
• Little Broughton Island Nature Reserve
• Macquarie Nature Reserve
• Mernot Nature Reserve
• Mills Island Nature Reserve
• Moffats Swamp Nature Reserve
• Monkerai Nature Reserve
• Monkeycot Nature Reserve
• Moon Island Nature Reserve
• Moonee Beach Nature Reserve
• Mount Seaview Nature Reserve
• Muttonbird Island Nature Reserve
• Ngambaa Nature Reserve
• North Rock Nature Reserve
• One Tree Island Nature Reserve
• Pambalong Nature Reserve
• Pee Dee Nature Reserve
• Pulbah Island Nature Reserve
• Queens Lake Nature Reserve
• Rawdon Creek Nature Reserve
• Regatta Island Nature Reserve
• Running Creek Nature Reserve
• Sea Acres Nature Reserve
• Seaham Swamp Nature Reserve
• Seal Rocks Nature Reserve
• Skillion Nature Reserve
• Snapper Island Nature Reserve
• Stormpetrel Nature Reserve
• Talawahl Nature Reserve
• The Castles Nature Reserve
• The Glen Nature Reserve
  The Glen Nature Reserve
  The Glen Nature Reserve is a nature reserve located south of Gloucester, New South Wales, created in 1999. It is predominately sclerophyll forest, and contains many endangered species of flora and fauna. The nature reserve is 2,750 hectares in area....
  
  
• Tilligerry Nature Reserve
• Tingira Heights Nature Reserve
• Tomalla Nature Reserve
• Towibakh Nature Reserve
• Valla Nature Reserve
• Wallabadah Nature Reserve
• Wallamba Nature Reserve
• Wallaroo Nature Reserve
• Wallis Island Nature Reserve
• Weelah Nature Reserve
• Willi Willi Caves Nature Reserve
• Wingen Maid Nature Reserve
• Wingham Brush Nature Reserve
  Wingham Brush Nature Reserve
  Wingham Brush Nature Reserve is a rare example of sub tropical lowland rainforest. Situated on the Manning River, New South Wales, it is 8 hectares in size....
  
  
• Worimi Nature Reserve
• Yahoo Island Nature Reserve
• Yarravel Nature Reserve
• Yessabah Nature Reserve

New England Tablelands

• Aberbaldie Nature Reserve
• Bluff River Nature Reserve
• Bolivia Hill Nature Reserve
• Booroolong Nature Reserve
• Burnt-Down Scrub Nature Reserve
• Deer Vale Nature Reserve
• Demon Nature Reserve
• Duval Nature Reserve
• Georges Creek Nature Reserve
• Gibraltar Nature Reserve
• Guy Fawkes River Nature Reserve
• Imbota Nature Reserve
• Ironbark Nature Reserve
• Jobs Mountain Nature Reserve
• Linton Nature Reserve
• Little Llangothlin Nature Reserve
• Mann River Nature Reserve
• Melville Range Nature Reserve
• Mother Of Ducks Lagoon Nature Reserve
• Mount Hyland Nature Reserve
  Mount Hyland Nature Reserve
  Mount Hyland Nature Reserve is a protected area of New South Wales.The reserve is part of the New England Group of the World Heritage Site Gondwana Rainforests of Australia inscribed in 1986 and added to the Australian National Heritage List in 2007....
  
  
• Mount Mackenzie Nature Reserve
• Mount Yarrowyck Nature Reserve
• Muldiva Nature Reserve
• Ngulin Nature Reserve
• Serpentine Nature Reserve
• Severn River Nature Reserve
• Stony Batter Creek Nature Reserve
• The Basin Nature Reserve
• Tuggolo Creek Nature Reserve
• Watsons Creek Nature Reserve
• Yina Nature Reserve

Northern Rivers

• Andrew Johnston Big Scrub Nature Reserve
  Andrew Johnston Big Scrub Nature Reserve
  Andrew Johnston Big Scrub Nature Reserve is a 21 hectare sub tropical jungle remnant of the Big Scrub. Far less than one percent of the original Big Scrub now remains...
  
  
• Ballina Nature Reserve
• Banyabba Nature Reserve
• Billinudgel Nature Reserve
• Boatharbour Nature Reserve
• Broken Head Nature Reserve
• Brunswick Heads Nature Reserve
• Bungabbee Nature Reserve
• Bungawalbin Nature Reserve
• Byrnes Scrub Nature Reserve
• Captains Creek Nature Reserve
• Chambigne Nature Reserve
• Chapmans Peak Nature Reserve
• Clarence Estuary Nature Reserve
• Cook Island Nature Reserve
• Couchy Creek Nature Reserve
• Cudgen Nature Reserve
• Cumbebin Swamp Nature Reserve
• Davis Scrub Nature Reserve
  Davis Scrub Nature Reserve
  Davis Scrub Nature Reserve is a 13 hectare sub tropical jungle remnant of the Big Scrub. Situated at 170 metres above sea level on an undulating high rainfall plain near Alstonville, New South Wales, Australia....
  
  
• Flaggy Creek Nature Reserve
• Hattons Bluff Nature Reserve
• Hayters Hill Nature Reserve
• Hogarth Range Nature Reserve
• Hortons Creek Nature Reserve
• Iluka Nature Reserve
  Iluka Nature Reserve
  Iluka Nature Reserve is part of the World Heritage Site Gondwana Rainforests of Australia inscribed in 1986 and added to the Australian National Heritage List in 2007....
  
  
• Inner Pocket Nature Reserve
• Julian Rocks Nature Reserve
• Koukandowie Nature Reserve
• Limpinwood Nature Reserve
  Limpinwood Nature Reserve
  Limpinwood Nature Reserve is a wilderness region of 26 km² situated in the Border ranges of north eastern New South Wales in Australia.The reserve is part of the Shield Volcano Group of the World Heritage Site Gondwana Rainforests of Australia inscribed in 1986 and added to the Australian National...
  
  
• Little Pimlico Island Nature Reserve
• Marshalls Creek Nature Reserve
• Moore Park Nature Reserve
  Moore Park Nature Reserve
  Moore Park Nature Reserve is a small remnant of "gallery" or "riverine" rainforest in Northern New South Wales. It lies at the confluence of Findon Creek and the Richmond River...
  
  
• Mororo Creek Nature Reserve
• Mount Neville Nature Reserve
• Mount Nullum Nature Reserve
• Muckleewee Mountain Nature Reserve
• Munro Island Nature Reserve
• North-West Solitary Island Nature Reserve
• North Obelisk Nature Reserve
• North Solitary Island Nature Reserve
• Numinbah Nature Reserve
  Numinbah Nature Reserve
  Numinbah Nature Reserve is part of the Mount Warning caldera, situated in the Border ranges of north eastern New South Wales in Australia. The Reserve is part of the Shield Volcano Group of the World Heritage Site Gondwana Rainforests of Australia inscribed in 1986 and added to the Australian...
  
  
• Richmond River Nature Reserve
• Sherwood Nature Reserve
• Snows Gully Nature Reserve
• South West Solitary Island Nature Reserve
• Split Solitary Island Nature Reserve
• Stotts Island Nature Reserve
• Susan Island Nature Reserve
  Susan Island Nature Reserve
  Susan Island Nature Reserve is a rare example of sub tropical lowland rainforest. Situated on the Clarence River, New South Wales, it comprises 18 hectares, 16.5 hectares of which is rainforest....
  
  
• Tabbimoble Swamp Nature Reserve
• Tallawudjah Nature Reserve
• Tuckean Nature Reserve
• Tucki Tucki Nature Reserve
• Tweed Estuary Nature Reserve
• Tyagarah Nature Reserve
• Ukerebagh Nature Reserve
• Uralba Nature Reserve
• Victoria Park Nature Reserve
  Victoria Park Nature Reserve
  Victoria Park Nature Reserve is a 17.5 hectare sub tropical jungle remnant of the Big Scrub. Situated on an undulating high rainfall plain near Alstonville, New South Wales. The red-brown soil is derived from a basaltic flow from the nearby Mount Warning. 8 hectares of the reserve is original...
  
  
• Waragai Creek Nature Reserve
• Wilson Nature Reserve
• Woodford Island Nature Reserve
• Wooyung Nature Reserve

Outback NSW

• Big Bush Nature Reserve
• Boginderra Hills Nature Reserve
• Buddigower Nature Reserve
• Cocopara Nature Reserve
• Goonawarra Nature Reserve
• Gubbata Nature Reserve
• Ingalba Nature Reserve
• Jerilderie Nature Reseve
• Kajuligah Nature Reserve
• Kemendok Nature Reserve
• Lake Urana Nature Reserve
  Lake Urana Nature Reserve
  Lake Urana Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The reserve was created in 1996 and contains 303 hectares. It is on the western shore of Lake Urana, a shallow intermittent lake in a depression. It fills every 10 to 20 years and retains water for...
  
  
• Langtree Nature Reserve
• Ledknapper Nature Reserve
• Loughnan Nature Reserve
• Morrisons Lake Nature Reserve
• Mutawintji Nature Reserve
• Narrandera Nature Reserve
• Nearie Lake Nature Reserve
• Nocoleche Nature Reserve
• Nombinnie Nature Reserve
• Pucawan Nature Reserve
• Pulletop Nature Reserve
• Quanda Nature Reserve
• Round Hill Nature Reserve
• Tarawi Nature Reserve
• The Charcoal Tank Nature Reserve
• Yanga Nature Reserve
• Yathong Nature Reserve

South Coast & Highlands

• Araluen Nature Reserve
• Badja Swamps Nature Reserve
• Bamarang Nature Reserve
• Barren Grounds Nature Reserve
  Barren Grounds Nature Reserve
  The Barren Grounds Nature Reserve occupies in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia. It is located east of Budderoo National Park, and west of the city of Kiama. The reserve can also be accessed from the south, via a local road and a bush walk from the town of Berry...
  
  
• Barrengarry Nature Reserve
• Bees Nest Nature Reserve
• Bell Bird Creek Nature Reserve
• Belowla Island Nature Reserve
• Bermaguee Nature Reserve
• Bimberi Nature Reserve
  Bimberi Nature Reserve
  The Bimberi Nature Reserve is a reserve that comprises part of the Brindabella Ranges about 30 kilometres south-west of Canberra. It lies between Namadgi and Kosciuszko National Parks...
  
  
• Binjura Nature Reserve
• Black Andrew Nature Reserve
• Black Ash Nature Reserve
• Bobundara Nature Reserve
• Bogandyera Nature Reserve
• Bondi Gulf Nature Reserve
• Bournda Nature Reserve
• Broulee Island Nature Reserve
  Broulee Island Nature Reserve
  The Broulee Island Nature Reserve is a 43–hectare reserve on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia. The reserve was created in 1972 and is managed by the New South Wales Department of Environment and Climate Change. The reserve is adjacent to the village of Broulee.- External links :*...
  
  
• Brundee Swamp Nature Reserve
• Brush Island Nature Reserve
• Burnt School Nature Reserve
• Burra Creek Nature Reserve
• Burrinjuck Nature Reserve
• Cambewarra Range Nature Reserve
• Cecil Hoskins Nature Reserve
• Clarkes Hill Nature Reserve
• Comerong Island Nature Reserve
• Coolumbooka Nature Reserve
• Coornartha Nature Reserve
• Courabyra Nature Reserve
• Cullendulla Creek Nature Reserve
• Cuumbeun Nature Reserve
• Dananbilla Nature Reserve
• Dangelong Nature Reserve
• Devils Glen Nature Reserve
• Downfall Nature Reserve
• Eagles Claw Nature Reserve
• Egan Peaks Nature Reserve
• Ellerslie Nature Reserve
• Five Islands Nature Reserve
  Five Islands Nature Reserve
  Five Islands Nature Reserve is a 26 ha reserve comprising five islands close to Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia. The islands - Flinders Islet , Bass Islet, Martin Islet, Big Island and Rocky Islet - lie between 0.5 and 3.5 km off the coast...
  
  
• Flagstaff Memorial Nature Reserve
• Good Good Nature Reserve
• Goorooyarroo Nature Reserve
• Gungewalla Nature Reserve
• Hattons Corner Nature Reserve
• Illawong Nature Reserve
• Illunie Nature Reserve
• Ironmungy Nature Reserve
• Jerralong Nature Reserve
• Jingellic Nature Reserve
• Joadja Nature Reserve
• Kangaroo River Nature Reserve
• Kybeyan Nature Reserve
• Meringo Nature Reserve
• Merriangaah Nature Reserve
• Montague Island Nature Reserve
• Mount Clifford Nature Reserve
• Mount Dowling Nature Reserve
• Mudjarn Nature Reserve
• Mullengandra Nature Reserve
• Mundoonen Nature Reserve
• Myalla Nature Reserve
• Nadgee Nature Reserve
  Nadgee Nature Reserve
  Nadgee Nature Reserve is a protected area on the far south coast of New South Wales, to the immediate south of Ben Boyd National Park. Its southern border is the state border with Victoria, where it abuts Croajingolong National Park. Of its total area of , is declared wilderness...
  
  
• Nadgigomar Nature Reserve
• Narrawallee Creek Nature Reserve
• Nest Hill Nature Reserve
• Ngadang Nature Reserve
• Nimmo Nature Reserve
• Numeralla Nature Reserve
• Oak Creek Nature Reserve
• Parma Creek Nature Reserve
• Paupong Nature Reserve
• Queanbeyan Nature Reserve
• Quidong Nature Reserve
• Razorback Nature Reserve
• Robertson Nature Reserve
  Robertson Nature Reserve
  Robertson Nature Reserve is a rainforest reserve near Robertson, New South Wales, Australia. A remnant of the Yarrawa Brush, once 2,450 hectares in size. This tiny reserve contains 4.5 hectares of original rainforest....
  
  
• Rodway Nature Reserve
• Saltwater Swamp Nature Reserve
• Scabby Range Nature Reserve
• Scott Nature Reserve
• Stony Creek Nature Reserve
• Strike-a-Light Nature Reserve
• Tabletop Nature Reserve
• Tapitallee Nature Reserve
• Tinderry Nature Reserve
• Tollgate Islands Nature Reserve
• Triplarina Nature Reserve
• Ulandra Nature Reserve
  Ulandra Nature Reserve
  The Ulandra Nature Reserve is a 3930 hectare nature reserve approximately south-west of Cootamundra and south-east of the village of Bethungra, in New South Wales. The reserve is located on the western hills of the Southern Tablelands. The reserve's main feature is Mount Ulandra...
  
  
• Undoo Nature Reserve
• Wadjan Nature Reserve
• Wanna Wanna Nature Reserve
• Wee Jasper Nature Reserve
• Wiesners Swamp Nature Reserve
• Wogamia Nature Reserve
• Wollondilly River Nature Reserve
• Woollamia Nature Reserve
• Worrigee Nature Reserve
• Wullwye Nature Reserve
• Yanununbeyan Nature Reserve
• Yaouk Nature Reserve
• Yatteyattah Nature Reserve
  Yatteyattah Nature Reserve
  Yatteyattah Nature Reserve is a protected area of only 35 hectares, situated near Milton in the south coast region of New South Wales, Australia....
  
  

Sydney & Surrounds

• Agnes Banks Nature Reserve
• Berkeley Nature Reserve
• Castlereagh Nature Reserve
  Castlereagh Nature Reserve
  The Castlereagh Nature Reserve is a regional park in New South Wales, Australia, west of Sydney, and located near the townships of Castlereagh and Londonderry. The reserve covers...
  
  
• Cockle Bay Nature Reserve
• Dalrymple-Hay Nature Reserve
  Dalrymple-Hay Nature Reserve
  Dalrymple-Hay Nature Reserve is located in suburban St Ives, 15 kilometres from the centre of Sydney, Australia. A eucalyptus forest of ten hectares; the most significant remnant of the Blue Gum High Forest which dominated much of the shale based forests north of Sydney. Only 1% of the original...
  
  
• Dharawal Nature Reserve
• Evans Crown Nature Reserve
• Gulguer Nature Reserve
• Lion Island Nature Reserve
• Long Island Nature Reserve
• Manobalai Nature Reserve
• Mulgoa Nature Reserve
• Muogamarra Nature Reserve
  Muogamarra Nature Reserve
  Muogamarra is a nature reserve New South Wales , on the northern edge of Sydney. It lies between the outer Sydney suburb of Cowan to the south, and the Hawkesbury River to the north. It is closed to the public for most of the year, but opens for 6 weekends each year in spring, when there are...
  
  
• Newington Nature Reserve
• Pelican Island Nature Reserve
• Pitt Town Nature Reserve
• Rileys Island Nature Reserve
• Spectacle Island Nature Reserve
• Towra Point Nature Reserve
  Towra Point Nature Reserve
  Towra Point Nature Reserve is a nature reserve of in southern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the southern shores of Botany Bay at Kurnell, within the Sutherland Shire. It is a Ramsar site , as it is an important breeding ground for many vulnerable, protected, or endangered...
  
  
• Wallumatta Nature Reserve
• Wamberal Lagoon Nature Reserve
• Wambina Nature Reserve
• Windsor Downs Nature Reserve

State Conservation Areas

State Conservation Areas, formerly referred to as State Recreation Areas, are managed by the Department of Environment and Climate Change.

Central NSW

• Avondale State Conservation Area
• Banyabba State Conservation Area
• Berlang State Conservation Area
• Bindarri State Conservation Area
• Bundjalung State Conservation Area
• Carrai State Conservation Area
• Cascade State Conservation Area
• Chaelundi State Conservation Area
• Chatsworth Hill State Conservation Area
• Coneac State Conservation Area
• Corymbia State Conservation Area
• Cottan-Bimbang State Conservation Area
• Curracabundi State Conservation Area
• Currys Gap State Conservation Area
• Frogs Hole State Conservation Area
• Gurranang State Conservation Area
• Guy Fawkes River State Conservation Area
• Jackywalbin State Conservation Area
• Karuah State Conservation Area
• Kooyong State Conservation Area
• Kumbatine State Conservation Area
• Kybeyan State Conservation Area
• Laurence Road State Conservation Area
• Livingstone State Conservation Area
• Macanally State Conservation Area
• Majors Creek State Conservation Area
• Medowie State Conservation Area
• Mount Canobolas State Conservation Area
• Mullion Range State Conservation Area
• Mummel Gulf State Conservation Area
• Nymboi-Binderai State Conservation Area
• Nymboida State Conservation Area
• Oxley Wild Rivers State Conservation Area
• Polblue State Conservation Area
• Talawahl State Conservation Area
• Tallaganda State Conservation Area
• The Cells State Conservation Area
• Toonumbar State Conservation Area
• Washpool State Conservation Area
• Wereboldera State Conservation Area
• Wombat Creek State Conservation Area
• Yarringully State Conservation Area
• Yurammie State Conservation Area
• Yuraygir State Conservation Area

Hunter & Mid North Coast

• Arakoon State Conservation Area
• Barrington Tops State Conservation Area
• Black Bulga State Conservation Area
  Black Bulga State Conservation Area
  Black Bulga State Conservation Area is located near the Barrington Tops, from Dungog in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. An area of . Previously part of Trevor State Forest and Chichester State Forest....
  
  
• Copeland Tops State Conservation Area
• Glenrock State Conservation Area
• Gumbaynggirr State Conservation Area
  Gumbaynggirr State Conservation Area
  Gumbayngirr State Conservation Area contains a sub tropical jungle situated west of Nambucca Heads in New South Wales, Australia. The rainforest is known as League Scrub....
  
  
• Queens Lake State Conservation Area

New England Tablelands

• Butterleaf State Conservation Area
• Mount Hyland State Conservation Area
• Torrington State Conservation Area

Northern Rivers

• Cape Byron State Conservation Area
• Whian Whian State Conservation Area
• Wollumbin State Conservation Area

Outback NSW

• Gundabooka State Conservation Area
• Nombinnie State Conservation Area
• Paroo-Darling State Conservation Area

South Coast & Highlands

• Bargo State Conservation Area
• Bargo River State Conservation Area
• Barnunj State Conservation Area
• Berlang State Conservation Area
• Brindabella State Conservation Area
• Bungonia State Conservation Area
• Colymea State Conservation Area
• Corramy State Conservation Area
• Illawarra Escarpment State Conservation Area
• Macquarie Pass State Conservation Area
• Majors Creek State Conservation Area
• Monga State Conservation Area
• Morton State Conservation Area
• Tumbalong State Conservation Area
• Yanununbeyan State Conservation Area

Sydney & Surrounds

• Bents Basin State Conservation Area
• Burragorang State Conservation Area
• Dharawal State Conservation Area
• Garawarra State Conservation Area
  Garawarra State Conservation Area
  Garawarra State Conservation Area is a 900 hectare reserve in eastern Australia. Situated 40 kilometres south of Sydney. Garawarra abuts Royal National Park. The nearest significant township is Helensburgh...
  
  
• Georges River State Conservation Area
• Jilliby State Conservation Area
• Lake Macquarie State Conservation Area
• Munmorah State Conservation Area
  Munmorah State Conservation Area
  Munmorah State Conservation Area is located on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. The area's coastal setting and panoramic views, perched sand dunes, diverse vegetation communities, protected threatened species and migratory bird habitats and opportunities for nature based recreation...
  
  
• Nattai State Conservation Area
• Parr State Conservation Area
• Yerranderie State Conservation Area

Regional Parks

Regional Parks are managed by the Department of Environment and Climate Change.

Sydney & Surrounds

• Berowra Valley Regional Park
  Berowra Valley Regional Park
  The Berowra Valley Regional Park is in the Hornsby Shire in Sydney, Australia. Notable features include the Thornleigh Zig Zag Railway, an historic quarry and a bridge spanning Tunks Creek at Galston Gorge...
  
  
• Leacock Regional Park
• Parramatta River Regional Park
• Penrith Lakes Regional Park
• Rouse Hill Regional Park
• Western Sydney Regional Park
• William Howe Regional Park
• Wolli Creek Regional Park
• Yellomundee Regional Park
  Yellomundee Regional Park
  Yellomundee Regional Park is situated on the eastern escarpment of the Blue Mountains, part of the Great Escarpment formed by the orogeny that created the Great Dividing Range, north-west of Penrith. It stretches 8.6 kilometres in a north-south direction from Yarramundi to Mount Riverview and Emu...
  
  

Aboriginal Areas

Aboriginal Areas are managed by local Aboriginal communities and the Department of Environment and Climate Change.

Sydney & Surrounds

• Appletree Aboriginal Area
• Finchley Aboriginal Area
• Howe Aboriginal Area
• Mooney Mooney Aboriginal Area
• Mount Kuring-gai Aboriginal Area

Historic Sites

A number of Historic Sites are managed by the Department of Environment and Climate Change. Other historic sites in the state are managed by the New South Wales Historic Houses Trust.

Central NSW

• Hill End Historic Site
• Innes Ruins Historic Site
• Koonadan Historic Site
• Maynggu Ganai Historic Site
• Yuranighs Aboriginal Grave Historic Site

South Coast & Highlands

• Davidson Whaling Station Historic Site
• Throsby Park Historic Site

Sydney & Surrounds

• Cadmans Cottage Historic Site
• Hartley Historic Site
• Maroota Historic Site
• Wisemans Ferry Historic Site
• Bantry Bay, New South Wales
  Bantry Bay, New South Wales
  Bantry Bay in Sydney, Australia, is located just off Middle Harbour in the Garigal National Park.-History and Description:Many people think Bantry Bay was a military complex, but in fact it was used to store military explosives during the Second World War. Children in the area sometimes refer to it...
  
  

State Parks

State Parks are managed by the Land and Property Management Authority

Land and Property Management Authority

The News South Wales Land and Property Information, a division of the Department of Finance and Services in the Government of New South Wales, is responsible for land titles, property information, valuation, surveying, and mappping and spatial information in New South Wales.The division is led by...

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• Belmont State Park
• Coffs Coast State Park
• Burrinjuck Waters State Park
• Copeton Waters State Park
• Goolawah State Park
• Grabine Lakeside State Park
• Killalea State Park
• Lake Burrendong State Park
• Lake Glenbawn State Park
• Lake Keepit State Park
• Wyangala Waters State Park

Karst Conservation Reserves

Four Karst

KARST

Kilometer-square Area Radio Synthesis Telescope is a Chinese telescope project to which FAST is a forerunner. KARST is a set of large spherical reflectors on karst landforms, which are bowlshaped limestone sinkholes named after the Kras region in Slovenia and Northern Italy. It will consist of...

 Conservation Reserves are managed by the Jenolan Caves Reserve Trust.

• Abercrombie Caves
  Abercrombie Caves
  Also known as Abercrombie Karst Conservation Reserve.Abercrombie Caves lie between Bathurst and Crookwell in New South Wales, Australia.An example of a limestone arch formation that has been eroded by water action, it has developed from a sinkhole that became a blind valley. Several good examples...
  
  
• Borenore Caves
  Borenore Caves
  Borenore Caves are located in the Borenore Karst Conservation Reserve, west of Orange, New South Wales, Australia, on the Escort Way .Access is self-guided and suitable for casual visitors...
  
  
• Jenolan Caves
  Jenolan Caves
  The Jenolan Caves are caves in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia; 175 kilometres west of Sydney. They are the most celebrated of several similar groups in the limestone of the country being the oldest discovered open caves in the world...
  
  
• Wombeyan Caves

Marine Parks

Marine Parks are managed by the New South Wales Marine Parks Authority.

• Cape Byron Marine Park
• Jervis Bay Marine Park
  Jervis Bay Marine Park
  The Government of New South Wales established Jervis Bay Marine Park in 1998 and the current zoning plan has been in place since 1 October 2002. The Park is approximately 21,000 hectares in area and spans over 100 km of coastline from Kinghorn Point in the north to Sussex Inlet...
  
  
• Lord Howe Island Marine Park
  Lord Howe Island Marine Park
  Lord Howe Island Marine Park consists of the waters 3 nautical miles off Lord Howe Island, Balls Pyramid and a New South Wales state marine park. The waters 3 to 12 nautical miles from Lord Howe Island and Balls Pyramid were declared a federal marine park on 21 June 2000, see Lord Howe Island...
  
  
• Solitary Islands Marine Park

Aquatic Reserves

Aquatic Reserves are managed by the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries

New South Wales Department of Primary Industries

The New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, a division of the New South Wales Government, is responsibile for the administration and development for agriculture, fisheries, aquaculture, state forests, biosecurity, and crown lands in New South Wales...

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• Cook Island Aquatic Reserve
  Cook Island Aquatic Reserve
  Cook Island Aquatic Reserve is a protected area located in the South Pacific Ocean, located from the Fingal Head mainland of New South Wales. The island was discovered by English explorers in 1770, and since been visited sporadically...
  
  , Tweed Heads
• Fly Point-Halifax Park Aquatic Reserve, Port Stephens
• Barrenjoey Head Aquatic Reserve, Hawkesbury River
• Narrabeen Head Aquatic Reserve
• Long Reef Aquatic Reserve
• Cabbage Tree Bay Aquatic Reserve, Manly
• North Harbour Aquatic Reserve, Sydney
• Bronte-Coogee Aquatic Reserve
• Cape Banks Aquatic Reserve, La Perouse
• Boat Harbour Aquatic Reserve, Kurnell
• Towra Point Aquatic Reserve, Botany Bay
• Shiprock Aquatic Reserve, Port Hacking
• Bushrangers Bay Aquatic Reserve, Shell Harbour