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The Garawarra State Conservation Area is a protected conservation area that is located on the southern suburban fringe of Greater Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, in eastern Australia. The 949-hectare (2,350-acre) reserve abuts the Royal National Park and is situated 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of the Sydney central business district ...
Helensburgh is in the Wollongong City Council local government area. It is surrounded by bushland reserves adjacent to the southern end of the Royal National Park and Garawarra State Conservation Area and the Woronora reservoir water catchment is to its west.
Pages in category "State conservation areas in New South Wales" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Much of the surrounding colliery land, once used for forestry and farms was resumed and became Garawarra State Conservation Area in 1987. [4] The railway station, footbridge and nearby vehicle bridge over the railway were destroyed by the government railway authority in 1989.
New South Wales established the first known protected area in Australia, Royal National Park in 1879. The formation of the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service in 1967 saw a bid in the conservation of the state's diversity of natural ecosystems and cultural heritage.
Its upper reaches lie adjacent to the Garawarra State Conservation Area, where it is a narrow stream in a gully within rainforest. [6] The river passes through a variety of plant communities, such as dry eucalyptus forest, tall wet eucalyptus forest and rainforests.
Heathcote National Park is a protected national park that is located in the southern area of Sydney, New South Wales in eastern Australia, and is situated on Dharawal country. . The 2,679-hectare (6,620-acre) national park is situated approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) southwest of the Sydney central business district, west of the Illawarra railway line, the Princes Highway and Motorway, and ...
Several modifications have caused the establishment of an sporadic overflowing wetland area that covers the central component of the bushland area. The zone between Gipps Road and the drainage line still maintains a species constitution which is typical of the natural vegetation that was present in the Sydney area prior to European settlement.