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Fossicking is popular at Sapphire Bend, off Riverview Road in Vulcan State Forest. ... Climate data for Gurnang State Forest (1933–1975); 1,148 m AMSL; 34.01° S ...
The State Forests of New South Wales include over 2 million hectares (4.9 million acres) of public land managed by the Forestry Corporation of NSW as state forests on behalf of the NSW Government. [1] As of March 2014, there were over 530 state forests in NSW. [2]
Forestry Corporation manages 2,186,893 hectares (5,403,930 acres) [9] of multiple-use state forests, including coastal native forests, cypress forests and red gum forests, approximately 225,000 hectares (560,000 acres) of softwood timber plantations in the central west, south and north of New South Wales and just under 35,000 hectares (86,000 acres) of hardwood timber plantations in north east ...
The Pilliga forests are possibly the largest regenerated cypress pine forests in Australia and the Wooleybah settlement is the only surviving intact example of the small rural communities established within the Pilliga forests in the 1920s and 1930s when cypress pine began to be harvested for use in the housing industry.
This is regarded as good fossicking country with zircons, sapphires and other semi-precious stones to be found. Hanging Rock is a close community with several special events held annually. One of them is the 'Tour de Rocque', which is organized to raise money for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter and will take place on the 1st Sunday of November.
Ringwood Tank State Forest is dominated by white cypress pine. [2] Other plant species present within the forest include grey box and bulloak. [2]At least six species listed under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 have been recorded within the state forest, [2] including squirrel glider, brolga, brown treecreeper, grey-crowned babbler, hooded robin, and varied sittella.
Situated on the southern edge of the Hornsby Plateau, the forest is located in the suburb of West Pennant Hills, Sydney and contains 40 hectares of native forest. [3] It is the only metropolitan state forest in Australia and it is considered unique in comparison to the other state forests of NSW. [4] The forest receives about 150,000 visitors ...
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.