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  2. State parks of New South Wales - Wikipedia

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    The state parks of New South Wales are 18 protected areas in New South Wales, Australia reserved for camping, water sports and recreational uses. State parks are maintained by the New South Wales Department of Lands and managed by community trust boards. They are: [1]

  3. Currawong Workers' Holiday Camp - Wikipedia

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    The Minto Bush Camp established by the Communist Party of Australia (CPA), near Campbelltown on the south-western outskirts of Sydney, is the only other relatively intact mid-twentieth century workers' holiday campsite remaining in NSW. It was given to Tranby Aboriginal College in the 1990s when the CPA disbanded but its several shed-like ...

  4. Wild camping - Wikipedia

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    Wild camping or dispersed camping is the act of camping in areas other than designated camping sites. Typically this means open countryside . This can form part of backpacking (hiking) , or bikepacking , possibly along a long-distance trail .

  5. Protected areas of New South Wales - Wikipedia

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    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. Today New South Wales contains more than 16.4 million acres within 870 protected areas, as well as 225 different national parks , each with their own pristine beauty and ...

  6. Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park - Wikipedia

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    Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park is a national park on the northern side of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia.The 14,977-hectare (37,010-acre) park is 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of the Sydney central business district and generally comprises the land east of the M1 Pacific Motorway, south of the Hawkesbury River, west of Pittwater and north of Mona Vale Road.

  7. Burning Mountain - Wikipedia

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    Burning Mountain, the common name for Mount Wingen, is a hill near Wingen, New South Wales, Australia, approximately 224 km (139 mi) north of Sydney just off the New England Highway. [2] It takes its name from a smouldering coal seam running underground through the sandstone.

  8. Kanangra-Boyd National Park - Wikipedia

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    The Kanangra-Boyd National Park is the most south–westerly of the eight protected areas within the World Heritage Site. The national park forms part of the Great Dividing Range . Notable features of the national park include the Thurat Spires, Kanangra Walls, Mount Colong, and three waterfall systems – the Kalang, the 225-metre (738 ft) two ...

  9. NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service - Wikipedia

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    www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is a directorate of the New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment and responsible for managing more than 890 national parks and reserves, covering over 7.5 million hectares of land across the state of New South Wales , Australia .