Royal
National Park is the oldest national park in Australia.
It was established as early as in 1879 - as the second national park in
the world after Yellowstone.
It is right next to Sydney, and was first
established as a getaway for sydneysiders.
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Geology, Plants and
Animals
Today, the park covers 160 000 hectares of spectacular and varied
landscape with a sandstone plateau, coastal cliffs, beaches and creeks,
as well as different vegetation types like open forest, heath,
rainforest and mangrove swamps.
The flora and fauna are also very rich
with more than 700 species of flowering plants, and many species of
birds and animals including honeyeaters, quails, wattlebirds, sea
eagles, terns, silver gulls, marsupial mice, native rats, swamp
wallabies and echidnas.
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Walking and Camping
There are about 100km of walking tracks in the park. The longest one is
the 26km coastal walking track. Others vary from 10km to five and even
two - the Werrong Beach Track, which, however, is a hard one. There are
several camping areas within the park, and camping needs to be booked
with the park's visitor centre.
Here's a map of Royal National Park, where I have tagged the places
mentioned on this page. You can click on the tags to see what places
they are, and double-click anywhere on the map to zoom it in and see
the places closer. Drag the map to move around, and if you want to see
the satellite image with Google Earth, click on "Sat" in the top right
hand corner.
Note:
This site uses
British English, which is the English we use in Australia. You will
find words like "traveller", "harbour" and "realise", and they are all
correct in the language used in Australia.
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