Myall Lakes National Park

Myall Lakes National Park
New South Wales
Myall Lakes National Park; New South Wales
IUCN category II (national park)
	Beach at Myall Lakes National Park, NSW
	Myall Lakes National Park
Coordinates	32°29′41″S 152°20′11″E / 32.49472°S 152.33639°ECoordinates: 32°29′41″S 152°20′11″E / 32.49472°S 152.33639°E
Established	1972
Area	448 km2 (173.0 sq mi)
Managing authorities	National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)
Website	Myall Lakes National Park
See also	Protected areas of; New South Wales

Myall Lakes National Park is a national park located in New South Wales, Australia, 236 kilometres (147 mi) north of Sydney. It encompasses one of the state's largest coastal lake systems Myall Lakes, and includes Broughton Island. The park includes 40 kilometres of beaches and rolling sand dunes. Myall Lakes is also one of the most visited parks in New South Wales.^[1]

History[]

The Worimi Aboriginal people had inhabited the Myall Lakes National Park land area for its abundance of natural resources. These natural resources had offered a traditional hunter-gatherer lifestyle for the Worimi people. The park includes important spiritual sites that are an important part of the identity of local Aboriginal people. Dark Point Aboriginal Place served as a location for the Worimi people to gather together for ceremonies and feasts and has been of significance to Worimi people for at least 4000 years.^[2]

Environment[]

Myall Lakes National Park incorporates a patchwork of freshwater lakes, the ocean, islands, native flora, dense littoral rainforest and beaches.

Since 1999, Myall Lakes has been listed under the Ramsar Convention.^[3]

Fauna[]

The lakes support a large variety of birds including bowerbirds, white-bellied sea eagle and tawny frogmouths.^[4]

Other native Fauna which can be seen in the park includes the nocturnal long-nosed bandicoot which has grey-brown fur and a pointed snout for which it uses to forage for worms and insects. The Striped marsh frog can be found near ponds and swamps and has a distinct sound which can be heard all year round.^[5] The Eastern swamp crayfish was first discovered here.^[6]

Climate[]

The average high temperature during the summer season averages between 19 °C and 27 °C. The highest temperature recorded at the park is 41.5 °C.^[7] The average temperature during the winter season averages between 10 °C and 19 °C with the lowest temperature on record being 1.1 °C.^[7] The wettest month typically occurs in May while the driest month occurs in November. The area's highest recorded rainfall in one day is 257.8mm.^[7]

Gallery[]

Dingo at Myall Lakes National Park
Dee's Corner
Goanna at one of the campsites
Sand dunes at Myall Lakes National Park
Local fauna at Myall Lakes National Park
Sand dunes at Myall Lakes National Park
Park entrance at Myall Lakes National Park

Notes and references[]

^ "MYALL LAKES NATIONAL PARK - FORSTER AND TAREE AREA". Visit NSW - Destination NSW. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
^ "Myall Lakes National Park". NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
^ "Myall Lakes: Internationally recognised wetlands". NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
^ Dragicevich, Peter (August 2014). East Coast Australia (5th ed.). Printed in China: Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd. pp. 126–127. ISBN 9781 74220 425 3.
^ "Myall Lakes National Park". Skip to contentNSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
^ McCormack, Robert B. (4 April 2014). "The eastern swamp crayfish Gramastacus lacus sp. n. (Decapoda, Parastacidae) a new species of freshwater crayfish from coastal New South Wales, Australia". ZooKeys. Pensoft Publishers (398): 53–67. doi:10.3897/zookeys.398.7544. PMC 3978226. PMID 24715801.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Myall Lakes National Park Visitor Info". Skip to contentNSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. Retrieved 20 May 2017.

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Central West, North West Slopes, Riverina, and South West Slopes	Abercrombie River Cocoparra Conimbla Coolah Tops Garrawilla Goobang Goulburn River Mount Kaputar Murrumbidgee Valley Murray Valley Nangar Oolambeyan Turon Warrumbungle Weddin Mountains Yarrobil
Hunter and Mid North Coast	Bago Bluff Barakee Barrington Tops Bellinger River Ben Halls Gap Bindarri Biriwal Bulga Bongil Bongil Booti Booti Cascade Coorabakh Crowdy Bay Dooragan Dorrigo Dunggir Ghin-Doo-Ee Hat Head Junuy Juluum Kumbatine Limeburners Maria Middle Brother Mount Royal Myall Lakes Nymboi-Binderay Sea Acres Tapin Tops Tomaree Towarri Ulidarra Wallingat Watagans Willi Willi Woko Yarriabini
New England Tablelands	Bald Rock Barool Basket Swamp Boonoo Boonoo Butterleaf Capoompeta Carrai Cathedral Rock Chaelundi Cottan-Bimbang Cunnawarra Gibraltar Range Guy Fawkes River Indwarra Kings Plains Kwiambal Mummel Gulf New England Nowendoc Nymboida Oxley Wild Rivers Single Warra Warrabah Washpool Werrikimbe
Northern Rivers	Arakwal Border Ranges Broadwater Bundjalung Bungawalbin Fortis Creek Goonengerry Koreelah Mallanganee Maryland Mebbin Mooball Mount Clunie Mount Jerusalem Mount Nothofagus Mount Pikapene Nightcap Ramornie Richmond Range Tooloom Toonumbar Wollumbin Yabbra Yuraygir
Far West NSW	Culgoa Gundabooka Kinchega Mallee Cliffs Mungo Mutawintji Paroo-Darling Sturt Toorale Willandra Yanga
South Coast and Highlands	Bangadilly Ben Boyd Biamanga Bimberamala Bournda Brindabella Budawang Budderoo Clyde River Conjola Deua Eurobodalla Gulaga Jervis Bay Kosciuszko Livingstone Macquarie Pass Meroo Mimosa Rocks Monga Morton Mount Imlay Murramarang Seven Mile Beach South East Forests Tallaganda Tarlo River Wadbilliga Woomargama
Sydney and surrounds	Berowra Valley Blue Mountains Bouddi Brisbane Water Cattai Dharug Dharawal Gardens of Stone Garigal Georges River Heathcote Kamay Botany Bay Kanangra-Boyd Ku-ring-gai Chase Lane Cove Marramarra Nattai Popran Royal Scheyville Sydney Harbour Thirlmere Lakes Werakata Wollemi Wyrrabalong Yellomundee Yengo
Protected areas of New South Wales

show v t Towns, suburbs and localities of Mid-Coast Council, in the Hunter & Mid North Coast Regions, New South Wales
Towns, suburbs and localities	Allworth Back Creek Barrington Black Head Blueys Beach Bobin Boomerang Beach Booral Bulahdelah Bungwahl Cabbage Tree Island Carrington Cedar Party Coolongolook Coopernook Cooplacurripa Copeland Cundletown Darawank Diamond Beach Dungog Elands Elizabeth Beach Failford Fernhill Forster Gloucester Hannam Vale Harrington Hawks Nest Johns River Karuah Killabakh Koorainghat Krambach Lansdowne Limeburners Creek Manning Point Mitchells Island Monkerai Mount George Nabiac Nooroo North Arm Cove Number One Old Bar Pacific Palms Purfleet Seal Rocks Smiths Lake Stratford Stroud Tahlee Taree Tea Gardens Tinonee Tuncurry Wallabi Point Wallis Island Wallis Lake Wingham
Rivers and other waterways	Avon River Barnard River Barrington River Bowman River Coolongolook River Cooplacurripa River Crawford River Curricabark River Gloucester River Karuah River Mammy Johnsons River Manning River Myall Lakes Myall River Smiths Lake Telegherry River The Branch River Wallamba River Wallingat River Wallis Lake Wards River
National parks	Barrington Tops National Park Booti Booti Ghin-Doo-Ee Myall Lakes Wallingat
Other places and points of interest	Broughton Island Cape Hawke Gloucester Tops Mitchells Island Port Stephens Singing Bridge Tahlee historic property Tops to Myall Heritage Trail