Budawang National Park

Budawang National Park New South Wales
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)
Budawang National Park
Nearest town or city	Braidwood
Coordinates	35°25′12″S 150°02′41″E / 35.42000°S 150.04472°E / -35.42000; 150.04472Coordinates: 35°25′12″S 150°02′41″E / 35.42000°S 150.04472°E / -35.42000; 150.04472
Established	23 September 1977
Area	237 km² (91.5 sq mi)
Managing authorities	New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service
Website	Budawang National Park
See also	Protected areas of New South Wales

Budawang National Park is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, located approximately 200 kilometres (120 mi) southwest of Sydney and 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of Batemans Bay. It contains part of the Budawang Mountain Range.

Budawang National Park is named after Mount Budawang. The mountain itself derives from the Aboriginal word ‘Buddawong’. The vantage point afforded by the mountain was originally used to make signal fires.^[1]

The Budawang National Park is largely isolated. Its terrain is steep and rugged. The park comprises high-altitude moist forests.^[1]

Landscape

Most of the Budawang National Park lies within the southern Budawang Range. This range is characterized by rugged terrain, steep slopes and deeply incised valleys.^[1]

Wildlife

Budawang National Park's diverse landscape has created pockets of unique habitats where several plant and animal species survive.^[1]

Plants

The middle and high slopes of the hills in the park are covered in cool temperate rainforest. In the lower altitudes, which are drained by small rivers and streams, the dominant vegetation is dry rainforest trees and ironwood.^[1]

Animals

The park supports good populations of swamp wallabies, greater gliders, and potoroos. Eastern grey kangaroos, common wombats, honeyeaters and white-throated tree creepers inhabit the open forest and woodland. Other notable bird species include green catbirds and lyrebirds.^[1]

Green catbird

Lyrebird

Gallery

Papillaria Cloudforest.
The view from Mount Budawang.
On the summit of Dithol or Pigeon House Mountain in nearby Morton National Park.

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 "Budawang National Park". NSW National Park and Wildlife Service. Retrieved 30 September 2013.

National parks of New South Wales, Australia

Central West, North West Slopes, Riverina, and South West Slopes	Abercrombie River Belford Cataract Cocoparra Conimbla Coolah Tops Garrawilla Goobang Goonoo Goulburn River Kalyarr Mount Kaputar Murray Valley Nangar Oolambeyan Timbarra 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 Maria Middle Brother Mount Royal Myall Lakes Nymboi-Binderay Saltwater Sea Acres Tapin Tops Tomaree Towarri Ulidarra Wallarah 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

Outback NSW	Culgoa Gundabooka Kinchega Mallee Cliffs Mungo Murrumbidgee Valley Mutawintji Paroo-Darling Sturt Toorale Willandra Yanga

South Coast and Highlands	Bangadilly Ben Boyd Benambra Biamanga Bimberamala Bournda Brindabella Budawang Budderoo Bugong Clyde River Conjola Deua Eurobodalla Gourock Gulaga Jerrawangala Jervis Bay Kooraban Kosciuszko Livingstone Macquarie Pass Meroo Mimosa Rocks Minjary Monga Morton Mount Imlay Murramarang Seven Mile Beach South East Forests Tallaganda Tarlo River Wadbilliga Woomargama Yanununbeyan

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

The Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia

Local government areas	Goulburn-Mulwaree Upper Lachlan Palerang Queanbeyan Yass Valley Boorowa

Cities	Goulburn Queanbeyan

Main towns	Boorowa Braidwood Bungendore Crookwell Gunning Marulan Murrumbateman Yass

Villages and small towns	Araluen Bannaby Bevendale Bigga Binalong Binda Bookham Bowning Breadalbane Bungonia Burra Burrinjuck Bywong Captains Flat Carwoola Collector Crestwood Cullerin Dalton Environa Frogmore Googong Greenleigh Gundaroo Hoskinstown Laggan Lake Bathurst Majors Creek Mongarlowe Nerriga Reids Flat Royalla Rugby Rye Park Sutton Tallong Tarago Taralga The Ridgeway Tirrannaville Towrang Tralee Tuena Wamboin Wee Jasper Windellama Woolgarlo

Rivers and other waterbodies	Araluen Back Lake Bathurst Bettowynd Bimberamala Deua Lake George Jerrabattgulla Shoalhaven Yadboro

Mountains and ranges	Budawang Range Clyde Mountain Pigeon House Mountain

National parks	Budawang Deua Monga Morton Tallaganda

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