Marramarra National Park is a
protected
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national park
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that is located in the
Hawkesbury Hawkesbury or Hawksbury may refer to:
People
*Baron Hawkesbury, or Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool (1727-1808), English statesman
Places
Australia
* Hawkesbury Island, Queensland, an island
*Hawkesbury River, a river in New South Wal ...
region of northwestern
Sydney
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,
New South Wales
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, in eastern
Australia
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. The national park is situated approximately northwest of the
Sydney central business district
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.
Description
The park is bounded by the
Hawkesbury River
The Hawkesbury River, or Hawkesbury-Nepean River (Dharug language, Dharug: Dyarubbin) is a river located northwest of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Hawkesbury River and its associated main tributary, the Nepean River, almost encircle ...
in the north;
Berowra Creek
The Berowra Creek, a Perennial stream, watercourse that is part of the Hawkesbury River, Hawkesbury-Nepean River, Nepean catchment, is located to the north of the Sydney central business district in the Hornsby Shire of New South Wales, Australi ...
in the east; and private land to the south and west. The national park may be accessed from via the Old Northern Road or from via the Galston Road through the
Galston Gorge.
The park is administered by
Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park is a national park on the northern side of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. The park is north of the Sydney central business district and generally comprises the land east of the Highway 1 (New South Wales ...
. It offers bushwalkers a wide range of environments, from the mangrove communities along Marramarra Creek to the drier,
sclerophyll
Sclerophyll is a type of vegetation that is adapted to long periods of dryness and heat. The plants feature hard leaves, short Internode (botany), internodes (the distance between leaves along the stem) and leaf orientation which is parallel or ...
scrub along the ridges. Access is provided predominantly by fire trails and service roads, frequently alongside power lines, with no dedicated walking tracks.
Marramarra was a traditional area for the Aboriginal people of Darug. There are still places that testify to their traditional life here. Rock engravings, cave art, grinding grooves, scarred trees and other stone arrangements are part of this national park.
Gallery
Image:(1)Cobah_Creek_Marramarra_NP.jpg, Cobah Creek
Image:(1)Hawkesbury_River_from_Marramarra_NP-1.jpg, View of the Hawkesbury River from the northern ridges of the national park
Image:(1)Hut_Big_Bay_Marramarra_NP.jpg, A hut in Big Bay
Image:(1)Mangrove_Creek_from_Marramarra_NP.jpg, View of Mangrove Creek from the northern part of the national park
Image:(1)ruins_Marramarra_NP-1.jpg, Ruins along the northern ridge of the national park, parallel to the Hawkesbury River
Bibliography
* Treks in New South Wales, Neil Paton (Kangaroo Press) 1986,
See also
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Protected areas of New South Wales
The Protected areas of New South Wales include both terrestrial and marine protected areas. there are 225 national parks in New South Wales. A number established since the late 1970s followed campaigns by local residents and environmentalis ...
References
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National parks of New South Wales
Protected areas established in 1979
1979 establishments in Australia
Hawkesbury River
City of Hawkesbury
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