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Protected area in New South Wales, Australia
The
Washpool National Park
is a
protected
national park
located in the
New England
region of
New South Wales
,
Australia
. The 58,678-hectare (145,000-acre) park is situated approximately 520 kilometres (320 mi) north of
Sydney
, inland from
Grafton
. The park has two campgrounds and is managed by the
NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service
. It was established in 1983 to preserve the significant plant and animal populations found in the Washpool and Gibraltar Range forests.
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In 1999 the park was expanded to include areas that had previously been threatened with logging, which a court injunction put to a stop to in 1990.
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The Park is part of the Washpool and Gibraltar Range area of the
World Heritage Site
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
inscribed in 1986 and added to the
Australian National Heritage List
in 2007.
This natural habitat is full of diversity of plants, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and birds.
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The average elevation of the terrain is 704 metres.
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Average summer temperatures range between 14 °C and 26 °C, and winter temperatures between 2 °C and 15 °C.
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Central West & Orana
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Far West
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Hunter & Central Coast
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Illawarra-Shoalhaven
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New England-North West
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North Coast
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Riverina-Murray
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Southeast & Tablelands
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Sydney & Surrounds
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