Wyrrabalong National Park, National park in Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia.
Wyrrabalong National Park covers 620 hectares in two separate sections on the Central Coast of New South Wales. The northern section, about 480 hectares, spans the peninsula between The Entrance and Norah Head and includes Terilbah and Pelican Islands in Tuggerah Lake. The southern section, about 120 hectares, runs along the coast from Shelly Beach to Forresters Beach. The park holds the last significant coastal rainforest on the Central Coast.
The Darkinjung occupied the southern section of the park and the Awabakal the northern. In 1796 David Collins, who had arrived with the First Fleet and later governed Van Diemen's Land, reached Tuggerah Lakes while searching for the escaped convict Mary Morgan, said to be living with Aboriginal people north of the Hawkesbury River. The park itself was created in 1991.
The park's slogan, used in its own signage and promotion, is "Wyrrabalong, it's where you belong". The land was home to the Darkinjung in the south and the Awabakal in the north before the park was created in 1991. Most of the park lies within the Tuggerah Important Bird Area, identified by BirdLife International for its water and woodland birds.
The park's two sections are separated by several kilometres of coast and suburbs, so plan which one you visit: the northern part lies between The Entrance and Norah Head, the southern part runs from Shelly Beach to Forresters Beach. Terrain is low, averaging about 8 metres above sea level. Summer averages 20–25 °C, winter 10–17 °C.
The park's slogan is "Wyrrabalong, it's where you belong" — an English phrase, not a German one. The park was created in 1991 and covers about 620 hectares, of which roughly 480 lie in the northern section and about 120 in the southern.
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