Booti Booti National Park, Nature reserve on NSW Pacific coast, Australia.
Booti Booti National Park is a nature reserve on the Pacific coast of New South Wales, set on a narrow peninsula between Wallis Lake and the open sea. The park covers coastal forest, rainforest pockets, sandy beaches, and three low hill formations that shape the landscape.
Before it was protected, the area was mined for mineral sand between 1969 and 1975, leaving visible traces on the land. It became a recreation area in 1977 and was granted national park status in 1992.
The name Booti Booti comes from the Worimi language, the language of the people whose traditional country this is. Along some trails and at information points, visitors can read about how this land has been used and cared for over generations.
The park has walking tracks, campgrounds, and picnic areas that are easy to reach without much preparation. Sturdy footwear is a good idea for the hillier sections, where the ground can be uneven.
Parts of the park still show traces of the old sand mining operations, which makes it one of the few protected areas in Australia where the industrial past of the land is still readable on the ground. From the top of the hill formations, on a clear day, visitors can see both Wallis Lake and the open ocean at the same time.
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