Cunnawarra National Park, Nature reserve in Kempsey Shire Council, Australia.
Cunnawarra National Park lies about 80 km east of Armidale and 565 km north of Sydney, reached via the Waterfall Way. The 25 km Styx River Forest Way runs from Point Lookout Road through the park to Kempsey Road. It adjoins New England National Park on the north-eastern boundary and Oxley Wild Rivers National Park at its southern corner, and holds the tallest eucalyptus trees in New South Wales.
Cunnawarra National Park lies within the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1986 and added to the Australian National Heritage List in 2007. The park adjoins New England National Park on its north-eastern boundary and Oxley Wild Rivers National Park at its southern corner.
The park lies within the traditional country of the Dunghutti and related Aboriginal groups of the New England tablelands and adjacent valleys. The Styx River Forest Way, a 25-kilometre gravel route from Point Lookout Road to Kempsey Road, follows a corridor long used to move between the tablelands and the coast. Visitors today drive the same link between the New England and Oxley Wild Rivers parks.
The park lies 80 km east of Armidale, reached via the Waterfall Way and then 10 km of access road. The 25 km Styx River Forest Way runs from Point Lookout Road through the park to Kempsey Road, so fuel and supplies should be arranged before leaving Armidale or Kempsey.
The reserve shelters some of New South Wales' tallest eucalyptus trees, whose height surprises many visitors. At the same time, the forest provides refuge for a glossy black cockatoo and other uncommon animals that are hard to spot elsewhere.
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