Yuraygir National Park, Coastal nature reserve in New South Wales, Australia
Yuraygir National Park stretches from the mouth of the Clarence River to the Corindi River, covering 65 km of coastline, the largest coastal park in New South Wales. Its shoreline consists of cliffs, rocky headlands, deserted beaches and river mouths, with forests, heathland, swamps and lagoons inland. It holds 48 beaches, among them the 800-metre Shelley Beach.
Yuraygir National Park was created in 1980 by merging and enlarging Angourie and Red Rock National Parks, both established in 1975. At first the park was fragmented; over the following two decades parcels were bought to join the segments, sometimes after protracted negotiations and legal disputes with landowners. The land's original owners were the Gumbaingirr and Yaegl Aboriginal peoples.
The name is a phonetic rendering of the local Aboriginal group, recorded in earlier sources as Jeigir, Jiegera, Jungai, Yagir, Yegera, Yegir, Yiegera or Youngai. The park lies in the country of the Gumbaingirr and Yaegl peoples, its original landowners.
The park has several entry points with parking areas distributed along the coast at different locations. Visiting outside the hottest summer months offers more comfortable walking conditions.
The park's name is a phonetic rendering of the local Aboriginal group, recorded in earlier sources as Jeigir, Jiegera, Jungai, Yagir, Yegera, Yegir, Yiegera or Youngai. The coastal walk linking its beaches takes four days to complete.
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