Cottan-Bimbang-Nationalpark

The Cottan - Bimbang National Park is a national park in the eastern part of the Australian state of New South Wales, 443 kilometers north of Sydney and 65 km south of Walcha. Earlier, the area was a state forest. The Oxley Highway crosses the south Werrikimbe National Park nearby park. The Myrtle Scrub Road is a 15 km ring road in the western part of the park and connects it with the Oxley Highway.

Flora and Fauna

The park is located in the eastern and terraced landscape and is home to the primary forest with very tall eucalyptus trees, rainforest, endangered frog species, Yellow-bellied gliders ( Petaurus australis) and koalas. " Cottan - bimbang " is a Aboriginesausdruck for walking stick palm ( Walking Stick Palm, Linospadix monostachya ), which grows in the temperate rain forest of the park.

Blackberries (Rubus ) are an introduced species and therefore represent a serious weed problem

Facilities

There is a barbecue and picnic area, as well as public toilets, at the Stockyard Creek on the Oxley Highway and a deforested area for picnics on the Cells River at the Myrtle Scrub Road. In Maxwell's Flat Road at the Causeway is a campground with dry toilet.