Marramarra-Nationalpark

The Marra Marra National Park is a national park in the eastern part of the Australian state of New South Wales, 41 kilometers north of Sydney. It lies on the southern bank of the Hawkesbury River, which bounds the park to the north and east. Then north, on the opposite bank, is the Dharug National Park, east of the Ku-ring -gai Chase National Park.

Geology

The park consists of a flat sandstone plateau, the southwestern part of the Hornsby Plateau, in the have the Hawkesbury River and its tributaries, the Berowra Creek, Marra Marra Creek and Coba Creek cut deep.

History

The Aboriginesstämme the Dharug and the Ku-ring -gai populated before the territory of the present park. Only 30 years after the arrival of European settlers in 1787 with the First Fleet, however, were the Ku-ring -gai virtually eradicated.

1789 began exploring this area by Governor Arthur Phillip up on his second expedition to the Hawkesbury River. Gentlemans Halt said to have been the last camp of the Expedition. It later became a small settlement on the river as a base for the supply of the colonies on the Hawkesbury River and at the Macdonald River. 1884 was the settlement of own temporary school. Today you can see from the settlement only remnants of the street and the pier.

Also in other places in the park you will encounter traces of white colonization, for example, on the remains of orchards, Marra Marra Creek.

On December 28, 1979, the area was declared a National Park.

Flora

The vegetation on the hills, plateaus and dry slopes is typical for areas with Hawkesbury Sandstone. One can find forests with different eucalyptus species such as the Red Bloodwood, Scribbly Gum and the Sydney Red Gum. On the drier sites there are bush and dwarf apple trees. In the deep valleys and on the sheltered eastern and southern slopes of the Sydney Peppermint, Sydney Red Gum, Blackbutt and Turpentine grow, all eucalyptus species. In the deep stream valleys, there are also places with temperate rainforest.

Fauna

The park is home Sumpfwallabys, Stuart Breitfußbeutelmäuse, bush rats, various Possumarten, echidnas, kookaburras, Yellow -tailed Black Cockatoos, Sugar Glider, Zwerggleitbeutler, bandicoots, platypus, Lyrebird and white-bellied sea eagle. Particularly noteworthy are the endangered species, such as koalas, giant quoll and various frog (eg, Giant Burrowing Frog) and owl species (eg Powerful Owl, Sooty Owl ).