Meroo-Nationalpark

The Meroo National Park is a national park in the southeast of the Australian state of New South Wales, then south to the town of Ulladulla.

Meroo was raised in 2001 to the National Park. Before the area was a state forest with a free campground. In the 1990s, the area was heavily damaged by a forest fire. Because of this accident, and because the grounds with beautiful stretches of coastline and bushland was constantly used by tourists, the National Park Service of New South Wales to bring the area a national park decided to allow the bushland could regenerate. Besides the beaches, the park offers rocky tide pools and rocky island, which is accessible at low tide on foot. The fauna includes many marine animals, such as crabs, starfish, small fish and sea urchins.

Since its elevation to the status of National Park stricter provisions for the protection of natural bush land and native fauna apply. Certain coastal areas were fenced to stop the erosion, and the camping is permitted only in a few places. This enabled the recoveries of bush vegetation after the devastating fire. Even the animal population is recovering, wallabies and possums you can often see. The native birds has again taken hold.

The Meroo Lake and Lake Termeil are considered important habitats for threatened frog species ( Bell Frog Green and Golden Bell Frog). The national park is considered ecologically important connection from the south-west of Morton National Park to the sea. In two national parks can be found forests with tall eucalyptus trees and several rare species of owls ( Powerful Owl, Sooty Owl, Masked Owl ).

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Rocks at Point Termeil