Royal-Nationalpark

The Royal National Park (English Royal National Park; German Royal National Park ) is a national park in New South Wales of Australia. It is located 29 kilometers south of Sydney and is part of the metropolitan region of Sydney.

History

The national park was founded in 1879 by Sir John Robertson, the then Prime Minister of New South Wales, and is the second oldest national park in the world after Yellowstone in the United States. Sir John Robertson cared and supported him throughout his remaining life. After coal was discovered on the terrain, it was founded for economic reasons, or to keep the competition on the outskirts of Sydney. Its original name was The National Park. In 1955 he was renamed after a visit by Queen Elizabeth II. The park is recurrently hit by bushfires that contribute to the constant change and regeneration of vegetation. Plants such as the local Waratah here are adapted to the environmental factor fire and need the fire to flower in subsequent years.

Location

The park is located partially in the counties Sydney and Wollongong, forming a jewel of untouched nature between these two cities. In the north it is through the fjord Port Hacking, on the west by the highway between the cities and in the south by Otford out. Beyond the motorway joins the Heathcote National Park and continues the green belt around Sydney.

The Royal National Park offers a very different landscape and vegetation images. It is situated on sandstone hills that go a few hundred meters deep abort the coast. Partly they are mostly of Eucalyptus forests with a wealth of species. Central contracts, deeply incised, the Hacking River through the park, which opens at Audley in the waters of Port Hacking. This rugged bay provides protection from the open sea. The water at Bundeena is very shallow and is home to an extensive mangrove forest. On the open coast to the Tasman Sea are isolated beaches and lagoons. Mostly they are just walking on the coastal path distance. Wattamolla can be approached and offers extensive picnic and barbecue facilities provided. In the southeast the forest merges into the subtropical rainforest of the Illawarra Escarpment, where there are also palm trees.

Access

Access by car is via three routes in the north of Sutherland, in the west of Waterfall and in the south of Otford over Stanwell Park. There is a daily or annual fee required which can be purchased at various outlets and over the Internet.