Bongil-Bongil-Nationalpark

The Bongil - Bongil National Park is a national park in the northeast of the Australian state of New South Wales, 427 km north of Sydney and about 15 kilometers south of Coffs Harbour.

In the park there are beaches in untreated condition, spectacular coastal scenery, wetlands, coastal rainforest and impressive estuaries. The coasts are mostly used as nesting sites for seabirds.

Visitors can hike in the woods and go canoeing in the estuaries. In the park you can observe many species of protected birds.

Among the endangered birds that can be found in the park include giant stork, Little Tern, Australian oystercatchers, Schwarzdommel, king pigeon, long-tailed pigeon, osprey and comb Jacana. Others in the park live animals are koalas, Rotnackenwallaby, Buntwaran that Langflüglefledermaus Miniopterus australis and the Australian Südfrosch Mixophyes fasciolatus.

Today's National Park was until the 1960s a popular campsite for Aboriniges the region, his name means " a place where you stay long because there is plenty of food ." He belonged to the settlement area of ​​the Gumbaynggir that had little to do until the planting of timber plantations in the 1970s with Europeans. In the park there are numerous traces of the Aborigines. The park administration is working with local Aboriginal communities to preserve the rich cultural heritage.