Nattai-Nationalpark

The Nattai National Park (English Nattai National Park ) is a 489 km ² national park in New South Wales, Australia, about 100 km south-west of Sydney. It is located in the area of the Blue Mountains, which was declared in 2000 a World Heritage Site, and includes there immediately southwest of the Blue Mountains National Park. The nearest town is about 15 km northeast of Camden. From here you can park on a dirt road, but which is suitable for normal road vehicles, can be achieved.

The Nattai National Park was established in 1991 to preserve the original landscape on both sides of the Nattai River with its impressive sandstone cliffs. He is therefore also in the catchment area of ​​Lake Burragorang, an important reservoir for drinking water supply of Sydney.

Geologically, the park is part of the Sydney Basin. It is dominated by Hawkesbury Sandstone cliffs, including lying shale, fine-grained sandstone and finally the Illawarra coal layer. There are extensive forests, mainly of sclerophyllous eucalypts, are found in more humid niches along the escarpment also smaller areas with rainforest. The varied flora is home to a variety of animals, including the endangered gold tree frogs, brown head cockatoos, brush -tailed rock kangaroos, giant quoll, Gelbbauchgleitbeutlern and koalas.

Apart from a rest area along the Wollondilly Lookout there are no visitor facilities, but it is allowed anywhere in the park bush camping, except as regards a 3 -km-wide strip around the Lake Burragorang.