The 1,534-square-kilometre plot features several ecosystems unique to NSW
The New South Wales government is creating a new national park, ten times the size of the Royal National Park south of Sydney, thanks to the purchase of the 153,415-hectare area in the state’s north-west known as the Narriearra station. This vast parcel of land, which is 1,180km north-west of Sydney, has been of interest to the NSW Parks and Wildlife Service for several years, but the previous owners, the O’Connor family, who have held the Narriearra station for more than a century, only recently agreed to sell it off for an undisclosed amount.
The NSW government is creating a vast new national park for threatened species
The New South Wales government is creating a new national park, ten times the size of the Royal National Park south of Sydney, thanks to the purchase of the 153,415-hectare area in the state’s north-west known as the Narriearra station. This vast parcel of land, which is 1,180km north-west of Sydney, has been of interest to the NSW Parks and Wildlife Service for several years, but the previous owners, the O’Connor family, who have held the Narriearra station for more than a century, only recently agreed to sell it off for an undisclosed amount.
The NSW government is creating a vast new national park for threatened species