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Budawang National Park New South Wales
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)
Budawang National Park
Nearest town or city	Braidwood
Coordinates	35°25′12″S 150°02′41″E / 35.42000°S 150.04472°E / -35.42000; 150.04472
Population	29 (SAL 2021)
Established	23 September 1977
Area	237 km (91.5 sq mi)
Managing authorities	New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service
Website	Budawang National Park
See also	Protected areas of New South Wales

Budawang National Park is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, located approximately 200 kilometres (120 mi) southwest of Sydney and 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of Batemans Bay. It contains part of the Budawang Mountain Range.

Budawang National Park is named after Mount Budawang. The mountain itself derives from the Aboriginal word 'Buddawong'. The vantage point afforded by the mountain was originally used to make signal fires.

The Budawang National Park is largely isolated. Its terrain is steep and rugged. The park comprises high-elevation moist forests.

Landscape

Most of the Budawang National Park lies within the southern Budawang Range. This range is characterized by rugged terrain, steep slopes and deeply incised valleys.

Wildlife

Budawang National Park's diverse landscape has created pockets of unique habitats where several plant and animal species survive.

Plants

The middle and high slopes of the hills in the park are covered in cool temperate rainforest. In the lower elevations, which are drained by small rivers and streams, the dominant vegetation is dry rainforest trees and ironwood.

Animals

The park supports good populations of swamp wallabies, greater gliders, and potoroos. Eastern grey kangaroos, common wombats, honeyeaters and white-throated tree creepers inhabit the open forest and woodland. Other notable bird species include green catbirds and lyrebirds.

Gallery

• Papillaria Cloudforest.
• The view from Mount Budawang.
• On the summit of Dithol or Pigeon House Mountain in nearby Morton National Park.

See also

• Protected areas of New South Wales

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Budawang (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. ^ "Budawang National Park". NSW National Park and Wildlife Service. Retrieved 30 September 2013.

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