Malabar Headland National Park
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Malabar Headland National Park is a national park on the coast of New South Wales, in the eastern suburbs of Sydney. It is around 13 kilometres southeast of Sydney CBD in Randwick City Council near Malabar. With an area of 18 hectares, it is the smallest national park in New South Wales.
Malabar Headland is a headland and has a size of only 1.77 km2.
Administration and use of the headland[edit]
The area of the headland has been mainly used for agriculture since the European settlement. Later, the Europeans built residential and military buildings and also practiced shooting and equestrian sports on the site. During World War II, Malabar Headland was fortified for military defence purposes. The historic facilities are now a listed building. There is also a large target practice area on the peninsula called the ANZAC Rifle Range, which is still in use today.
Several hiking trails lead through the national park.[citation needed] The Hawkesbury sandstone cliffs drop vertically into the sea.[citation needed]
The national park is administered by the La Perouse Local Aboriginal Land Council.
Flora and fauna[edit]
On the headland, one of the few areas in the south of Sydney with its original landscape, with a vegetation of different species in the form of Banksia bushes, has largely been preserved. There are also small heathlands and other plants that grow on the sandstone cliffs.
In the national park and on the peninsula, a subspecies was a bat (Miniopterus schreibersii oceanensis) demonstrated further grey head flying foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) pezoporus (Pezoporus wallicus wallicus), sooty oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus) and the high-risk Gold Rosella (Neophema chrysogaster). [1]
References[edit]
- ↑ Statement of Management Intent. Malabar Headland National Park, from environment.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved on 27. August 2017
External links[edit]
[[voy:Malabar Headland National Park#Lua error in Module:Wikidata at line 863: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).|Malabar Headland National Park]] travel guide from Wikivoyage- Official website
Coordinates: 33°57′50″S 151°15′43″E / 33.964°S 151.262°E
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