Cottan-Bimbang National Park

Cottan-Bimbang National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
File:Cottan-Bimbang NP.JPG Rainforest in Cottan-Bimbang National Park at the Stockyard Creek picnic area
Nearest town or city	Walcha
Coordinates
Established	1999
Area	269 km2 (103.9 sq mi)
Managing authorities	NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
Official site	http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au

File:Linospadix monostachya.jpg

Linospadix monostachya (walking stick palm)

Cottan-Bimbang is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 443 km north of Sydney and 65 km south east of Walcha and was formerly a state forest. The Oxley Highway crosses the park south of Werrikimbe National Park. Myrtle Scrub Road is a 15 kilometre circuit in the west of the park that connects with the Oxley Highway.

Flora and fauna

This park is situated on the eastern escarpment with extensive tall old-growth eucalypt forest, rainforest, threatened frog species, yellow-bellied gliders (Petaurus australis) and koalas. 'Cottan-bimbang' is the local Aboriginal word for the walking stick palm (Linospadix monostachya), which grows in the park's temperate rainforests.

Blackberries (Rubus) are creating a serious weed problem in the park.

There is a barbecue area, picnic area and public toilets at Stockyard Creek on the Oxley Highway and a cleared area for picnics next to Cells River on Myrtle Scrub Road. There is a cleared area for camping at Maxwells Flat on the Causeway Road, and a long drop toilet.

See also

• Protected areas of New South Wales