Werrikimbe National Park
Facts and practical information
The Werrikimbe National Park is a protected national park located in the catchment zone of the Upper Hastings River in New South Wales, Australia. Gazetted in 1975, the 33,309-hectare park is situated approximately 486 kilometres north of Sydney, 65 kilometres north-west of Wauchope, and 90 kilometres east of Walcha on the eastern escarpment of the Great Dividing Range. ()
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Wildlife
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Koala ("Bear")
The koala or, inaccurately, koala bear is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae and its closest living...
Mammals
Spotted-tailed (Tiger) Quoll
The tiger quoll, also known as the spotted-tail quoll, the spotted quoll, the spotted-tail dasyure, native cat or the tiger cat, is a carnivorous marsupial of the quoll genus Dasyurus...
Mammals
Flame robin
The flame robin is a small passerine bird native to Australia. It is a moderately common resident of the coolest parts of south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania.
Birds
Hastings River mouse
The Hastings River mouse is a species of Australian rodent in the subfamily Murinae of the family Muridae. It is found only in Australia.
Mammals
Eastern Quoll, Eastern Native Cat
Quolls are carnivorous marsupials native to Australia and New Guinea. They are primarily nocturnal and spend most of the day in a den. Of the six species of quoll, four are found in...
Mammals
New South Wales