| Type: | protected |
| Cocoparra National Park | |
| State: | nsw |
| Iucn Category: | II |
| Coordinates: | -34.1158°N 146.2231°W |
| Relief: | 1 |
| Area: | 83.57 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Managing Authorities: | National Parks and Wildlife Service |
| Url: | http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/cocoparra-national-park |
The Cocoparra National Park is a protected national park that is located in the Riverina region of New South Wales, in eastern Australia. The 8357ha national park is situated southwest of Sydney and northeast of .[2] The name of the park comes from the Aboriginal cocupara, or kookaburra.[3]
The park includes a prominent range of hills such as Bingar Mountain, above sea level and Brogden Mountain, above sea level, in an otherwise largely flat landscape. Adjoining the national park to the north is the Cocoparra Nature Reserve. The national park was gazetted in December 1969. The nature reserve was dedicated in 1963 with an area of .[4] The Binya-Cocoparra area is classified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area because of its relatively large population (of up to 50 individuals) of the near threatened painted honeyeater, as well as the diamond firetail.[5]
The rugged, robust landscape of the park provides a large number of different habitats.[3]
The climate is semi arid. The vegetation communities reflect this, with wattle, orchids, ironbark and blue-tinged cypress pines.[2]
The geology comprises Upper Devonian sandstones, siltstones and conglomerates.
There are a number of day use (picnic) areas in the park and a campground at Woolshed Flat.
NSW Parks and Wildlife Service Cocoparra National Park website
Online version of Cocoparra National Park Management Plan