Budawang National Park

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Budawang National Park is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, located approximately Template:Convert southwest of Sydney and Template:Convert 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.<ref name="Budawang National Park"/>

The Budawang National Park is largely isolated. Its terrain is steep and rugged. The park comprises high-elevation moist forests.<ref name="Budawang National Park">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref name="Budawang National Park"/>

Wildlife

Budawang National Park's diverse landscape has created pockets of unique habitats where several plant and animal species survive.<ref name="Budawang National Park"/>

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.<ref name="Budawang National Park"/>

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.<ref name="Budawang National Park"/>