Tooloom National Park

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The Tooloom National Park is a protected national park located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. The Template:Convert part is situated approximately Template:Convert north of Sydney and Template:Convert from the border town of Template:NSWcity.

The park is part of the Focal Peak Group World Heritage Site Gondwana Rainforests of Australia inscribed in 1986<ref name="ausgovdep">Template:Cite web</ref> and added to the Australian National Heritage List in 2007.<ref name=anhl>Template:Cite web</ref>

The name Tooloom is derived from Bundjalung word Duluhm meaning headlice,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> referring to the Tooloom Falls.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The average summer temperature in the park ranges from 16 °C and 28 °C, and the winter temperature ranges from 3.5 °C and 18 °C.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Fauna

The endangered species of long-nosed potoroo lives in the park, and there are also ten species of wallabies and kangaroos.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

See also

References

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