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Applies from Mon 4 Aug 2025, 10.56am to Fri 8 Aug 2025, 10.56am. Last reviewed: Mon 4 Aug 2025, 10.59am
Closed areas: Arakoon NP walking tracks closed due to severe weather event
Due to severe storm activity, all walking tracks will be closed until they have been assessed and deemed safe.
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Applies from Mon 4 Aug 2025, 10.46am to Fri 8 Aug 2025, 10.55am. Last reviewed: Mon 4 Aug 2025, 10.56am
Closed areas: Hat head NP walking tracks closed due to severe weather event
Due to severe storm activity, all walking tracks will be closed until they have been assessed and deemed safe.
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Applies from Sat 2 Aug 2025, 11.47am to Sat 9 Aug 2025, 12.07pm. Last reviewed: Sat 2 Aug 2025, 12.20pm
Closed areas: Trial Bay Goal is closed due to severe weather
Trail Bay Goal in Arakoon National Park is closed until further notice due to impacts from severe weather including flooding and power outages from fallen trees.
Remember, it’s never safe to drive, ride or walk through flood waters, so you’ll need to reschedule your visit and avoid travel through areas in this park. Check Live Traffic NSW for up-to-date information about road closures. For assistance during severe weather visit the NSW SES website. In life-threatening situations call emergency services on Triple Zero (000).
Penalties apply for non-compliance. For more information, contact the local park office.
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Applies from Mon 1 Mar 2021, 11.38am to Fri 30 Oct 2026, 9.17am. Last reviewed: Mon 16 Jun 2025, 11.37am
Closed areas: Area permanently closed - Mermaid Pools
Access to Mermaid Pools is permanently closed including for swimming. Sudden large swells and tides create major waves that wash over the rocks and pools.
Do not access this area. The severe conditions at this site have caused a number of significant injuries and deaths in the past.
Mermaid Pools have never been a designated visitor site due to the extreme nature of the surf and tides at this location. There is no approved public access walking track to Mermaid Pools.
For further information call the NPWS Verges Creek area office on 02 6561 6700.
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Applies from Mon 10 Feb 2025, 4.13pm to Fri 31 Oct 2025, 4.14pm. Last reviewed: Fri 30 May 2025, 1.25pm
Closed areas: Trial Bay Gaol campground infrastructure upgrade
Sections of Trial Bay Gaol campground will be closed for upgrades from Monday 10 February 2025 until late October 2025. The Bayview campsites and northern area will be closed.
Open parts of the campground will be impacted by noise and machinery between Monday and Friday, 7am to 5pm. Saturdays 8am to 1pm.
Access to parts of the campground will be impacted. Please refer to onsite maps for access information.
Stay safe and follow directions on signage as well as instructions from staff.
Find out more about the improvements planned for Trial Bay Gaol campground. For more information about the closure, contact the NPWS campground office at 02 6566 6168.
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