Applies from Tue 25 Jan 2022, 10.10am to Fri 11 Feb 2022, 10.11am. Last reviewed: Tue 25 Jan 2022, 4.05pm

Closed areas: Jack Perkins walking track closed for maintenance

Jack Perkins Track closed for maintenance works until Friday 11 February 2022.  Visitors may not access the walking track during the works period.

Penalties apply for non-compliance. For more information, please contact the local office.

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• Hat Head National Park
  • Jack Perkins walking track

Applies from Mon 1 Mar 2021, 11.38am. Last reviewed: Mon 1 Mar 2021, 12.04pm

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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• Arakoon National Park
  • Mermaid Pools