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Little Bay picnic area

Arakoon National Park

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Upcoming management events

Upcoming management events
Date Event Title
11 December 2023 Closed areas Little Bay Loop Road (Overshot Dam Road) in Arakoon National Park Closed Details

Applies from Mon 11 Dec 2023, 6.00am to Wed 13 Dec 2023, 4.00pm. Last reviewed: Fri 8 Dec 2023, 1.41pm

Little Bay Loop Road (Overshot Dam Road) will be closed to all vehicle traffic between 7:00am Monday 11th December and 4pm Wednesday 13th December 2023 (subject to weather conditions) for road works. The picnic area and parking spaces will remain unaffected by these closures.

For more information, contact the local NPWS office on 02 6588 5555.

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Applies from Wed 15 Nov 2023, 12.32pm to Fri 15 Dec 2023, 12.38pm. Last reviewed: Thu 30 Nov 2023, 2.30pm

Other planned events: Walking track evaluation camera survey

Please note that NPWS staff will be undertaking a walking track survey in this location from November to early December 2023.

The survey will involve NPWS staff carrying a 360-degree camera to visually record walking track features, as part of an annual asset maintenance assessment.

This information is to ensure quality safe NPWS walking tracks for public enjoyment.

You'll be able to identify this survey as NPWS staff will be dressed in uniform carrying an above-head mounted camera.

NPWS respects your privacy. If you do not wish to be filmed, please respectfully ask the NPWS staff member to pause the camera until you pass out of camera frame.

The survey will be undertaken across multiple parks during November 2023, so will involve only very minimal time at each location and will be scheduled outside peak visitation times, so the survey it is unlikely to affect visitors.

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Applies from Fri 17 Nov 2023, 4.27pm to Fri 22 Dec 2023, 4.28pm. Last reviewed: Fri 17 Nov 2023, 4.31pm

Closed areas: Hat Head National Park closed due to Bushfires

Some parts of Hat Head National Park are closed due to bushfire. The closed areas are:

  • Russells Trail
  • McGuires Crossing

 

Do not enter the closed areas. Penalties apply for non-compliance.

 

For more information, contact the local NPWS office on 02 6566 6168 or visit the Rural Fire Service website.

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Applies from Mon 1 Mar 2021, 11.38am. Last reviewed: Tue 10 Oct 2023, 11.35am

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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Local alerts

For the latest updates on fires, closures and other alerts in this area, see https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/things-to-do/picnic-areas/little-bay-picnic-area/local-alerts

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