Applies from Mon 1 Jun 2026, 9.00am to Fri 19 Jun 2026, 11.59pm. Last reviewed: Wed 10 Jun 2026, 11.10am

Other planned events: Planned Aerial Spraying - Temporary Area Closures

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NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) will be controlling invasive bitou bush using aerial spraying in selected coastal areas of Limeburners Creek, Goolawah, and Hat Head National Parks between 15 and 19 June 2026.

To ensure public safety, temporary closures will be in place on the day of spraying only in affected areas. These closures will include: 

Limeburners Creek National Park - planned week commencing 15th June

• Big Hill Walk Track and Big Hill Back Beach
• Plomer Back Beach (southern end)
• Plomer Road (south of Point Plomer Campground to The Broken Bit)
• Queens Head Day Use Area
• North Shore Beach

Goolawah National Park - planned week commencing 15th June

• Goolawah Beach (Crescent/Back Beach), including the 4WD beach access road to Racecourse Campground
• Racecourse Headland car park

Hat Head National Park - planned week commencing 15th June

• Killick Beach (from Richardsons Crossing to Hungry Headland)
• Killick Beach 4WD access road (from Hungry Road and Kemps Headland Road)
• Kemps Headland to Connors Beach walking track
• The Gap car park
• Connors Hill Trail
• Korogoro Circuit Walking Track
• Smoky Beach (from Hat Head township to Smoky Cape Campground).

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Please note that closures will apply only while operations are underway in the area. NPWS staff will be onsite during closures, and affected areas will be reopened approximately one hour after treatment, once the spray has dried on vegetation.

For further information, please contact NPWS Hastings Macleay at npws.hastingsmacleay@environment.nsw.gov.au

Affects 1 park and 5 locations nearby. Show list

• Hat Head National Park
  • Connors walking track
  • Hungry Gate campground
  • Kinchela Trig Lookout walk
  • Korogoro walking track
  • Smoky Cape campground

Applies from Mon 1 Mar 2021, 11.38am to Fri 30 Oct 2026, 9.17am. Last reviewed: Thu 19 Mar 2026, 9.41am

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.

Affects 1 park and 1 location nearby. Show list

• Arakoon National Park
  • Mermaid Pools