Applies from Mon 1 Jun 2026, 9.00am to Fri 19 Jun 2026, 11.59pm. Last reviewed: Tue 5 May 2026, 2.16pm
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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 Crowdy Bay, Limeburners Creek, Goolawah, and Hat Head National Parks between 1 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:
Crowdy Bay National Park
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- Dunbogan Beach (from the northern NP boundary to the Diamond Head 4WD access point)
- Blackbutt, Cheese Tree, Geebung and Abbey Creek picnic areas
- Mermaid Lookout, Diamond Head Loop and Forest walking tracks
- Kylies Beach / Crowdy Beach (from south of Kylies Campground to Crowdy Gap)
- Mermaid and Figtree beach access tracks (off Fig Tree Road)
Limeburners Creek National Park
- Big Hill Walk Track and Big Hill Back Beach
- Barries Bay Beach
- Plomer Back Beach (southern end)
- Short delays on Point Plomer Road from Big Hill to Point Plomer Campground
- Plomer Road (south of Point Plomer Campground to The Broken Bit)
- Queens Head Day Use Area
- North Shore Beach
Goolawah National Park
- Goolawah Beach (Crescent/Back Beach), including the 4WD beach access road to Racecourse Campground
- Racecourse Headland car park
Hat Head National Park
- 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), including 4WD beach access
- Smoky Beach 4WD access track
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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.a
