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Last reviewed: Fri 5 June 2026, 4.46pm
Applies from Fri 5 Jun 2026, 4.17pm
to Sun 7 Jun 2026, 4.18pm.
Last reviewed: Fri 5 Jun 2026, 4.46pm.
Other planned events: South West Rocks RunFest held at Little Bay Picnic Area, Sunday 7th June 2026
The Annual SWR RunFest will be held on Sunday 7th June 2026 at Little Bay Picnic Area, Arakoon National Park.
Set up for the event will be from 12pm Saturday 6th June 2026. Access to some parts of Little Bay Picnic Area will be restricted due to the event set up.
The event will see some temporary road closures in and around South West Rocks, including the Bridle Trail and Trial Bay Gaol Access Road between 6am - 9am.
For further information regarding SWR RunFest and road closures please refer to Running Events in South West Rocks | Run Fest
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Applies from Fri 5 Jun 2026, 4.01pm
to Sun 7 Jun 2026, 4.03pm.
Last reviewed: Fri 5 Jun 2026, 4.17pm.
Other planned events: Temporary Road closures on Trial Bay Gaol Access Road, Sunday 7th June 2026
The Annual SWR RunFest will hold its event at Little Bay Picnic Area. The run will start along the Bridle Trail, crossing the road at the entry of Arakoon National Park on Trial Bay Gaol Access Road and will continue along the path to the township of South West Rocks.
The race will finish at Little Bay Picnic Area.
Trial Bay Gaol Access Road will have temporary closures between 6am - 9am while competitors cross the road. The road will re-open between the events/races.
Affects 5 locations in this park:
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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.
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Applies from Fri 5 Jun 2026, 4.17pm to Sun 7 Jun 2026, 4.18pm. Last reviewed: Fri 5 Jun 2026, 4.46pm
Other planned events: South West Rocks RunFest held at Little Bay Picnic Area, Sunday 7th June 2026
The Annual SWR RunFest will be held on Sunday 7th June 2026 at Little Bay Picnic Area, Arakoon National Park.
Set up for the event will be from 12pm Saturday 6th June 2026. Access to some parts of Little Bay Picnic Area will be restricted due to the event set up.
The event will see some temporary road closures in and around South West Rocks, including the Bridle Trail and Trial Bay Gaol Access Road between 6am - 9am.
For further information regarding SWR RunFest and road closures please refer to Running Events in South West Rocks | Run Fest
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Applies from Fri 5 Jun 2026, 4.01pm to Sun 7 Jun 2026, 4.03pm. Last reviewed: Fri 5 Jun 2026, 4.17pm
Other planned events: Temporary Road closures on Trial Bay Gaol Access Road, Sunday 7th June 2026
The Annual SWR RunFest will hold its event at Little Bay Picnic Area. The run will start along the Bridle Trail, crossing the road at the entry of Arakoon National Park on Trial Bay Gaol Access Road and will continue along the path to the township of South West Rocks.
The race will finish at Little Bay Picnic Area.
Trial Bay Gaol Access Road will have temporary closures between 6am - 9am while competitors cross the road. The road will re-open between the events/races.
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Applies from Mon 1 Jun 2026, 9.00am to Fri 19 Jun 2026, 11.59pm. Last reviewed: Tue 2 Jun 2026, 1.34pm
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 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 - confirmed to proceed 3rd June
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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 - planned week commencing 9th June
- 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 - planned week commencing 9th 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 9th 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), 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.au
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Applies from Tue 25 Jul 2023, 7.14am. Last reviewed: Fri 8 May 2026, 9.18am
Closed areas: Landslip on Hanging Rock Road in State forest
Access to Kosekai Lookout is currently NOT possible via Hanging Rock Road due to a section of Hanging Rock Road being damaged during March 2021 flooding event. The damaged section of road is managed by Forestry Corporation. Access to the lookout is now only possible in 4WD vehicles from the south via Boat Harbour Road and then turning onto Kosekai Road
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Applies from Tue 30 Sep 2025, 4.45pm. Last reviewed: Wed 8 Apr 2026, 9.27am
Closed parks: Yessabah Reserve Permanently Closed
Access to Yessabah Nature Reserve is permanently closed to unauthorised personnel. The former quarry area has limestone rock faces that are unstable and prone to rock fall. Other areas of the reserve are geologically unstable.
Do not access this park. For further information call the NPWS Macleay area office on 02 6561 6700.
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Applies from Tue 19 Mar 2024, 9.25pm. Last reviewed: Mon 13 Apr 2026, 9.20pm
Closed areas: Ngambaa Feral Predator Free Area - Closed Roads
Construction is complete on the Ngambaa Feral Predator-Free Area which has necessitated the closure of roads in the reserve for visitor safety.
Cedar Park picnic area will remain open and available for visitor access.
The following roads are subject to permanent closure as part of the construction and operation of the feral predator free area:
- Wittigs Road
- parts of Stockyard Creek Road
- Seams Road
- Jacks Road
- Buds Crossing Road
Construction works were completed in August and the 23k of fencing is complete.
Construction works have included:
- clearing the fence corridor
- building the fence
- installing bridge and culvert crossings.
Closed areas: Closed for ground pest control operations
Pest animal control shooting operations will also occur in these areas
Shooting operations will occur on select nights throughout this period. The operations will run from sunset to sunrise in areas that are closed for public access.
Information regarding the project can be obtained via the following link: https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/parks-reserves-and-protected-areas/park-management/return-of-threatened-and-declining-species/ngambaa-feral-predator-free-area
For further information please contact the NPWS Coffs Coast area office on 02 6652 0900
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