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National park in New South Wales, Australia
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Beowa National Park (until 2022, Ben Boyd National Park) is a national park in the Sapphire Coast region of southeastern New South Wales, and is the state's southernmost national park. The park contains two separate sections, the Pambula-Haycock area and the Green Cape area.
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This beach is not only popular for swimming, but it's also more popular for whale watching too. Barmouth Beach is also where George Bass first landed in December 18 1797. Picnic areas nearby. Parking available at Barmouth Beach Carpark.
Another untouched typical Sapphire Coast beach, also popular for the typical whale watching, but this beach also holds Aboriginal shell middens which have been carbon dated to 3,500 years old.
This beach is only accessible via a 4WD. However, this means that it's much less crowded, and as far away as you can get from the city by the beach. Scuba diving spots nearby.
This tower was built by Ben Boyd, although it was never commissioned as a lighthouse.
These ruins are mainly some unfinished stone works that were built in the 1840s giving you a look at European history in the park.
If you're into nature and wildlife, there can never be a comparable lookout to this one. From this lookout, the first thing you'll notice from looking down, is the pristine white sand, on beaches that get about no more than 10 visitors a day during normal seasons (it may be slightly higher during holiday season) of Disaster Bay and the Pacific Ocean. And then not to forget there's the lush green forest you'll be seeing. Bring your binoculars here as there's lots of birdwatching opportunities here, and if you happen to come here during whale migration season (May to November), there's a good high chance you'll see a whale here.
This lighthouse is the southern most lighthouse anywhere in New South Wales. Bookings required, and you will need a 4WD getting here after rain. You can also learn about some disasters and survivals here, such as the passenger ship Ly-ee-Moon, which unusually wrecked below the lighthouse in 1886.
Similar to Disaster Bay lookout, this lookout is also plentiful when it comes to wildlife watching opportunities. Not only is this lookout popular for birdwatching or even whale watching, you can even see a resident population of fur seals, dolphins, albatross, gannets and sea eagles. If you're lucky enough to go here in October, then you may also see the muttonbird migration as well.
This whaling section explains how killer whales had helped the Davidson family. The ones that owned this whaling station. Apart from that, it is a historical site as well.
20-40 min trail, and is rated a Grade 3 by the AWGTS. 1.1 km loop. This walking track gives you some stunning views of the ocean, and not to forget the Pinnacles with views south to Lennards Island. When using this walk, there's also two lookouts along the way. Bring your binoculars if you'd like to go birdwatching along the way, and if you go here between May to November, you might see a whale or two.
This trail is only a 1 km return trail and takes about 20 to 40 minutes to do, but it's rated as a Grade 4 trail by the AWGTS. This track is more for those who'd want to do a short walk by the unspoiled beaches. There are also chances you might see whales during the winter months, so bring some binoculars.
This 3 km trail one way takes about 1.5 to 2.5 hours to do. Starting from the Pambula River estuary, this trail goes all the way down to Barmouth Beach, passing Haycock Point, and some other unspoiled beaches.
A 30 km walk, and should take about two to three days to do. Rated a Grade 4 by the AWGTS. The walk starts at the Boyd's Tower, and ends at Green Cape Lighthouse between two towers as the name of the walk suggests. It mostly goes beside the coast, so there's always a beach nearby if you want to go for a swim (although the waters are really cold).
This is a 0.8 km walk which only takes about 15 minutes to 45 minutes to do. The walk includes a wheelchair-accessible boardwalk which continues behind Boyd's tower to a lookout over Twofold Bay with typical Sapphire Coast views – unimaginable.
This is a 7 km trail, one-way and takes about 2-3 hours to do. This trail is a bit hard to do though, and prior hiking experience is needed before doing this trail.
This is a 13.2 km trail, one way, and takes 4.5 to 5.5 hours to do. The trail is quite difficult for beginners, and prior hiking experience is needed.
1 bedroom, max four guests allowed. But Telegraph Station bunkhouse was basically a former 19th century telegraph station which was later converted into accommodation.
These heritage cottages provide stunning views of the ocean, and something that one can get never tired of. On top of that, guests that choose to rest their head here get a free tour of the lighthouse.
14 campsites. Bookings required on +61 1300 072 757. This campsite is far from any crowds, so for those who like the quietness, this is the place.
The waters here are basically surrounded by recreation activities such as swimming, snorkelling and diving. If you're an avid photographer, there's some photographing opportunities here to take photos of birds.
Like most national parks in New South Wales, Beowa National Park can only be accessed via car. Since the northern and southern sections are not connected, they have different entry points.
Read in the guideThere are two sections to this park and these are not connected. The only convenient way of getting between these sections is via car, which takes approx 30 minutes between the two sections.
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