Regulations Australia Werrikimbe National Park
Cobcroft day use area
Camping & bivouac
Regulations on 30 October 2026
Signs at the site and later resolutions prevail; check the source.
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Prohibited all year
Camping & bivouac · All year
In force on 30 October 2026
Guidelines and actions
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Camping and day use areas
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- - Cobcroft day use area will be used as a track head carpark for walkers wishing to use the Carabeen Loop and Mesa tracks. Minimal day use facilities will be provided. Camping is not permitted in Cobcroft day use area.
Published by NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, 26 Jul 2005 · Werrikimbe National Park Plan of Management
In Werrikimbe National Park
Regulated zone
Werrikimbe National Park
These hold everywhere inside the boundary, whether or not a site is marked.
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Regulated
Camping & bivouac · All year
In force on 30 October 2026
Guidelines and actions
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Camping and day use areas
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- - Cobcroft day use area will be used as a track head carpark for walkers wishing to use the Carabeen Loop and Mesa tracks. Minimal day use facilities will be provided. Camping is not permitted in Cobcroft day use area.
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- - Backpack camping outside of defined camping facilities is allowed at locations more than 200m from park roads, management trails shown on the map, day use areas and car-based camping areas. Camping is prohibited in day use only areas.
Published by NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, 26 Jul 2005 · Werrikimbe National Park Plan of Management
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Permit required
Climbing, canyoning and paragliding · All year
In force on 30 October 2026
25 Sporting, recreational and other activities
(1) A person must not in a park—
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(d) organise or engage in any activity or recreational pursuit that involves risking the safety of the person or the safety of other persons or damaging the environment.
Maximum penalty—30 penalty units.
(2) Without limiting the generality of subclause (1)(d), the activities and recreational pursuits to which that paragraph applies include abseiling, base jumping, bungy jumping, rock climbing, parachuting, canyoning, white water boating, paragliding, parasailing and hang gliding. However, the activities and recreational pursuits to which subclause (1)(d) applies do not include caving and cave diving.
(3) A person does not commit an offence under this clause—
(a) for anything done or omitted to be done with the consent of a park authority and in accordance with any conditions to which the consent is subject, or
(b) if a plan of management for a park makes provision for the undertaking of an activity in the park, the person undertakes the activity in the park in accordance with the plan of management.
(4) Despite subclause (3)(b), a person must not undertake an activity in a park if a notice erected in the park or given to the person prohibits the undertaking of the activity.
Maximum penalty—30 penalty units.
Published by NSW Government, 4 Jul 2025 · National Parks and Wildlife Regulation 2019