National Park
Beowa National Park
Regulations on 31 October 2026
Signs at the site and later resolutions prevail; check the source.
These hold everywhere inside the boundary, whether or not a site is marked.
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Prohibited all year
Climbing · All year
In force on 31 October 2026
Rock faces in the park are generally crumbly and not suitable for rock climbing or abseiling.
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- - Rock climbing and abseiling will not be permitted in the park as there are no suitable safe places in which to conduct this activity.
Published by NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service · Beowa National Park and Bell Bird Creek Nature Reserve Plan of management
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Regulated
Camping & bivouac · All year
In force on 31 October 2026
Pack camping will be subject to the following conditions:
- - no pack camping may occur in the northern section of the park or in the nature reserve
- - in the southern section of the park, dispersed pack camping by walkers and those arriving by watercraft, is permitted, but must be more than 500 metres from any roads, tracks and trails or other visitor facilities including the Light to Light walk and its facilities
- - pack campers participating in the Light to Light walk will use purpose-built walk-in only camping sites at Mowarry Point and Hegartys Bay
Published by NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service · Beowa National Park and Bell Bird Creek Nature Reserve Plan of management
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Permit required
Canyoning and paragliding · All year
In force on 31 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