Karst Conservation Reserve
Jenolan Karst Conservation Reserve
Regulations on 30 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
Hiking and caving · All year
In force on 30 October 2026
Applies from Thu 18 Jul 2024, 4.36pm.
Closed parks: Park closed for major infrastructure repairs and upgrades
Jenolan Karst Conservation Reserve (including the Visitor Precinct and walking tracks) is closed until 31st December 2026 while major infrastructure repairs and upgrades are underway.
There is no access to the Reserve or Jenolan Caves via the Six Foot Track.
Penalties apply for non-compliance.
Published by NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service · Jenolan Karst Conservation Reserve | Local alerts
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Permit required
Caving · All year
In force on 30 October 2026
27 Caves
(1) A person must not enter or remain in a karst cave in a park.
Maximum penalty—30 penalty units.
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(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.
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(8) In this clause—
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karst cave means a cave that has developed in soluble rock (typically limestone dolomite, marble and gypsum) through the processes of solution, abrasion or collapse.
Published by NSW Government, 4 Jul 2025 · National Parks and Wildlife Regulation 2019