National Park
Nymboida National Park
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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Permit required
Climbing and canyoning · All year
In force on 30 October 2026
5.1.9 Adventure activities
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The dramatic landscape of large granite tors and steep gorges and escarpments provide an environment for other adventure activities such as rock climbing, abseiling and canyoning. These activities require permission under NPWS policy and have the potential to impact on natural heritage values. Only a minor level of activity currently occurs.
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Management strategies
- - Adventure activities, such as rock climbing, abseiling and canyoning, will be permitted only where such activities can be safely and sustainably undertaken and do not conflict with park values or other park users.
Published by NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, 8 Feb 2005 · Gibraltar Range Group of Parks Plan of Management
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Regulated
Camping & bivouac · All year
In force on 30 October 2026
- - Remote or backpack camping, where no facilities are provided, is permitted in the planning area but must not occur within 200 metres from a road or trail, or 500 metres from a visitor facility node (eg. camping or day use areas or the Park Information Centre in Gibraltar National Park).
Published by NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, 8 Feb 2005 · Gibraltar Range Group of Parks Plan of Management
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Permit required
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