Regulations Australia Myall Lakes National Park
Yacaaba Headland
Hiking
Regulations on 30 October 2026
Signs at the site and later resolutions prevail; check the source.
The position marks the site rather than the extent of the rule.
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Prohibited all year
Hiking · All year
In force on 30 October 2026
Applies from Sat 5 Oct 2024, 11.33am.
Closed areas: Yacaaba Headland walking track partial closure
Yacaaba Headland walking track, in southern Myall Lakes National Park at Hawks Nest, is open to a viewing point. Beyond this point the track is closed for visitor safety.
Yacaaba Spit track remains open and people can continue to walk along the beach.
Penalties may apply for non-compliance.
Published by NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service · Myall Lakes National Park | Local alerts
In Myall Lakes National Park
Regulated zone
Myall Lakes 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
4.2 CAMPING
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GUIDELINES AND ACTIONS
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4.2.4 Permit remote or bush camping (where facilities are not provided) in zones 2 and 3 (see map 1), provided that it occurs more than 200 metres from a water body (river or lake), public road, and/or the beach and dune system.
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4.2.12 Restrict camping at any one site in the park to 28 consecutive days, except for Shelly Beach, Johnsons Beach and all camping areas with a maximum number of six campsites or less (refer to table 1) where the duration will be limited to 14 consecutive days. This will provide maximum access to a limited number of sites.
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Table 1: Proposed camping areas
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** = Campsites may be either designated or site equivalents within an area and the maximum number of people that may occupy a site is 6.
Published by NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, 2 Oct 2002 · Myall Lakes National Park, Little Broughton Island and Stormpetrel Nature Reserves 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