Yengo National Park

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Yengo National Park is in the Hunter region of New South Wales. It protects 1,543 km² (596 sq mi) of Greater Blue Mountains Area, which was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list because of its remarkable geographic, botanic and cultural values. The Yengo National Park is the most north–easterly of the eight protected areas within the World Heritage Site.

Understand

Mount Yengo

History

The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) opened their depot in Bucketty in 1993 and commenced managing Yengo National Park.

Landscape

The course of the Macdonald River flows from the northwest of the national park towards the southeast, where it reaches its confluence with the Hawkesbury River.

Flora and fauna

Vivid Australian Blowfly

Persoonia hirsuta fruit

The park is home to more than 90 different eucalypt species, about 13% of all eucalypt species in the world.

Yengo is home to around 50 species of mammals such as wombats, wallaroos, koalas and gliding possums, and over 200 species of birds. Birds sighted include the gang gang, yellow-tailed and glossy black cockatoos, and lyrebird. The endangered brush-tailed rock-wallaby inhabits the steep cliff faces found in the park.

Visitor information

• Park website

Get in

The park is 85 km (53 mi) northwest of the Sydney central business district, 40 km (25 mi) south of Cessnock, 40 km north of Wisemans Ferry, and 155 km (96 mi) southwest of Newcastle.

Access to Yengo National Park is via Yengo Creek Road off the Great North Road, near Laguna.

See

The area including Yengo National Park has been an important spiritual and cultural place for the Darkinjung and Wonnarua People for thousands of years. There are over 640 recorded Aboriginal cultural sites in the park and nearby areas.

Mount Yengo is central to the creation story that recounts that Biamie, the ancestral being, stepped off the flat top of the mountain into the sky when he finished his creation.

The Finchley cultural walk takes you to see ancient Aboriginal rock art.

1 Finchley lookout offers spectacular views over the park.

Wollombi Aboriginal culture tours and camps provides a window into the world's oldest living culture and visit important spiritual and cultural sites in and around Yengo National Park.

Do

Unpaved tracks through remote valleys provide opportunities mountain biking and exploration by 4WD.

There are many options for bushwalkers, with short walks and overnight walks.

Horse riding adventures are available in the Big Yango precinct.

Eat

There aren't any restaurants in Yengo National Park. Bring your own food.

Sleep

Lodging

• Big Yango House. Can accommodate 8 guests in 3 bedrooms. You must bring your own bed sheets, blankets, pillows, towels, food supplies, drinking water, and cooking water. Picnic tables, barbecue facilities, public phone, showers, toilets, electric power available. 

Camping

• Blue Gums Campground. Offers tent sites, camper trailer sites, and camping beside your vehicle, barbecue facilities, public phone, and toilets. 
• Mogo Campground. Has tent sites with barbecue facilities, carpark, and toilets. 
• Mountain Arm campground. Offers tent sites, camper trailer sites, and camping beside your vehicle, barbecue facilities, public phone, and toilets. 
• Finchley Campground. Has 4 campsites, access to a notable Aboriginal engraving site, an amenities block, picnic tables, barbecue facilities, carpark, and toilets. 

Go next

• Cessnock in the Hunter Valley to the North
• Wisemans Ferry and then onto Sydney directly to the south