Deua National Park - Moruya
Direct Phone Number : (02) 4472 6900
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Deua National Park is located approximately 312km south of Sydney and west of Moruya. The largest park on the Eurobodalla Coast, the Deua National Park, covers a massive area of over 117,826 ha, most of which is relatively undisturbed, pristine wilderness.
The best access is by the Moruya to Araluen Road following the course of the Deua River. Access to the western edge of the park is via the Krawaree Road south of Braidwood. Access to the south east of the park is difficult. Within the park, vehicular access is generally confined to 4WD tracks and forest roads.
There are camping facilities at Deua River Camping Area, Bakers Flat and Dry Creek. Bendethera Camping Area (4WD access only) and Berlang Camping Area (2WD gravel roads) have fireplaces, pit toilets and a car park. Rivers provide a water supply. Accommodation is available at Moruya, Araluen, Majors Creek and Braidwood. Visitors are provided with fireplaces, rubbish containers, toilets and a car park, and rivers provide a water supply.
The Park provides for wilderness recreation activities including bushwalking, bushcamping, abseiling, canoeing and adventure caving. With the exception of Bendethera Main Cave and the first 200m of Wyanbene Cave, permits are required for caving from the NPWS Narooma Office, phone 02 4476 2888. See the magnificent 96m deep Big Hole and the Marble Arch.
Bushwalkers are advised to be well equipped and experienced as there are no constructed paths in areas of the Park. Vegetation and climate within the park change markedly with altitude.
Over 90 species of birds have been recorded in the park with bellbirds and lyrebirds commonly seen. Both wet and dry open forests, mainly of yellow and white stringbark and forest red gum cover the lower slopes while at the heads of the coastal valleys wet niches support small pockets of temperate rainforest dominated by pinkwood, sassafras and lillipilli. The Deua is home for many mammals including swamp wallabies, red-necked wallabies, grey kangaroos, echidnas, possums and wombats.