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Barrington Tops is a World Heritage listed National Park in the Hunter Valley, approximately 200 km north of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. The nearest towns are Scone, Gloucester and East Gresford. more...

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History

Barrington Tops is part of the Mount Royal range and part of the great escarpment, the edge of a mountain range that runs from the middle of New South Wales down to southern Victoria. Barrington tops is a plateau between two of the large peaks in the range, The park is believed have been an extinct volcano and the mountain ranges are comprised of a mixture of sedimentary rocks with a granite top. Erosion has weathered the granite and rounded granite boulders can be seen in some areas of the park. Estimates put the age of the rock at 300 to 400 million years, well before Australia separated from Gondwana.

In 1969 the area between Mount Barrington, Mount Royal and the Gloucester Tops was declared the Barrington Tops National Park. In 1982 it was listed as a World Heritage Area and subsequently a Wilderness Area. Some of the rivers flowing through the Barrington range have been classed as Wild Rivers meaning they are exceptionally pure and unpolluted. The highest peak is Mount Barrington which rises to a height of 1556 metres (5105 feet).

Flora

The ecology of the national park varies from sub-tropical rainforests in the gullies to sub-alpine and alpine regions on the mountain peaks. Snow usually falls on the mountain peaks every year and occasionally snows enough to close roads. Rainfall can exceed 1500 mm per year.

A large variety of plants and animals reside in the park and the steepness of the terrain ensures that they are not disturbed by humans. Plant life includes a large variety of eucalypt trees including snow gums, mountain ash, mountain beech, tree ferns, a large variety of mosses and ferns and a wide range of edible plants such as the native raspberry, the native cherry and the lilli pilli.

Fauna

The remoteness and inaccessibility of a large part of the park has allowed some of the more sensitive animals to remain largely undisturbed. A large number of fauna have been catalogued in the park including some that were previously thought to be extinct. Some of the more common animals sighted include; barking and sooty owls, eastern grey kangaroos, frogs, pademelons, cockatoos, rosellas, kookaburras, bats and echidnas. Animals such as quolls, native rats and platypus are a lot more reclusive but they may seen. Not all of the animals in the park are desirable and feral animals such as horses and cats are being removed from the park.

Visitors

Barrington Tops is a very popular weekend destination from Sydney and Newcastle. Numerous walking trails and camping grounds are scattered throughout the park. The park also contains well marked and well maintained gravel roads as well as specific 4WD tracks into less travelled areas. General sight seeing can be easily achieved in a non-offroad vehicle. The park is maintained by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and rangers patrol the park daily.

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