Booti Booti National Park is a national park in New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

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, 282 kilometres (175 mi), by road, north-north-east of Sydney

Sydney

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The first European to inhabit the area was a Captain J. Gogerly who sailed from Forster

Forster, New South Wales

Forster is a large coastal town in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, in the Great Lakes Council LGA, about north-north-east of Sydney. It is immediately adjacent to its twin, Tuncurry, which is the smaller of the two towns...

 to Sydney with loads of timber. He and some of his family are buried in the park. The park was declared a state recreation area from 30 September 1977, then a national park in 1992.

External links

• Booti Booti National Park page at the National Parks and Wildlife Service
  National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)
  The National Parks and Wildlife Service is part of the Office of Environment and Heritage - the main government conservation agency in New South Wales, Australia....
  
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