Beneath the Waters of Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park

The pristine waterways of Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park were created 10,000 years ago when ancient river valleys were flooded as sea levels rose 10,000 years ago. As visitors with Sydney OutBack journey along Cowen Creek, within the National Park, many ...Read more

Eye-Spy A Brilliant Sight: The Waratah

The Waratah inflorescence, described as ‘the most beautiful seen from afar’, is one of the surprise gems found in Sydney Outback – Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia’s oldest conservation reserve and third most biodiverse regions (after Th...Read more

Wildflower Season Blooms in Sydney’s Out Back!

See the Colours of the Rainbow in the Australian Bush. You won’t believe your eyes! Wildflower season, from late winter into mid-spring, is one of Sydney OutBack’s favourite times each year. In addition to its crisp air and warmer days, Ku-ring-gai Ch...Read more

4 No-Way! facts about Nature’s Impersonator: the Lyrebird

Australia’s Superb Lyrebird (Menura novaehollandae) amuses many visitors to Sydney’s OutBack; nature’s impersonator is able to imitate sounds like chainsaws and a radio, as well as iconic bird calls like the laughing kookaburra, gurgling magpie and ...Read more

Five Favourite Birds found in Australia’s Third Most Biodiverse Region

The biodiversity of Ku-ring-gai Chase, Australia’s third most biodiverse region after the Daintree and Wet Tropics, is the perfect environment for more than 160 bird species to call home. To celebrate International Day for Biological Diversity (22nd May...Read more

The Regal White-Breasted Sea Eagle

Feel someone is watching? Nature’s custodian has to be the regal White-Breasted Sea Eagle, Haliaeetus leucogaster, the most imposing of more than 160 species of birds found in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia’s second oldest National Park an...Read more

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