Murramarang National Park
Murramarang offers visitors a wide range of activities including swimming, surfing, fishing, picknicking, bushwalking and nature study. The hinterland walk to Durras Mountain (283m) is very popular as it leads to spectacular views of the coastline and inland ranges.
The park's largely undisturbed coastline with it's sandy and shingle beaches, rugged headlands and fossil-bearing rocks provides everyone with a rich environment to explore.
The extensive forests in the park is home to many animals and birds. Eastern grey kangaroos, swamp wallabies and an occasional red-necked wallaby can be seen at dawn and dusk when they feed. Common birdlife includes parrots, finches, honeyeaters and a large variety of sea-birds.
Spotted gums with a floor covering of burrawang palms form the main plant community in the park. In the sheltered gullies  rainforest pockets can be found.

LOCATION AND ACCESS TO THE SOUTHERN PORTION
Travel north along the Princes Highway for 9 kilometres. Turn right onto Durras Road and travel for approximately 8 kilometres to South Durras village. Travel through the village to the Murramarang National Park.
WASP HEAD
A leisurely walk around the rock platform reveals uncovered fossil beds, an old boiler (remnant from past saw-milling operations) and scenic vantage points.
EMILY MILLER BEACH
An easy, 2½ hour walk, leads up from the secluded bay of Emily Miller Beach onto the Dark Beach headland. The track passes into spotted gum forest and is the perfect habitat for the Eastern Grey Kangaroo and many species of birds.
DARK BEACH
A 2 kilometre, 30 minute return walk. Take Banyandah Street to reach unmarked Coast Road, continue to Dark Beach car park.
The beach is the southern-most point of the Sydney Basin sandstone and the intensely folded ancient chert and phyllite metamorphic rocks. This explains why the northern section of Dark Beach is white and sandy and the southern section is black shingles.
MYRTLE BEACH
From the Dark and Myrtle Beaches car park follow the track out to the headland overlooking Flat Rock Island. This headland is very scenic with panoramic views north to Grasshopper Island and south to the southern reaches of the park.
Extend this walk by following the beach to the southern section of Myrtle Beach. The area is an interesting study of the vegetation succession from beach to forest within a matter of several metres.
RICHMOND HEADLAND
A short and very worthwhile walk leading through changes from established forests of spotted gum and burrawang to gnarled ironbarks and stringybarks and finally to coastal heath.
Panoramic views and a diversity of wildflower (July-October) are a feature of this walk.
OAKEY BEACH
Starting from the small car-park 500 metres before reaching the steep decline to Oakey Beach, the Little Oakey Beach Track winds down to the rock platform. The rock strata between Little Oakey and Oakey Beach is spectacular. Massive beds of sedimentary rock have uplifted, folded and eroded, leaving enormous rock walls sculpted through the times.
NORTH HEAD
Many old tracks are found in the North Head area. The track from North Head Beach to the trig station, past Honeysuckle Beach and back again, allows a close examination of the various vegetation types in the area.
The views of Batemans Bay, Tollgate Islands Nature Reserve and further south make this walk a very enjoyable experience.		  

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