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Blue Gum Hills Regional Park

Newcastle, New South Wales  >  Australia

Bushland park located within a gently sloping valley. With a blend of mining history, nature, and recreation.

Aggiunto* da CheekyPelican
Ultimo aggiornamento 16 settembre 2025

Descrizione

Blue Gum Hills Regional Park is a bushland area with large open spaces for recreation and trails that wind through eucalyptus forests and past remnants of the area's mining heritage, including a historic brick ventilation tower. The park contains a mix of natural native vegetation, rehabilitated vegetation and cleared areas. A minor watercourse drains the park and there are several small shallow man-made ponds.

The range of habitat types is attractive for birds and during any visit to the park, a range of bird species can be readily found. Birds you can observe include Bell Miner, Noisy Miner, Satin Bowerbird, Australian King-Parrot, Eastern Rosella, Lewin's Honeyeater, Scarlet Honeyeater, Eastern Whipbird, Grey Shrikethrush and Olive-backed Oriole.

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Accesso

Blue Gum Hills Regional Park is located in Minmi, a suburb near Newcastle. From Newcastle CBD, it's about a 25-minute drive west. You can take the Pacific Highway or the M1 Motorway, then follow signs to Minmi and the park entrance. There’s ample parking available near the main entrance and picnic areas. Press P on the map for directions to a parking.

The circular walking route shown on the map is about 2 km, but you can easily extend the walk. The park is dog-friendly, allowing leashed pets.

Terreno e habitat

Foresta , Alberi e cespugli sparsi , Prateria/pascolo

Caratteristiche dell’area

Collinoso

Percorso ad anello

Si

È utile un cannocchiale?

No

Buona stagione per il BW

Tutto l'anno

Percorso

Sentiero ampio , Sentiero stretto

Grado di difficoltà del percorso a piedi

Difficoltà media

Modalità di accesso

A piedi , Bicicletta

Capanno/torretta di osservazione

No

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