Goobang National Park
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#IUCN_Category_II
#National_parks_of_New_South_Wales
#Central_West_(New_South_Wales)
#Protected_areas_established_in_1995
#1995_establishments_in_Australia
Goobang is a national park located in New South Wales, Australia, 296 kilometres （184 mi） northwest of Sydney.
It protects the largest remnant forest and woodland in the central west region of the state, where interior and coastal New South Wales flora and fauna species overlap.
Originally named Herveys Range by John Oxley in 1817, the area was reserved in 1897 as state forest because of its importance as a timber resource, and was designated a national park in 1995.
The park contains a camping ground and a hiking trail, Burrabadine Peak Walking Track, a 3.
6 km round trip moderate hike.
Goobang National Park is in a temperate to semi-arid zone experiencing hot summers and cool winters with temperatures ranging from 4 to 15 °C （39 to 59 °F） in winter and 17 to 32 °C （63 to 90 °F） in summer.
The heaviest rain fall is in the summer and can range from 645 millimetres （25.4 in） on the east side of the ranges to 564 millimetres （22.2 in） west of the ranges.
There are 459 species recorded in the park, several that are threatened.
Tylophora linearis is listed as vulnerable according to the TCS ACT 1995 and endangered according to the EPBC ACT 1999.
Eriostemon ericifolius is vulnerable based on TCS ACT 1995 and Astrotricha linearis only known record west of the Great Dividing Range.
Pomaderris queeslandica endangered TSC ACT 1995 and Philotheca ericifoia vulnerable EPBC ACT 1999.
There are 135 ecological communities in the South West Slope bioregion, most are considered poorly protected.
（4） There are 11 ecological communities in the park, five of which are only protected at Goobang.
These include red stringybark （Eucalyptus macrorhyncha） woodland found on siliceous hillslopes of the Hervey Range.
Red stringybark （Eucalyptus ma...