Barrington Tops National Park
Barrington Tops is a National Park in the Hunter Valley, approximately 200 kilometres (120 mi) north of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. The nearest towns are Scone, Singleton, Dungog, Gloucester and East Gresford.
The Park is part of the Barrington Tops Area of the World Heritage Site Gondwana Rainforests of Australia inscribed in 1986 and was added to the Australian National Heritage List in 2007. It is also part of the Barrington Tops & Gloucester Tops Important Bird Area.
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