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6 unusual facts about Lane Cove National Park


Commandment Rock

Commandment Rock is a large rock located in the Lane Cove National Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Hygrocybe aurantipes

Known only from Lane Cove National Park in Sydney's suburban Lower North Shore, Hazelbrook and Mount Wilson in the Blue Mountains, it has been designated as vulnerable as defined by the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995, by the New South Wales Government.

Lane Cove National Park

The Lane Cove River Tourist Park, operated by National Parks of NSW, is located within Lane Cove National Park.

A fish ladder has been constructed next to the weir to enable Australian bass to access the freshwater breeding grounds upstream of the weir.

A rare mushroom Hygrocybe aurantipes was discovered in Lane Cove National Park in 1990.

Turramurra High School

Established in 1967, although the current premises weren't occupied until 1968, it adjoins the Lane Cove National Park.


Northern Suburbs

The Northern Suburbs (also known as Central North, Inner Northwest, Macquarie District, Ryde District and Northern District) is the metropolitan area on the northern bank of the Parramatta River in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia east of West Pennant Hills and west of the Lane Cove National Park, south of Hornsby.


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