The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), with support from the Rural Fire Service (RFS) and Fire and Rescue NSW, is planning a hazard reduction burn at Shoal Bay in Tomaree National Park on Tuesday 28 July, weather permitting.
The 5-hectare burn near Joleen Crescent, Ronald Avenue, Lionel Avenue and Verona Roads will reduce fuel within the Park to help suppress bushfire.
The burn will help protect the local environment, the Shoal Bay community and natural assets along the Tomaree Coastal Walk.
During the burn, public access to the Wreck Beach area will be closed.
The Tomaree Coastal Walk will also be closed from Zenith Beach carpark to Box Beach Road, with an alternative route available along Tomaree Road in Shoal Bay.
These areas will be reopened to visitors as soon as they are deemed safe. Please see the NPWS alerts web page for updates. More stages of the burn may be undertaken in the coming weeks depending on weather conditions.
Burn timing and intensity is being managed to protect important local threatened species such as koalas, New Holland Mouse, and Melaleuca groveana.
Hazard reduction burns are essential to reduce bushfire fuel loads, promote growth of fire-dependent species and to help protect parks, neighbours and communities from future bushfires.
