On September 1, will introduced the camping fees for overnight visitors, to help with the cost of providing new facilities in Barrington Tops National Park and Towarri National Park.

Robert Quirk, Hunter Region Manager in National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) said, the introduction of camping fees already apply in other areas of national park camping around the state. “The fees, which are the lower end and has a guide of charged where the camping areas statewide, reflect the more remote nature of the parks, the type of facilities provided and their maintenance requirements”.

In last few years, the six visitor areas within Barrington Tops National Park, as well as the Washpools Campground in Towarri National was invested considerable funds by NPWS on improving camping areas and upgrading facilities for visitors expectations.

The camping upgraded includes the existing camping facilities, and also the provision of new facilities of gas barbecues, toilets, campsites, interpretive signs, and walking trails. Those upgrades for the people enjoyment of the area and the recreational activities.

The funds from the camping fees are kept in the area and used to maintain, to manage visitor facilities and services in other National Park regions. The camping fees apply from self registration stations where the camping areas located. Regular patrol by the NPWS stafff to answer the questions from visitors and assist in the use of self registration stations in the coming months.

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