{{Short description|National park in New South Wales, Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2011}} {{Infobox protected area | name = Mount Imlay National Park | image = Mount Imlay from the walking trail.jpg | image_caption = Mount Imlay, 886 metres above sea level | image_alt = | iucn_category = II | iucn_ref = | coordinates = {{coord|37.17994|S|149.73506|E|display=inline,title}} | map = New South Wales | map_alt = | map_width = 200px | relief = yes | label = Mount Imlay National Park | label_position = | location = New South Wales | established = 21 July 1972 | area_ha = | area_km2 = 48 | area_ref = | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | visitation_ref = | nearest_city = Eden | nearest_town = | governing_body = NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service | website = {{official|1=http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au}} }} ''' Mount Imlay ''' is a national park in New South Wales (Australia), 387&nbsp;km south of Sydney, named after the Imlay brothers, who were early pioneers to the district.<ref>* The main street of Eden, New South Wales is named Imlay Street.</ref> It is accessed from the Princes Highway, south of Eden, New South Wales. The mountain is called "Balawan" by Bidwell and Yuin peoples, and it is very important for their culture and spiritual teachings.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mount Imlay National Park {{!}} Learn more|url=https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park/parks/mount-imlay-national-park/learn-more|access-date=2021-11-09|website=NSW National Parks|language=en}}</ref>

The vegetation is mostly eucalyptus forest. The Imlay Mallee and Imlay Boronia are rare plants growing near the mountain's summit. However, there is a {{convert|2|hectare|acre|adj=on}} rainforest remnant surviving in a fire-free gully. It consists mostly of black olive berry trees. The park contains large populations of wombats and superb lyrebirds.

== Geology==

Most of Mt Imlay National Park was formed during the Ordovician Period, 500 to 435 million years ago, from sedimentary and metamorphosed rocks of the Mallacoota Beds, part of the Southern Highlands Fold Belt, including greywacke, sandstone and shale. The summit of Mt Imlay and the upper slopes are younger, with Devonian (395 to 345 Million years ago) rocks of the Merimbula Group, lying above the Ordovician sediments. The Merimbula Group includes sandstone, conglomerates, quartzite, siltstone and shale. Quaternary sediments form narrow river flats along the Towamba River on the northern edge of the park.

==See also== * Protected areas of New South Wales

==Mount Imlay Photos==

<gallery> File:Eucalyptus imlayensis stem.JPG|the critically endangered Imlay Mallee File:Mt Imlay & White Ash & sandstone.jpg|White Ash & sandstone below the high ridge at Mount Imlay File:Boronia imlayensis.jpg|the rare Imlay Boronia near the mountain's summit File:Elaeocarpus holopetalus 25 m tall Mount Imlay.jpg|Gully Rainforest at Mount Imlay with the black olive berry </gallery>

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== External links == * [https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park/parks/mount-imlay-national-park Official website] * {{Wikivoyage-inline|Eden#Mount Imlay National Park|Mount Imlay National Park}} {{National Parks of New South Wales}} {{South Coast (New South Wales)}} {{Portal bar|Environment|New South Wales}}

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Category:National parks of New South Wales Category:South Coast (New South Wales) Category:Protected areas established in 1972 Category:1972 establishments in Australia Category:Eden, New South Wales

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