NSW bushfires: Central Coast national parks closed as fire threat soars

All but one of the Central Coast’s national parks remain closed today with bushfires still burning and temperatures soaring on the Somersby Plateau.

The ferocious Gospers Mountain blaze has already consumed more than 415,000 hectares of the unique Wollemi National Park wilderness – about 80 per cent of it’s total area – and the fire is still out of control. Dharug and Yengo National Parks and Parr State Conservation Area have also been decimated by the fires and are too dangerous to enter.

Popran and Brisbane Water national parks have been closed because of the ongoing hazardous fire weather and threat of fires.