Kattang Nature Reserve

Kattang Nature Reserve New South Wales
IUCN category II (national park)
Perpendicular Point, Kattang Nature Reserve
Kattang Nature Reserve
Nearest town or city	Laurieton
Coordinates	31°38′28″S 152°50′54″E / 31.64111°S 152.84833°E / -31.64111; 152.84833
Established	March 1984 (1984-03)[1]
Area	0.58 km2 (0.2 sq mi)[1]
Managing authorities	NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
Website	Kattang Nature Reserve
See also	Protected areas of New South Wales

The Kattang Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve that is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, on the eastern coast of Australia. The 68-hectare (170-acre) reserve is situated 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from Laurieton, 47 kilometres (29 mi) south of Port Macquarie and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of the Pacific Highway, near Kew.^[2]

The reserve has a variety of different vegetation communities, such as exposed headlands, dry eucalyptus woodland, wet and dry heathland. Two small littoral rainforest patches remain, they are floristically similar to those at Sea Acres National Park not far to the north.^[3] There is speculation that the extremely rare Scented Acronychia grows at Kattang.^[4] Perpendicular Point has cliffs that descend 40 metres (130 ft) suddenly to the sea below. Bushwalking is popular, particularly in late winter and early spring when the abundant wildflowers are in season.

• Protected areas of New South Wales

• "Kattang Nature Reserve: Plan of Management" (PDF). NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (PDF). Government of New South Wales. 18 August 2005. ISBN 1-74122-064-5.
• "Kattang Nature Reserve". Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales.