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Lane Cove National Park
The Lane Cove National Park is a protected national park that is located within metropolitan Sydney. The 670-hectare (1,700-acre) national park is situated about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north-west of the Sydney central business district and features various vegetation types, such as, wet and dry sclerophyll forest, heathland, mangroves and tidal flats. The park consists of land near the banks of the Lane Cove River, which flows generally south-east into Sydney Harbour. It includes areas of land which are part of Ku-ring-gai, Ryde, and Hornsby local government areas with small areas of the park in Willoughby, Lane Cove and Hunter's Hill local government areas on the banks of the lower reaches of the river.
It has previously been known as the Lane Cover River Park ( -1976) and Lane Cover River State Recreation Area (1976 - 1992).

Ben French & Leanne Smith & the old red Fire Engine in the background, Lane Cove National Park, 1981
