Weddin Mountains National Park

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Weddin Mountains is a national park in New South Wales (Australia), 291 km west of Sydney. It is a small crescent shaped range running roughly north south with steep cliffs on the eastern side sloping more gradually down to the plane in the west. Weddin mountains is a small patch of remnant vegetation which ecaped clearing due to its ruggedness. It has an area of 83.61 km².

Bushranger Ben Hall, who plundered the Forbes-Grenfell area in the 1850s used the Weddin Mountains as a refuge. He holed up in a cave on the north-west side of the park with his gang, which included Johnnie Gilbert and Frank Gardiner. It is rumoured Ben Hall buried a treasure here that has not yet been located.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weddin_Mountains_National_Park
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Coordinates:   33°57'0"S   148°1'28"E
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