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The Great Koala National Park (GKNP) was first floated in mid-2014. Picked up by then NSW Opposition Environment Spokesperson. The proposed GKNP on paper covers an area from just north of Kempsey in the south to Woolgoolga in the north. It roughly runs west from the Pacific Highway to as far as a line aligned with the beginning of the Dorrigo Plateau in the east. At the north of the park it runs west to around Clouds Creek. Adding 175,000-hectares of State forests to existing protected areas to form a 315,000-hectare reserve. As such it will run through all three Local Government Areas of the Coffs Coast. It has arisen as an idea that grew out of numerous local campaigns aimed at protecting the region’s Koala habitat over the past 26 years.