Norfolk Island National Park

Norfolk Island National Park protects the last native forest of the island around its two highest points, Mount Pitt and Mount Bates, together with Phillip Island off the south coast. Roads and walking tracks climb from Burnt Pine through tree ferns and Norfolk pines to the summit of Mount Pitt, which looks over the whole island. On the north coast the Captain Cook Monument marks where James Cook landed in 1774, above cliffs where red-tailed tropicbirds and masked boobies nest. The Norfolk Island green parrot, once down to a few birds, can be heard in the forest again. The botanic garden near the park entrance shows endemic plants.