Hat Head is a national park on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, 461.7 kilometres north-east of Sydney. It lies within the Hastings-Macleay Important Bird Area. Within the park is the eponymous village of Hat Head, with about 320 inhabitants.
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Everyone I know LOVES this place but whenever I go I get bitten by sand flies and to me it's just not worth it - you can get pristine beaches and lagoons and caravan parks all up the mid north coast without sand flies, although hathead is particularly good for fishing and canoeing. If you've never been bitten by sand flies before consider yourself lucky. I wouldn't wish them on my worst enemy. The itchiest non stop itch for 4 consecutive days. Rather have 100 mosquito bites than 8 sand fly bites (I've had both at some stage, so I can...
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A quieter National Park to visit we visited Gap Beach and stayed at Hungry Gate Campground. Gap beach was brilliant and the walk there descends through a palm forest with views to the ocean. Hungry Gate has lots of wildlife and giant sand dunes right next door! We went for a nightwalk to the beach too and were told occasionally sea snakes wash up (do not touch them though!) bring cash for the campground, well worth the spot!
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Priceless experience, this place is just beyond reviews, the dunes run for kilometers, a unique experience to walk them, the other side is even more crazy, you drive up that hill, walk a bit of forest and enjoy the beautiful view. I wont ruin it for you, go there and thank me later! The road on the way there is a bit tricky but doable with any vehicle just watch out for potholes. There's a river crossing at the end but it's...
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