HIKEZILLA INSIGHTS · AUSTRALIAN PARKS
Australian Parks: Visitation & Search and Rescue
A real-data exploration of NSW national park visitation and reported search and rescue incidents across Australian protected areas.
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Visitation
Which NSW national parks attract the most estimated visits?
Most Visited NSW National Parks — 2024–25
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Search & Rescue
Where rescues are being reported, how many people are involved, and how records match to canonical protected areas.
Parks with the Most People Involved in Search & Rescue Incidents
SAR records matched to Australian protected areas
A note on reported incidents
The Search & Rescue dataset is compiled from news reports, not from an official incident register. It should be treated as indicative rather than complete:
- only incidents that were reported publicly appear here
- well-known parks are more likely to be reported than remote areas
- some reports cannot be matched to a canonical park and are left out
Where Search & Rescue Incidents Happen — Canonical Park Map
Canonical protected-area boundaries show where reported incidents can be matched confidently.
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Putting Visitation in Context
Compare reported incidents with visitor estimates from the same period.
How the per-100,000-visits rate works
Reported incidents are divided by that park's visitor estimate for the same period, then multiplied by 100,000. Parks with very small visitor numbers can therefore show a high rate from only one or two reported incidents, so read the rate alongside the raw counts.
Search & Rescue per 100,000 Park Visits — 2024–25
Park Visitation vs Search & Rescue — 2024–25
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The Data
Explore the canonical park-level records behind the comparisons.
Search & Rescue by Canonical Park — Table
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Coordinate Data
Recorded locations shown as points, with canonical coordinate resolution in each detail popup.
Shark Incidents — Recorded Coordinates
Recorded coordinates are shown as points; open a record to see its canonical place resolution.
- NSW NPWS Park Visitation 2024–25 — Updated: 2026-08-25
- NSW NPWS Estate — NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service · Updated: 2026-09-02
- Shark Incidents — Updated: 2026-08-26
- Hike Park SAR Incidents From News — Updated: 2026-09-20
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