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Most of Lord Howe Island off limits to visitors due to 'highly infectious' plant disease myrtle rust

The Permanent Park Preserve is temporarily closed to all non-essential visitors. (ABC Mid North Coast: Peter Rasmussen)

The majority of world-heritage-listed Lord Howe Island has been closed to non-essential visitors due to the escalating risk of an invasive, disease-causing fungus — myrtle rust. 

The small island, east of Port Macquarie, NSW, is a popular tourism destination and home to rare and threatened plants and animals.

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