- 20km
- 2-3 hours
- Grade 3
- Girard State Forest
A 4WD road across a pipe bridge to some old mine workings
Forest
The World Heritage Gondwana Rainforests are the largest sub-tropical rainforests in the world. There are also Antarctic beech cool temperate rainforests, warm temperate rainforests, littoral rainforest, floodplain rainforest and dry rainforests. The eucalyptus forests of northern NSW are pretty special too. There are wet and dry sclerophyll forests, mangrove forests and forested wetlands.
Trails
- 114km
- 3-4 hours
- Grade 2
- Tapin Tops National Park
A scenic drive with a waterfall, a rusty old steam engine, and Rowleys Rock lookout
- 57km
- 3-4 hours
- Grade 1
- Coopernook State Forest, Coorabakh National Park
A scenic tour in Coopernook forest and Coorabakh National Park with rainforest creeks, volcanic peaks and lookouts
- 8km
- 2 hours
- Grade 3
- Kumbatine National Park
A forest walk to heritage Lime Kilns alongside a creek
- 20km
- 1 hour
- Grade 3
- Cairncross State Forest
A very steep climb (low range 4WD) to the summit for a 360 degree view
- 5km
- 1 hour 15 minutes
- Grade 3
- Willi Willi National Park
A cool, shady walk though Gondwana rainforests with Californian redwoods
- 5km
- 1 - 2 hours
- Grade 2
- Yuraygir National Park
A coastal walk with whale-watching lookouts, paths lined with flannel flowers, beaches and rock platforms.
- 1.7km
- 30 minutes
- Grade 2
- Mummel Gulf National Park
Stroll around a high country swamp, with snow gums and a lookout over Mummel Gulf