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Border Ranges National Park

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Overview

World Heritage-listed Border Ranges National Park offers scenic walks, cycling, drives and breathtaking views, near Murwillumbah. Enjoy a school excursion or camp amongst the gondwana rainforest.

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Border Ranges National Park, part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area is a large area of wilderness that protects untouched rainforest and unique plants and animals connected to the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana.

There are countless opportunities to explore the abundant wonders of the rainforest throughout this rare haven. You can travel around Border Ranges National Park along the Tweed Range Scenic Drive touring route (part of the Rainforest Way) – stopping wherever you like for a closer look at this special landscape. Try the short Palm Forest walking track through subtropical rainforest or take the more difficult Booyong walk that leaves from Sheepstation Creek campground.

You’re bound to find a beautiful spot for a picnic or barbecue lunch and be sure to stop off at some of the park’s lookouts along the way to enjoy magnificent views of the spectacular crater escarpment. Photographers will love capturing billowing waterfalls, views of Wollumbin-Mount Warning and lush rainforest plants.

The park is easily accessible from Kyogle and Lismore; however if you’d prefer to sleep under a blanket of stars and be woken by birds, head to one of the park’s campgrounds.

Highlights in this park

Close up of a sleeping koala holding itself in the fork of a tree. Photo: Mark R Higgins/iStock

Immersive stories

Border Ranges 360 experiences

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An aerial photo of visitors on the viewing platform at the Pinnacle walk and lookout with the Border Ranges in the background. Credit: John Spencer © DPE

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Pinnacle walk and lookout

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2 visitors at the viewpoint surrounded by trees at Blackbutt lookout picnic area in Border Ranges National Park. Credit: John Spencer © DPE

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Blackbutt lookout picnic area

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Pitch your tent at Sheepstation Creek campground, Border Ranges National Park. Photo: DPIE/ John Spencer

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Sheepstation Creek campground

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2 bushwalkers surrounded by lush rainforest greenery on the Bar Mountain circuit walk in Border Ranges National Park. Credit: John Spencer © DPE

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Bar Mountain circuit

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Four people on Booyong walking track near Sheepstation Creek campground, Border Ranges National Park. Photo credit: John Spencer © DPIE

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Booyong walking track

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Picnic shelter at Forest Tops campground, Border Ranges National Park. Photo credit: John Spencer © DPIE

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Forest Tops campground

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3 bushwalkers on Palm Forest walking track. Credit: John Spencer © DPE

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Palm Forest walking track

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Rainforest creek on Rosewood loop in Border Ranges National Park. Photo credit: John Spencer © OEH

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Rosewood loop

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Border Loop walking track heads through rainforest in Border Ranges National Park. Photo credit: John Spencer © DPIE

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Border Loop walk

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Brindle Creek runs through rainforest in Border Ranges National Park. Photo credit: John Spencer © DPIE

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Brindle Creek walking track

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Picn tables at Brindle Creek picnic area, Border Ranges National Park. Photo credit: John Spencer © DPIE

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Brindle Creek picnic area

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A tent equipped with comfortable mattresses and a table and chairs on a Bower Camp Co. retreat. Credit: Phil Gallagher © Bower Camp Co.

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Group camping retreats in the Border Ranges

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Picnic table at Antarctic Beech picnic area, Border Ranges National Park. Photo credit: John Spencer &DPIE

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Antarctic Beech picnic area

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Views from Bar Mountain lookout in Border Ranges National Park. Photo credit: Stephen King © Stephen King

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Bar Mountain lookout

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Picnic tables and shelter at Bar Mountain picnic area, Border Ranges National Park. Photo credit: John Spencer © DPIE

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Bar Mountain picnic area

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Visitor enjoying valley views from Border Loop lookout. Credit: John Spencer © DPE

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Border Loop lookout and picnic area

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Brushbox Falls waterfall trickles down a rock face into a pool surrounded by rainforest, Border Ranges National Park. Photo: John Spencer © DPE

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Brushbox Falls lookout

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Sign at the start of Helmholtzia loop walking track, Border Ranges National Park. Photo credit: John Spencer © OEH

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Helmholtzia loop walking track

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Sign at start of Red Cedar loop, Border Ranges National Park. Photo credit: John Spencer © DPIE

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Red Cedar loop

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Sign at start of Falcorostrum loop walking track, in Border Ranges National Park. Photo credit: John Spencer © DPIE

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Falcorostrum loop walking track

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Big name, big aims

More than 250 Assets of Intergenerational Significance (AIS) areas have been declared in our parks as home to the most threatened animal and plant habitat, giving them extra special protections.

A Threatened Species Officer gently holds an endangered mountain pygmy-possum in their hand. Photo credit: John Spencer © DPE

 

Explore Gondwana Rainforests

Explore the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area in our NSW national parks. Enjoy guided tours, walks, waterfalls, scenic drives, and accommodation surrounded by ancient landscapes.

Two men cross a creek bridge on a rainforest walk in Border Ranges National Park. Photo: Branden Bodman/OEH

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