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Archer Camping Area, D'Aguilar National Park, QLD.
Archer Camping Area, in the northern end of D'Aguilar National Park, is a grassy, tent only, campground less than two hours drive north of Brisbane.Archer Camping AreaEach campsite has a numbered car...
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Mount Mee Forest Trail Drive, D'Aguilar National Park, QLD: Mount Mee section.
The Mount Mee Forest Trail follows a loop through the northern section of D'Aguilar National Park. The road is unsealed and listed as Easy 4WD. There are plenty of things to do along the way for an...
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Neurum Creek Camping Area, D'Aguilar National Park, QLD.
Neurum Creek Camping AreaThe first thing we saw on arrival at our campsite in Neurum Creek Camping Area was a Sacred Kingfisher chasing a Lace Monitor.Sacred Kingfisher at Neurum Creek Camping...
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Dangars Gorge Section of Oxley Wild Rivers National Park, NSW.
Dangars Gorge and Dangars Falls are about 23 km south-east of Armidale. (This is a completely different area to the similarly named Dangar Falls near Dorrigo.) We arrived at Dangars Gorge Campground on...
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Gara Gorge, Oxley Wild Rivers National Park, NSW.
Gara GorgeAfter packing up at Dangars Gorge Campground we drove to Gara Gorge. We pulled up at Blue Hole Picnic Area for a quick look then we drove on to Threlfall Picnic Area and started the walk from...
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Barokee Campground, Cathedral Rock National Park, NSW.
Once again, we chose a nice shady site to get some relief from the hot weather. Each site had plenty of room, a table and fireplace. Barokee Campground.Our site backed onto natural bushland and a...
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Native Dog Campground and Woolpack Rocks, Cathedral Rock National Park, NSW
Woolpack RocksOur primary reason for going to Native Dog Campground was to do the Woolpack Rocks Walk. We had thought, that due to this campground being closer to the road and having access to more rig...
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Ebor Falls, Guy Fawkes River National Park, NSW.
Ebor FallsThere is a lovely picnic area with plenty of parking at Ebor Falls. While we were there, golden everlasting daisies were flowering in profusion.Picnic Area at Ebor FallsCarpet of everlasting...
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Thungutti Campground, New England National Park, NSW.
After setting up at Thungutti Campground, the first thing we noticed was that a number of Bassian Thrush were wondering around on the grass out in the open. Usually we see them along forest trails and...
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New England National Park, NSW: stunning lookouts and mystical forest walks.
We combined the Tea Tree Falls Walking Track with the northern section of the Lyrebird Track via Tree Fern Valley. Altogether, the walk was about 6 km and was listed as Moderate. However, we found the...
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Wollomombi Falls Section of Oxley Wild Rivers National Park, NSW.
Superb Lyrebird at Edgars LookoutEdgars Lookout:When we drove to Edgars Lookout in the Wollomombi section of Oxley Wild Rivers National Park we were excited to observe a Superb Lyrebird quietly...
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Bald Rock National Park, NSW: Climbing Bald Rock and Camping at Bald Rock...
Bald RockBald Rock Walking Track:There are two ways to get to the top of Bald Rock. Rockface Walk: Follow the white dots, straight up the granite face of Bald Rock. This is a popular option for those...
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Wildlife at Bald Rock National Park, NSW.
Family of Cunningham's SkinksWe were delighted to see a family of Cunningham's Skinks sunning themselves. These skinks vary a lot in their colouration and the ones on Bald Rock have a very colourful...
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Girraween National Park and Bald Rock Creek Camping Area, QLD.
Granite ArchGirraween National Park is an outstanding national park and I have lost count of the number of times we have been there. Even if you aren't keen on camping, it is well worth dropping in for...
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Girraween National Park, QLD: Walking in the Rain.
The rain brings out the colours of this rock at Underground CreekWe deliberately came to Girraween National Park to wait out some widespread wet weather. Both campgrounds have hot showers and flush...
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The Broadwater Camping Area, Sundown National Park, QLD.
Sundown National ParkSundown National Park is an outstanding birdwatching area offering good opportunities to see Turquoise Parrots. A 4WD is not necessary to enter the south-western section of Sundown...
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Western Circuit Walk and Permanent Waterhole, Sundown National Park, QLD.
Western Circuit Walk, Sundown National Park.While camping in The Broadwater Camping Area in Sundown National Park we did the short Permanent Waterhole Walk and the Western Circuit Walk. The trail-head...
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Lemon Tree Flat Campground, Kwiambal National Park, NSW.
Lemon Tree Flat Campground is in a peaceful setting next to the Severn River. The river is popular for both swimming and fishing.There was a man fishing while we were there and he was apparently catch...
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Kookabitta Campground, Kwiambal National Park, NSW.
Kookabitta Campground looking towards the new camp kitchen shelter.There are two campgrounds at Kwiambal National Park. Our understanding was that Kookabitta Campground was closed for refurbishment so...
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Things to do in Kwiambal National Park, NSW.
Macintyre FallsThere are so many things to see and do in Kwiambal National Park that we are surprised it isn't more widely known. The Junction Walk: Grade 4, 7 km return.This walk starts from Lemon...
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