Floods and park closures

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Heavy rainfall and flooding combined with damaging winds caused by Tropical Cyclone Alfred are expected across northern NSW over the next few days. Most national parks in northern NSW including campgrounds and day use areas will be closed for safety.

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Darling River campground (Yapara Paaka Thuru)

Toorale National Park

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Photo of giant steel front door artwork, Toorale Homestead precinct (Yarramarra). Photo: triggerdesign.com.au

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Toorale Homestead precinct (Yarramarra)

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Wide view of Toorale Homestead with palm trees, under a sunny sky. Photo: Joshua Smith © OEH

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Toorale Homestead walk

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Viewing platform in front of a huge rock overhang in Gundabooka National Park. Photo credit: Leah Pippos © DPIE

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Yapa (Mulgowan) art site lookout

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View of a picnic table with a shelter near toilet facilities, set on red desert earth amongst scattered trees. Photo credit: Jessica Ellis © DPIE

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Yapa (Mulgowan) art site picnic area

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Barbecue and picnic table with shelter set in a clearing with yellow wildflowers. Photo credit: Leah Pippos © DPIE

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Bennetts Gorge picnic area

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Culgoa Connelly's track, Culgoa National Park. Photo © Dinitee Haskard

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Culgoa Connellys track

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Gidgee fence posts on Darling River Drive, in Toorale National Park. Photo: Chris Ghirardillo

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Darling River drive

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Photo of picnic tables and a barbecue under a shelter surrounded by trees and red dirt at Gundabooka National Park. Photo credit: Jess Ellis/DPE © DPE

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Dry Tank picnic area

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The view of Warrego Floodplain from Warrego Floodplain picnic area in Toorale National Park. Photo: Chris Ghirardello © DPIE

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Warrego Floodplain picnic area (Wariku Pulka)

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A group of people walk along a wide dirt walking track shaded by tall coolabah trees. Photo: Jessica Stokes © OEH

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Warrego Floodplain walking track

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Culgoa National Park, gidgee trees. Photo: NSW Government

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Yuwura Yurun

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Aerial view of a tree-lined creek in Mulga shrublands in Brindingabba National Park, 175km from Bourke. Photo: Joshua Smith, © DCCEEW

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Brindingabba scenic drive

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Paroo-Darling National Park. Photo: John Spencer

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Darling River Run tag-along tour

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View of a woman seated at a picnic table next to a barbecue in the shade of a picnic shelter. Photo © Jessica Stokes

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King Charlie Waterhole picnic area

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Panoramic view of bushland and Gunderbooka Range under a blue sky. Photo credit: Leah Pippos © DPIE

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Little Mountain lookout

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A father and daughter at Many Big Rocks picnic area, Toorale National Park. Photo: Joshua Smith/OEH

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Many Big Rocks picnic area (Karnu Yalpa)

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Mount Gunderbooka from Mount Talowla lookout, Toorale National Park. Photo: Leah Pippos/DPIE

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Mount Talowla walking track

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A group of people watch for birds beneath the shelter of Warrego Floodplain lookout. Photo © Jessica Stokes

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Warrego Floodplain lookout

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Start of Little Mountain walking track with park signage. Photo credit: Leah Pippos © DPIE

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Little Mountain walking track

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Culgoa National Park. Photo © Dinitee Haskard

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Mirri Mirru Yurun

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Art site walk, Mount Grenfell Historic Site. Photo: NSW Government

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Mount Grenfell art site walk

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Mount Gunderbooka from Mount Talowla lookout, Toorale National Park. Photo: Leah Pippos/DPIE

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Mount Talowla lookout

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Ngiyambaa walking track, Mount Grenfell Historic Site.

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Ngiyampaa walking track

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Yapa (Mulgowan) Aboriginal art site walking track, Gundabooka National Park. Credit: David Finnegan © David Finnegan/NSW Government

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Yapa (Mulgowan) Aboriginal art site walking track

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Dramatic formations of sand and silt along the Walls of China in Mungo National Park. Photo: Vision House Photography/OEH

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Itinerary: Darling River Run

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Valley of the Eagles walk, Gundabooka National Park. Photo: David Finnegan © OEH

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Valley of the Eagles walk

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Nearby camping and accommodation

Belah Shearers' Quarters, Gundabooka National Park. Photo: John Yurasek/NSW Government

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Belah Shearers' Quarters

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Nebine Creek, Culgoa National Park. Photo: NSW Government

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Culgoa River campground

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Photo of picnic tables and a barbecue under a shelter at Dry Tank campground and picnic area at Gundabooka National Park. Photo credit: Jess Ellis/DPE © DPE

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Dry Tank campground

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The creek near Brindingabba campground in Brindingabba National Park, 175km from Bourke, is a great place to see birds. Photo: James Lawson, © DCCEEW

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Brindingabba campground

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Redbank Homestead, Gundabooka State Conservation Area. Photo: Boris Hlavica/NSW Government

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Redbank Homestead

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The Darling River at Yanda campground in Gundabooka State Conservation Area. Photo: Leah Pippos © DPIE

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Yanda campground

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Nearby parks

Aerial view of the waterways of outback Brindingabba National Park, 175km from Bourke. Photo: Joshua Smith © DCCEEW

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Brindingabba National Park

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Culgoa National Park. Photo: NSW Government

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Culgoa National Park

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Native tree, Gundabooka National Park. Photo: David Finnegan

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Gundabooka National Park

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Art site walk, Mount Grenfell Historic Site. Photo: Jenna Hore

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Mount Grenfell Historic Site

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Sunset, Paroo-Darling National Park.

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Paroo-Darling National Park

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A father and daughter at Many Big Rocks picnic area, Toorale National Park. Photo: Joshua Smith/OEH

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Toorale National Park

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Cuttaburra National Park

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Gundabooka State Conservation Area

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Ledknapper Nature Reserve

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Mount Grenfell National Park

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Mount Grenfell State Conservation Area

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Nocoleche Nature Reserve

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Toorale State Conservation Area

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Darling River campground (Yapara Paaka Thuru)

Park info

  • in Toorale National Park in the Outback NSW region

  • Toorale National Park and SCA is always open, but may have to close at times due to poor weather or fire danger.

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