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Minnamurra Rainforest by torchlight

Budderoo National Park

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Nearby guided tours

Superb lyrebird showing tail feathers, walking on the forest floor. Photo credit: Albert Schulte © Inala Nature Tours

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6-day birding and natural history tours

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Visitors walk along suspended bridge through subtropical rainforest at Minnamurra. Photo: Elinor Sheargold © DCCEEW

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Junior ranger: Minnamurra Rainforest

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View of a man seated by a stream in a lush rainforest setting with ferns and moss. Photo credit: Dee Kramer © Nature Engagement Tours

Walk

Scones in the forest South Coast walking tours

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A man walks along Lyrebird loop walk in Budderoo National Park. Photo credit: Elinor Sheargold © DPIE

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Minnamurra Rainforest ranger-guided tour

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Nearby things to do

A man stands at a viewing platform at Minnamurra Falls, Budderoo National Park. Photo credit: John Spencer © DPIE

Walk

Minnamurra Falls walk

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Exterior of Minnamurra Rainforest Centre with zebra crossing in the foreground and rainforest in the background. Photo: John Spencer © DPIE

Learn

Minnamurra Rainforest Centre

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View of Carrington Falls waterfall, Budderoo National Park. Photo credit: Michael Van Ewijk &copy DPIE

Picnic

Carrington Falls picnic area

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Water cascades over a ledge and down a cliff face at Carrington Falls. Photo credit: Michael Van Ewijk © DPIE

Walk

Carrington Falls walking track

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A woman listens to an audio tour on her mobile phone with headphone at Minnamurra Rainfores. Photo: John Spencer © DPIE

Immersive stories

Minnamurra Rainforest self-guided audio tours

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Aerial view of Cascades picnic area, Macquarie Pass National Park. Photo: John Spencer ©DPIE

Picnic

Cascades picnic area

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A pool surrounded by rainforest along Cascades walk in Macquarie Pass National Park. Photo: John Spencer © DPE

Walk

Cascades walk

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Cooks Nose lookout walk, Barren Grounds Nature Reserve. Photo: John Spencer © OEH

Walk

Cooks Nose walking track

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Stone Bridge, Griffiths trail, Barren Grounds Nature Reserve. Photo: John Spencer

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Griffiths walking track

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Illawarra lookout walk, Barren Grounds Nature Reserve. Photo: John Spencer © OEH

Walk

Illawarra lookout walking track

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View of Izzards lookout in Budderoo National Park. Photo credit: Michael Van Ewijk © OEH

Walk

Izzards lookout track

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A man stands at Jamberoo lookout, Budderoo National Park. Photo credit: Michael Van Ewijk © DPIE

View

Jamberoo lookout

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View of vistors walking across the creek along Lyrebird loop walk. Photo credit: David Finnegan © DPIE

Walk

Lyrebird loop walk

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Valley views from Missingham lookout track in Budderoo National Park. Photo: Michael Van Ewijk © DPIE

Walk

Missingham lookout track

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Nellies Glen waterfall, Budderoo National Park. Photo credit: Michael Van Ewijk © DPIE

Picnic

Nellies Glen picnic area

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Warris Chair lookout walking track, Budderoo National Park. Photo credit: Michael Van Ewijk © OEH

Walk

Warris Chair lookout track

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Clover Hill Trail, Macquarie Pass National Park. Photo: T. Moody

Walk

Clover Hill trail

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A fan-tailed cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis) on a tree branch. Photo © JJ Harrison (Creative Commons 3.0)

Immersive stories

Birds of Minnamurra self-guided audio tour

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Picnic table on paved area with covered gas barbecues, in a rainforest setting of ferns and trees. Photo credit: Geoff Saunders © DPIE

Picnic

Minnamurra Rainforest picnic area

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A man walks along Lyrebird loop walk in Budderoo National Park. Photo credit: Elinor Sheargold © DPIE

Immersive stories

Plants of Minnamurra self-guided audio tour

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View of vistors walking across the creek along Lyrebird loop walk. Photo credit: David Finnegan © DPIE

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Walk with a ranger self-guided audio tour

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Coastal grass. Photo:Michael Van Ewijk Copyright:NSW Government

Picnic

Barren Grounds picnic area

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The dirt Budderoo track winds through forest in Budderoo National Park. Photo credit: Michael Van Ewijk © DPIE

Cycle

Budderoo track

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Belmore Falls, Morton National Park. Photo: John Yurasek © OEH

Drive

Illawarra tourism route

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Image showing the sheer cliff drop at the base of Gerringong Falls. Credit and © Jennifer Bean

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Gerringong Falls

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Volunteers canopy gap weeding in Minnamurra Rainforest, Budderoo National Park. Photo: Peter Kennedy

Volunteer

Friends of Minnamurra Rainforest

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Nearby camping and accommodation

  • Carrington Falls campground, Budderoo National Park. Photo credit: Chris Keyzer © DPIE

    Carrington Falls campground

    Wake up to the distant sound of cascading waterfalls at Carrington Falls campground, near Robertson in the Southern Highlands. You’ll find walking tracks, swimming holes and lookouts a short distance from your camping spot.

Nearby parks

Barren Grounds Nature Reserve, Stone Bridge. Photo: John Spencer/NSW Government

Park

Barren Grounds Nature Reserve

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Water rushes over rocks below Minnamurra Falls in Budderoo National Park. Photo credit: John Spencer © DPIE

Park

Budderoo National Park

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A rocky creek in Macquarie Pass National Park. Photo: John Spencer © DPIE

Park

Macquarie Pass National Park

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Park

Macquarie Pass State Conservation Area

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Park

Upper Nepean State Conservation Area

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Minnamurra Rainforest by torchlight

Park info

  • in Budderoo National Park in the South Coast and Country NSW regions

  • Budderoo National Park is always open but may have to close at times due to poor weather or fire danger. The park gates at Minnamurra Rainforest Centre open at 9am and close at 5pm every day.

  • Park entry fees:

    $12 per vehicle per day only in the Minnamurra Rainforest area. Bus or taxi: $4.40 per adult and $2.20 per child.

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