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Illawarra lookout walking track

Barren Grounds Nature Reserve

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

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Minnamurra Falls walk

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

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Carrington Falls walking track

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

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

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Izzards lookout track

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

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Lyrebird loop walk

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

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Missingham lookout track

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

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Warris Chair lookout track

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

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Minnamurra Rainforest Centre

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

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Carrington Falls picnic area

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

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Minnamurra Rainforest self-guided audio tours

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

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Jamberoo lookout

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

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Nellies Glen picnic area

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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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Looking up to the dark night sky through the branches of tall gum trees. Credit: Simone Cottrell/DCCEEW © DCCEEW

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Minnamurra Rainforest by torchlight

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

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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

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Minnamurra Rainforest picnic area

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Barren Grounds Nature Reserve

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

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Budderoo National Park

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View from Red Rocks trig walking track, Cambewarra Range Nature Reserve. Photo: J Devereaux/OEH

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Cambewarra Range Nature Reserve

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Macquarie Pass State Conservation Area

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Rodway Nature Reserve

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Using Google Street View Trekker, we've captured imagery across a range of NSW national parks and attractions. Get a bird's eye view of these incredible landscapes before setting off on your own adventure.

Google Trekker at Cape Byron State Conservation Area. Photo: J Spencer/OEH.
Illawarra lookout walking track

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