Mimosa Rocks walking track
Mimosa Rocks National Park
Visitor info
All the practical information you need to know about Mimosa Rocks walking track.
Track grading
Features of this track
Distance
1.6km return
Time
30min - 1hr
Quality of markings
Clearly sign posted
Experience required
No experience required
Gradient
Flat
Quality of path
Well-formed track:
- The northern section of the walk is a 1.2m-wide wood boardwalk that leads to a lookout platform.
- The southern part of the walk is uneven hard-packed ground. It can be rocky and narrow in parts, with exposed tree roots.
Steps
No steps: There are no steps along the main walk, but there are 2 steep beach access points with many steps, one at the northern end of the track and one at the southern end of the track.
Accessible options
The northern section of the walk past Aragunnu picnic area is a 1.2m-wide wood boardwalk that leads to a lookout platform. It's suitable for wheelchair users, prams and people with reduced mobility.
Getting there and parking
Mimosa Rocks walking track is in the Aragunnu precinct of Mimosa Rocks National Park. To get there, follow the Tathra-Bermagui Road, then turn onto Aragunnu Road and follow it to the picnic area.
Road quality
- Access road, picnic areas and campgrounds at this site are not suitable for large vehicles including caravans, motorhomes and buses.
- Check the weather before you set out as the road to Mimosa Rocks walking track can become boggy when it rains.
Parking
Parking is available in roadbase carparks at Aragunnu campground, a few metres from the northern and southern picnic areas.
Best times to visit
There are lots of great things waiting for you in Mimosa Rocks National Park. Here are some of the highlights.
Spring
Head to one of the park's headlands for great whale watching – don't forget your binoculars for up close views.
Summer
A great time for a family camping holiday by the beach, try Aragunnu campground or Gillards campground .
Winter
Keep your eyes on the parks winter-flowering plants, like spotted gums, mugga ironbark and coastal banksia for honeaters and lorikeets.
Weather, temperature and rainfall
Summer temperature
Average
15°C and 27°C
Highest recorded
44.5°C
Winter temperature
Average
2°C and 18°C
Lowest recorded
-8.1°C
Rainfall
Wettest month
February and March
The area’s highest recorded rainfall in one day
454.2mm
Facilities
There are accessible non-flush toilets, barbecues and picnic tables at Aragunnu campground where this walk begins.
Maps and downloads
Accessibility
Disability access level - easy
The northern section of the walk past Aragunnu picnic area is suitable for wheelchair users, prams and people with reduced mobility:
- This part of the walk is a 1.2m-wide flat timber boardwalk
- Visitors can park at the Aragunnu picnic area carpark, where the boardwalk begins.
- There are timber railings along the boardwalk and at at the lookout platform when you reach the end.
- There's a picnic table for resting as you approach the lookout.
- After the lookout, there are steep steps that lead down to the stony beach. Assistance is needed in this area.
Assistance may be required on the southern section of the walk. This part of the walk is uneven hard-packed ground that is rocky in parts with exposed tree roots
There are accessible non-flush toilets at Aragunnu campground where where this walk begins.
Operated by
- Narooma office
- Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm. Office open by appointment only. Closed public holidays.
- 02 4476 0800
- npws.eurobodalla@environment.nsw.gov.au
- 10 Graham Street, Narooma NSW 2546
Park info
- in Mimosa Rocks National Park in the South Coast region
Mimosa Rocks National Park is always open but may have to close at times due to poor weather or fire danger.