FAMILY FUN ATTRACTIONS TOONUMBAR

Summer, winter, or any time, there are loads of reasons to come to Toonumbar National Park in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales - this park has it all. Visit this beautiful park and be ready to experience World Heritage areas rich with Aboriginal history, abundant wildlife, an ancient volcano and incredible views.

Pack a picnic, camera and binoculars for a visit to the Murray Scrub lookout; a magnificent place to take in amazing views over the Gondwana Rainforest World Heritage areas. You'll get picture perfect panoramas of Murray Scrub, Glassy Mountain and Dome Mountain, the remains of the 23-million-year-old Focal Peak shield volcano.

For easily-accessible scenic views of World Heritage-listed landscape in the Northern Rivers, the Murray Scrub lookout is not to be missed. Pack a picnic, camera and binoculars for a visit to the Murray Scrub lookout; a magnificent place to take in amazing views over the Gondwana Rainforest World Heritage areas. You’ll get picture perfect panoramas of Murray Scrub, Glassy Mountain and Dome Mountain, the remains of the 23-million-year-old Focal Peak shield volcano. A visit to the lookout is a feast for all the senses. Fragrant cool clean air rises with the call of the rainforest pigeons echoing up from the rainforest valley below. You’re also likely to enjoy spectacular flashes of red and green as Australian king parrots flitter in the trees around you. In spring, the rainforest itself is a canvas full of colour, and in cooler months, rising mists turn the scenery into a serene dreamscape....

Step into cool, shady rainforest, walk through streams and under vines, and be mesmerised by the sounds of bird calls along the Murray Scrub walking track. Surrounded by forests of Bangalow palms, huge rainforest trees with buttressing roots, enormous strangler figs and a scenic lagoon, you’ll eventually come to what many consider the highlight of the walk - an incredible stand of old growth red cedar trees towering over you. Bushwalkers, birdwatchers, families and nature-lovers all enjoy what they see along the Murray Scrub walking track. For an extra special experience, come on a hot day after rain, when there is most wildlife activity....