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National Parks
The picturesque town of Armidale with its fine old buildings and vigorous cultural life is well worth a visit at any time of the year. But, for city dwellers keen to get amongst nature, Armidale is the place to be.
Surrounded with some of the best national parks, unspoiled wilderness and world heritage areas anywhere in Australia, access can be no more than two hours away. The gateway, mostly along good sealed roads offers a choice of over 20 different national park visitor areas. Clearly, one of the great things about the New England Tablelands is that a short drive in almost any direction from the city centre can see you driving through gently rolling hills that quite suddenly come across gorges of prodigious depth and size or spectacular waterfalls.
Whilst the diversity is enormous, each visitor area offers outstanding scenery and recreation activities to suit everyone's taste - sightseeing, picnics, easy walks, bush walks, camping, 4WD escapes, historical sites, fishing, canoeing, overnight hikes and more. Virtually anything you want from the great outdoors, you can get it in the New England area.
National Parks in the New England Area
Dorrigo National Park is about one and a half hours drive from Armidale.
See the World Heritage rainforest and dramatic Skywalk at their Rainforest Centre.
New England National Park, World Heritage listed, east of Armidale, includes the highest point of the eastern escarpment of the Great Dividing Range in this area. Point Lookout, at 1562m, has some great views of the coast.
Cathedral Rock National Park's giant granite boulders of Cathedral and Woolpack Rocks provide excellent views, and a challenge for all bush walkers.
Guy Fawkes River National Park is a vast and secluded wilderness of rugged river country, where you can view spectacular Ebor Falls and abundant native wildlife.
Werrikimbe National Park is a remote and forested World Heritage park with two visitor areas on the western side - Mooraback and Cobcrofts - accessible from the Oxley Highway about an hour southeast of Walcha.
Mother of Ducks and Dangar Lagoons are valuable wetlands, located near Guyra and Uralla respectively.
Mt Yarrowyck is 30km west of Armidale, where a fascinating Aboriginal painting can be viewed.
National Parks and Wildlife Service
Natural Heritage Trust NSW Bushcare Network
The Bushcare program aims to reverse the long-term decline in Australia's native vegetation cover and biodiversity in general.
Bushcare helps to protect and restores all types of land ? including national parks, Crown land, council-owned land, private land. The program works with communities and land managers all across the continent.
Natural Heritage Trust NSW Bushcare Network
Contact details
Visitors Information Centre
1800 627 736 (ph)
02 6771 4486 (fax)
armvisit@bigpond.net.au
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