bird watching

Goonellabah
Tree-lined gully with running water and pools. Pleasant walking, suitable for wheelchair. Platypus may be seen from the viewing platform at end of walk, at dusk or dawn.

access

Travel east on Bruxner Highway, at roundabout, turn right into Holland St. 900m to parking area at Hepburn Oval. Entry to walk is behind oval and fenced hockey field. Steps lead to bridge over Tucki Creek. Walk right to viewing platform or left along creek.

birds

Grey and Pied Butcherbirds, Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Dusky Moorhen, Purple Swamphen, Figbird, Sacred Kingfisher, Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike, Rainbow and Scaly-breasted Lorikeets, Restless Flycatcher, Dollarbird, Azure Kingfisher and Emerald Dove.

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Booyong
Flat walking tracks through rainforest with many Walking-stick Palms and boasting the “World’s Largest Water Gum” (Syzygium francisii).

access

Lismore to Clunes via the Bangalow Road. In Clunes turn right on Booyong Road. 5km to the Reserve.

birds

Azure Kingfisher, White-headed and Topknot Pigeons, White-breasted Sea Eagle, Rose-crowned Fruit Dove, Brown Thornbill, Noisy Pitta, Green Catbird, Large-billed Scrubwren, Bar-shouldered and Emerald Doves, Brown Cuckoo-Dove, Grey Goshawk.

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Nightcap National Park
High in the Nightcap Range National Park. Easy walking tracks through rainforest bordered by Walking-stick Palms and Tree-ferns. Parking and picnic shelters available.

access

From Nimbin take the Tuntable Falls Road. Follow signs to Mt Nardi.

birds

Red-browed Finch, White-browed Scrubwren, Golden Whistler, Regent and Satin Bowerbirds, Eastern Spinebill, Brown Cuckoo-Dove, Logrunner, King Parrot, Brown Gerygone, Black-faced Monarch, Eastern Yellow Robin, Whipbird, Albert's Lyrebird.

Important Bird Area (IBA) Group Atlas Site. 9856

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Wyrallah Rd, Lismore
Pleasant walk through labelled trees and plantings on sealed tracks. One of the main features of the Gardens is the wildlife.

Koalas are regularly sighted in the Eucalypt Forest which surrounds the first car park. Also in the big old gum trees on the hill at the far end of the Rainforest Walk - just beyond Fern Gully picnic area. Wallabies are shyer but visit often. Birdlife in the Gardens is profuse - almost 100 different species have been sighted.

access

Turn right off Wyrallah Rd, into the Lismore Re-cycling and Recovery Centre. Entrance to Gardens Parking Area 100metres on right.

birds

Scarlet Honeyeater, Restless Flycatcher, Varied Triller, Golden and Rufous Whistlers, Olive-backed Oriole, Eastern Whipbird, Double-barred and Red Browed Finches.

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Nightcap National Park
Beautiful walk (part-way boarded) to the falls through Bangalow Palm glades and beside fine old Red Cedars.

access

Nimbin to The Channon. Take the Terania Creek Road and follow the signs. 15km of gravel road.

birds

Noisy Pitta, Wompoo Fruit Dove, Spangled Drongo, Rose-crowned Fruit Dove, Pale Yellow and Eastern Yellow Robins, Marbled Frogmouth, Logrunner, Albert’s Lyrebird, Black-faced Monarch, Whipbird, Brown Cuckoo-Dove.

Important Bird Area (IBA) Group Atlas Site. 9855

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Nightcap National Park
Deep in the Nightcap Range, the Park features massive moss-covered fallen trees and stumps in the tall, wet sclerophyll forest. Easy walking tracks include a 2km walk to Minyon Falls. BBQ, toilets, shelter, and camping.

access

From Lismore travel to Dunoon. Take Mullumbimby Road for 7km. Then turn left on the Nightcap Range Road and continue through Whian Whian State Forest and the Nightcap Range National Park.

birds

Paradise Riflebird, Brush Turkey, Spotted Pardalote, Spectacled Monarch, Logrunner, Rufous Fantail, Large-billed Scrubwren, Pale Yellow Robin, Grey Goshawk, Whipbird, Topknot Pigeon, Fantailed Cuckoo, King Parrot, Leaden Flycatcher, Green Catbird, White-throated Treecreeper, Variegated Fairy-wren.

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Dunoon
The dam supplies water to region and outlying areas. With the surrounding forest it supports a great diversity of bird life. Various public roads and walking tracks are well maintained.

A walking circuit crosses the dam spillway, goes through the Big Scrub Flora Reserve and back along the Gibbergunyah Road. Grassy picnic area, shelters, toilets, boardwalk with platypus viewing.

access

From Nimbin travel past The Channon to Dunoon. 4km after Dunoon turn left to the dam.

birds

Regent and Satin Bowerbirds, White-eared, Black-faced and Spectacled Monarchs, Grey Goshawk, Pacific Baza, White-headed and Wonga Pigeons, Brown Cuckoo-Dove, Bush Hen, Noisy Pitta, Rose-crowned and Superb Fruit Doves, Rainbow Bee-eater, Tawny Frogmouth, Rose Robin, Comb-crested Jacana, Russet-tailed Thrush, Yellow-throated Scrubwren, Paradise Riflebird, Pale-yellow Robin.

Important Bird Area (IBA) Group Atlas Site. 9854

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East Lismore
Rainforest remnant and stately forest red gums (Eucalyptus tereticornis). Koalas  can often be seen in the gums.

access

Turn right off Wyrallah Road into City View Drive. Proceed up the hill for 400m, turn left at top of hill into parking area adjacent to water storage.

birds

Pheasant Coucal, Golden Whistler, Dollarbird, Sacred Kingfisher, Koel, Large-billed Scrubwren, Varied Triller, Rufous Fantail, Little Shrike-thrush, Shining Bronze Cuckoo, Tawny Grassbird, Brown Thornbill, Brown and White-throated Gerygones, Green Catbird.

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