National Parks

To view a map of  Girraween, Sundown and Bald Rock National Parks (and all other maps of the region) click here BALD ROCK NATIONAL PARK (right) Bald Rock is the next largest monolith in Australia to Uluru (Ayers Rock). There are several walking trails to the top of the rock, where a visitor's book awaits those successful climbers. A walking trail from the picnic grounds to the base of the rock goes gently through the forest. Bald Rock National Park is located in the Northern Tablelands adjacent to the Queensland Border. The entrance is 29 km north east of Tenterfield along the Mt Lindesay Road. BOONOO BOONOO NATIONAL PARK Just 22 kms north of Tenterfield, Boonoo Boonoo National Park offers a great variety of scenic, natural and historic attractions for visitors. The Boonoo Boonoo River is one of the park's most spectacular features, winding its way through high granite country, strewn with boulders and covered by open forest.  The park is reached by taking a gravel road which leaves the Woodenbong Road (old Mt Lindesay Highway) north of Tenterfield. The park entrance is 4km from the road and 12km from the Falls.

GIRRAWEEN NATIONAL PARK (right) Australian Geographic describes it thus: "Arriving at Girraween is like stumbling upon a vast sculpture garden. Around each bend you're stopped in your tracks by striking granite creations...."  Girraween is an iconic Queensland national park and the region's most popular national park.  It offers something for everyone; bushwalking, picnicking and bird watching. Girraween is located east of the New England Highway, 15 km north of Wallangarra and south of Ballandean and Stanthorpe. The park has a large picnic area and two camping areas adjacent to Bald Rock Creek. A small picnic area is located on Mt Norman Road, 2km south of Mt Norman. Girraween, meaning "place of flowers" is a park of massive granite outcrops, large angular tors, and precariously balanced boulders. At an average elevation of 900 metres, eucalypt forests, sedgelands and heathlands provide for a mixture of plants and animals from north, south, east and west, and some that do not naturally occur elsewhere.

Sundown National Park lies hidden between sombre timbered hills to the west of Girraween National Park and the New England Highway. The Severn River weaves its way south-west of Stanthorpe and through Sundown's ancient traprock, creating a steep, winding valley leading to the New South Wales border. Sundown's altitude varies from 450 metres to just over 1000 metres above sea level.

UNDERCLIFFE FALLS 

Undercliffe Falls are located close to the Clarence River & Rivertree Road & can be reached by using either Tourist Route 7 via Stanthorpe or Mt Lindesay Road.  Rivertree Road is a turnoff from Mt Lindesay Road which heads east close to the village of Liston.

 

SUNDOWN NATIONAL PARK  more information coming soon.