Brindingabba scenic drive

Where

Brindingabba National Park in Outback NSW

Accessibility

No wheelchair access

Distance

25km loop

Time suggested

2hrs

Grade

Medium

Trip Intention Form

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Opening times

Brindingabba National Park is always open but may have to close at times due to poor weather or fire danger.

What to
bring

Gps, food supplies, satellite phone, sturdy shoes, sunscreen, suitable clothing, hat, headphones, drinking water

Please note

• The track is subject to dry and wet bogging so is suitable for experienced 4WD operators only. Don’t tow caravans or trailers on the track, leave them at the campground.
• The weather can be extreme and unpredictable. Check with the NPWS Bourke office or Bourke Shire Council for the latest road condition report before you set out.
• Bring extra food, drinking water and firewood in case you need to spend the night at the campground.
• Bring enough fuel to get you back to Bourke 175km away. The nearest fuel is at The Royal Mail Hotel in Hungerford, Qld, 75km away.

Brindingabba scenic drive leaves from Brindingabba campground and goes round the park to the main road 6km away. It has many places where you can take photographs or train binoculars at the spectacular outback scenery and wildlife. 

On the mulga shrublands see red kangaroos, emus and heaps of wildflowers while the wedge-tailed eagle soars overhead. 

By creeks lined with coolabah, blackbox and yapunyah trees you can spot waterbirds. The yapunyah trees’ cascades of bright yellow flowers attract honeyeaters and photographers.

Explore the woodlands, binoculars in hand, to find weebills, mistletoebirds and hooded robins.

The drive passes 2 bores and 2 dams where birds such as colourful budgies and rainbow bee-eaters flock in the morning and evening. It also passes an enclosure of lancewood trees. This is the only NSW park where you can see this endangered tree with its umbrella shape, yellow flowers and long narrow leaves.

As evening falls, a small rise along Parragundy Trail is a great place to picnic and photograph the spectacular sunset. Then return to the campground and search the skies for the inland forest bat and the shrubland for the kultarr, a small marsupial mammal with a brushy tail, as it forages for food.

For directions, safety and practical information, see visitor info