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Surf and stay at Crescent Head

Goolawah National Park

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Group of people with motorcycles on Port Macquarie seawall. Photo © Endeavour Motorcycle Tours

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2-day Port Macquarie motorcycle adventure

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Grassy coastal slope with kangaroos against a backdrop of gently breaking ocean waves. Photo © Paget Thompson

Surf

Guided 10-day surfing adventures for backpackers

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Point Plomer campground, Limeburners Creek National Park. Photo: Barbara Webster/NSW Government

Surf

Guided 5-day 'surf till you drop' experiences

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Aerial view of coast Limeburner's Creek National Park. Photo © Positive Energy Adventures and Retreats.

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Multi-day pack free hike on NSW Mid-North Coast

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Aboriginal education ranger sharing her cultural knowledge of Sea Acres Rainforest. Photo credit: Karina Davila-Otoya. © DPIE

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Sea Acres Aboriginal coastal tour

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An Indigenous education ranger shares her local cultural knowledge of the rainforest. Photo: Karina Davila-Otoya ©DPIE

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Sea Acres Aboriginal culture tour

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Smoky Cape Lighthouse tour

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Rocks and ocean at Diamond Head Beach in Crowdy Bay National Park. Photo: Debby McGerty © DPIE

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Surf lessons and surf camps at Crowdy Bay

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Sunset above the Trial Bay Gaol walls, Arakoon National Park. Photo: Carolyn McPhee © DPIE

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Trial Bay Gaol twilight tour

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View through bars at Trial Bay Goal. Photo: Kim Payne Photography © DPE

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Trial Bay Gaol: Life behind bars kids tour

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Trial Bay Gaol with starscape. Photo: Kim Payne Photography © DPE

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Walk on the dark side: Sunset tour for adults

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Visitors and ranger examine strangler vine, along Sea Acres Rainforest boardwalk. Photo: John Spencer © OEH

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Sea Acres rainforest boardwalk tour

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Nearby things to do

Learn

Sea Acres Rainforest Centre

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Learn

Trial Bay Gaol

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Walk

Sea Acres Rainforest boardwalk

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Swim

Front Beach

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Walk

Big Hill Rainforest walking track

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Picnic

Blackbutt picnic area

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Walk

Botanic walk

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Walk

Bridle trail

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Picnic

Cheesetree picnic area

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Walk

Connors walking track

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Picnic

Geebung picnic area

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Native plants with ocean and island in the distance. Photo: Stuart Poignard

Walk

Green Island walking track

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Drive

Hastings Forest Way touring route

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Jack Perkins track, Hat Head National Park. Photo: Debby McGerty © OEH

Walk

Jack Perkins walking track

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Walk

Kinchela Trig Lookout walk

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Walk

Korogoro walking track

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Laurieton track

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Family running along Little Bay beach, Arakoon National Park. Photo: David Finnegan/DPE

Picnic

Little Bay picnic area

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Walk

Little Bay to Gap Beach walking track

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Walk

Monument Hill walking track

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Walk

Palm Grove walk

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Walk

Port Macquarie coastal walk

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Walk

Powder Magazine walking track

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Walk

Rainforest loop

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Rawson falls, Boorganna Nature Reserve. Photo © Louise Feltus

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Rawson Falls walk

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Learn

Roto House

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Learn

Smoky Cape Lighthouse

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Picnic

Smoky Cape picnic area

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Walk

Smoky Cape Range walking track

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Picnic

The Pines picnic area

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Eat

Trial Bay Kiosk Restaurant

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Walk

Waterfall walk

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Way Way Creek Road, Yarriabini National Park. Photo: G Wallace/NSW Government

Drive

Way Way Creek Road drive

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Picnic

Wilson River picnic area

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View

Yarriabini lookout

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Picnic

Dooragan Summit picnic area

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Gap Beach in Hat Head National Park. Photo credit: Barbara Webster © DPIE

Picnic

Gap Beach picnic area

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View

Mermaid Pools

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View

Big Nellie lookout and picnic area

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View

Flat Rock lookout

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Picnic

Starrs Creek picnic area

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4WD, Carrai National Park. Photo: Piers Thomas/NSW Government

Drive

Carrai and Coachwood trails

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Picnic

Bird Tree picnic area

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Picnic

Cedar Park picnic area

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Hamleys lookout, Kattang Nature Reserve. Photo: NSW Government

View

Charles Hamey lookout

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Walk

Googik Heritage walking track

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Learn

Innes Ruins

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Kattang Nature Reserve. Photo © Andrew Marshall

Walk

Perpendicular Point walking track

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Picnic

Queens Lake picnic area

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Nature Nomads clearing bitou bush, Arakoon National Park. Photo: Nick Cubbin

Volunteer

Arakoon bushcare

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View of Trial Bay Gaol, Arakoon National Park. Photo: David Finnegan

Volunteer

Friends of Trial Bay Gaol

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Smoky Cape Lighthouse Cottages, Hat Head National Park. Photo: David Finnegan/NSW Government

Itinerary

Itinerary: Mid-north coast magic

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Picnic

Perch Hole picnic area

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Sea Acres Rainforest Centre Discovery guides, Sea Acres National Park. Photo: David Finnegan

Volunteer

Sea Acres Rainforest Centre volunteers

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Nearby camping and accommodation

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Trial Bay Gaol campground

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Hungry Gate campground

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Little Bay Cottage

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Limeburners Creek National Park sign. Photo: David Finnegan/DPIE

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Melaleuca campground

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Plomer Beach House

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Man sitting beside his tent looking out at the ocean, at Limeburners Creek National Park. Photo: John Spencer/OEH

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Point Plomer campground

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Smoky Cape campground

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Smoky Cape Lighthouse Keepers Cottage, Hat Head National Park. Photo: Michael van Ewijk/NSW Government

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Smoky Cape Lighthouse Keepers' Cottages

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Delicate campground

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Camper with his fishing rod and bucket heading to the nearby beach, Goolawah National Park. Photo: John Spencer/OEH

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Racecourse campground

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Nearby parks

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New England National Park

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Aerial view of Trial Bay. Photo: Rob Mulally/DPIE

Park

Arakoon National Park

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Boorganna Nature Reserve

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Aerial view of Diamond Head campground and nearby Dunbogan Beach. Photo: © Rob Mulally

Park

Crowdy Bay National Park

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Dooragan National Park

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Hat Head National Park

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Kattang Nature Reserve

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Limeburners Creek National Park

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Park

Macquarie Nature Reserve

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Park

Middle Brother National Park

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Visitors looking out from Sea Acres Rainforest boardwalk. Photo: John Spencer © OEH

Park

Sea Acres National Park

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Park

Werrikimbe National Park

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Park

Willi Willi National Park

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Park

Yarriabini National Park

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Park

Coorabakh National Park

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Park

Gaagal Wanggaan (South Beach) National Park

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Goolawah National Park

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Park

Goolawah Regional Park

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Park

Lake Innes Nature Reserve

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Park

Ngambaa Nature Reserve

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Park

Queens Lake Nature Reserve

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Park

Bago Bluff National Park

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Park

Boonanghi Nature Reserve

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Park

Boonanghi State Conservation Area

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Park

Bridal Veil Falls Nature Reserve

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Park

Clybucca Aboriginal Area

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Clybucca Historic Site

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Comboyne Nature Reserve

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Cooperabung Creek Nature Reserve

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Coxcomb Nature Reserve

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Fishermans Bend Nature Reserve

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Gads Sugarloaf Nature Reserve

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Innes Ruins Historic Site

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Killabakh Nature Reserve

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Park

Kumbatine National Park

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Kumbatine State Conservation Area

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Park

Lake Innes State Conservation Area

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Park

Maria National Park

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Park

Pee Dee Nature Reserve

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Park

Queens Lake State Conservation Area

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Rawdon Creek Nature Reserve

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Skillion Nature Reserve

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Verges Creek Nature Reserve

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Willi Willi Caves Nature Reserve

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Woregore Nature Reserve

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Yarrahapinni Wetlands National Park

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Yarravel Nature Reserve

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Yarri Barri Nature Reserve

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Yessabah Nature Reserve

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Kindee Creek State Conservation Area

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Roto House Historic Site

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Park info

in Goolawah National Park in the North Coast region
Goolawah National Park is always open but may have to close at times due to poor weather or fire danger.

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