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Many Big Rocks picnic area (Karnu Yalpa)

Toorale National Park

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View of a picnic table with a shelter near toilet facilities, set on red desert earth amongst scattered trees. Photo credit: Jessica Ellis © DPIE

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Photo of picnic tables and a barbecue under a shelter surrounded by trees and red dirt at Gundabooka National Park. Photo credit: Jess Ellis/DPE © DPE

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The view of Warrego Floodplain from Warrego Floodplain picnic area in Toorale National Park. Photo: Chris Ghirardello © DPIE

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View of a woman seated at a picnic table next to a barbecue in the shade of a picnic shelter. Photo © Jessica Stokes

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Nearby things to do

Photo of giant steel front door artwork, Toorale Homestead precinct (Yarramarra). Photo: triggerdesign.com.au

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Toorale Homestead precinct (Yarramarra)

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Wide view of Toorale Homestead with palm trees, under a sunny sky. Photo: Joshua Smith © OEH

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Toorale Homestead walk

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Viewing platform in front of a huge rock overhang in Gundabooka National Park. Photo credit: Leah Pippos © DPIE

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Yapa (Mulgowan) art site lookout

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Culgoa Connelly's track, Culgoa National Park. Photo © Dinitee Haskard

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Culgoa Connellys track

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Gidgee fence posts on Darling River Drive, in Toorale National Park. Photo: Chris Ghirardillo

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Darling River drive

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A group of people walk along a wide dirt walking track shaded by tall coolabah trees. Photo: Jessica Stokes © OEH

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Warrego Floodplain walking track

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Culgoa National Park, gidgee trees. Photo: NSW Government

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Yuwura Yurun

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Aerial view of a tree-lined creek in Mulga shrublands in Brindingabba National Park, 175km from Bourke. Photo: Joshua Smith, © DCCEEW

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Brindingabba scenic drive

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Paroo-Darling National Park. Photo: John Spencer

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Darling River Run tag-along tour

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Panoramic view of bushland and Gunderbooka Range under a blue sky. Photo credit: Leah Pippos © DPIE

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Little Mountain lookout

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Mount Gunderbooka from Mount Talowla lookout, Toorale National Park. Photo: Leah Pippos/DPIE

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Mount Talowla walking track

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A group of people watch for birds beneath the shelter of Warrego Floodplain lookout. Photo © Jessica Stokes

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Warrego Floodplain lookout

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Start of Little Mountain walking track with park signage. Photo credit: Leah Pippos © DPIE

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Little Mountain walking track

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Culgoa National Park. Photo © Dinitee Haskard

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Mirri Mirru Yurun

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Art site walk, Mount Grenfell Historic Site. Photo: NSW Government

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Mount Grenfell art site walk

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Mount Gunderbooka from Mount Talowla lookout, Toorale National Park. Photo: Leah Pippos/DPIE

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Mount Talowla lookout

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Ngiyambaa walking track, Mount Grenfell Historic Site.

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Ngiyampaa walking track

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Yapa (Mulgowan) Aboriginal art site walking track, Gundabooka National Park. Credit: David Finnegan © David Finnegan/NSW Government

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Yapa (Mulgowan) Aboriginal art site walking track

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Dramatic formations of sand and silt along the Walls of China in Mungo National Park. Photo: Vision House Photography/OEH

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Itinerary: Darling River Run

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Valley of the Eagles walk, Gundabooka National Park. Photo: David Finnegan © OEH

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Valley of the Eagles walk

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Nearby camping and accommodation

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Nebine Creek, Culgoa National Park. Photo: NSW Government

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Culgoa River campground

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Photo of picnic tables and a barbecue under a shelter at Dry Tank campground and picnic area at Gundabooka National Park. Photo credit: Jess Ellis/DPE © DPE

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Dry Tank campground

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The creek near Brindingabba campground in Brindingabba National Park, 175km from Bourke, is a great place to see birds. Photo: James Lawson, © DCCEEW

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Brindingabba campground

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Redbank Homestead, Gundabooka State Conservation Area. Photo: Boris Hlavica/NSW Government

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Redbank Homestead

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The Darling River at Yanda campground in Gundabooka State Conservation Area. Photo: Leah Pippos © DPIE

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Yanda campground

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Campers sit next to a tent overlooking the river, Darling River campground, Toorale National Park. Photo: Joshua Smith/OEH.

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Darling River campground (Yapara Paaka Thuru)

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Aerial view of the waterways of outback Brindingabba National Park, 175km from Bourke. Photo: Joshua Smith © DCCEEW

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Brindingabba National Park

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Culgoa National Park. Photo: NSW Government

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Culgoa National Park

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Native tree, Gundabooka National Park. Photo: David Finnegan

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Gundabooka National Park

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Art site walk, Mount Grenfell Historic Site. Photo: Jenna Hore

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Mount Grenfell Historic Site

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Sunset, Paroo-Darling National Park.

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Paroo-Darling National Park

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A father and daughter at Many Big Rocks picnic area, Toorale National Park. Photo: Joshua Smith/OEH

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Toorale National Park

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Lyre bird

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Gundabooka State Conservation Area

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Ledknapper Nature Reserve

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Mount Grenfell National Park

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Mount Grenfell State Conservation Area

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Nocoleche Nature Reserve

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Toorale State Conservation Area

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Map of Many Big Rocks picnic area (Karnu Yalpa), Toorale National Park. Image: OEH

Park info

  • in Toorale National Park in the Outback NSW region

  • Toorale National Park and SCA is always open, but may have to close at times due to poor weather or fire danger.

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