Glow Worm Tunnel walking track is in the Lithgow area of Wollemi National Park. To get there:

Directions from Lithgow via Clarence

• Take the B59 (Chifley Road) to Clarence (Zig Zag Railway).
• Turn left at Petra Avenue and continue onto Old Bells Line of Road for 8.4 km.
• At the end of Old Bells Line of Road, turn right onto Glowworm Tunnel Road. Continue for 26.8km.
• You will drive through a 60m long single lane tunnel just before you reach the Glow Worm Tunnel Carpark.

Directions from Lithgow, via State Mine Gully Road (check Local Alerts as roads may be closed for infrastructure upgrades)

• The route is signposted from the corner of Bridge Street and Main Street Lithgow.
• From Bridge Street, turn right at Inch Street.
• Turn left at Atkinson Street and after 750m, turn right onto State Mine Gully Road. State Mine Gully Road is a gravel road that becomes Glowworm Tunnel Road.
• After about 39km, you’ll drive through a 60m tunnel just before you reach the Glow Worm Tunnel car park.

Road conditions and access

• Trucks frequently use Old Bells Line of Road for infrastructure works. Please drive carefully.
• State Mine Gully Road and Glowworm Tunnel Road is an unsealed gravel road in Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area. While 2WD vehicles can access this route in dry weather, 4WD vehicles are highly recommended. Access is by 4WD only in wet weather.
• Please drive carefully on the narrow gravel roads, and look out for wildlife.

• Unsealed roads

Vehicle access

• 2WD vehicles (no long vehicle access)

Weather restrictions

• 4WD required in wet weather

Parking

• The carpark is at the end of Glowworm Tunnel Road, 1.5km from the Glow Worm Tunnel. Car spaces are limited during peak times.
• You can also park at the Old Coach Road carpark and walk along the Pagoda walking track and connect with Glow Worm Tunnel walking track (4km return).

• Drinking water is not available in this area so you’ll need to bring your own.
• Please take all rubbish with you when you leave.

Toilets

There's a toilet block with 2 non-flush toilets. One of the toilets is an ambulant toilet.

• Non-flush toilets

Carpark

Seats and resting points

There's a timber bench with a backrest at the very start of walk, next to the carpark and display shelter. There are no other seats or resting points along this walk.

• Glow Worm Tunnel walking track factsheet
• Glow Worm Tunnel walking track map (3MB pdf)

Disability access level - no wheelchair access

Glow Worm Tunnel walking track is not suitable for wheelchairs or prams and may be challenging for people with reduced mobility:

• There are over 80 steps without handrails along the walk
• The track is uneven hard-packed ground and stone
• There's a point where the track narrows to 0.5m-wide after the bridge and before the winding timber steps
• The glow worm tunnel at the end of the walk is uneven and rocky

There's an ambulant toilet and a timber bench for resting at the start of the walk.

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Animals

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  Glow worms (Arachnocampa richardsae)

  Glow worms are the larval life stage of small flying insects. They live in dark, damp caves and rainforest gullies and are best-known for the starry, bioluminescent glow of their colonies.

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  Superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae)

  With a complex mimicking call and an elaborate courtship dance to match, the superb lyrebird is one of the most spectacular Australian animals. A bird watching must-see, the superb lyrebird can be found in rainforests and wet woodlands across eastern NSW and Victoria.

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  Bare-nosed wombat (Vombatus ursinus)

  A large, squat marsupial, the Australian bare-nosed wombat is a burrowing mammal found in coastal forests and mountain ranges across NSW and Victoria. The only other remaining species of wombat in NSW, the endangered southern hairy-nosed wombat, was considered extinct until relatively recently.

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  Southern boobook (Ninox novaeseelandiae)

  The southern boobook, also known as the mopoke, is the smallest and most common native owl in Australia. With a musical 'boo-book' call that echoes through forests and woodlands, the southern boobook is a great one to look out for while bird watching.

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  Satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus)

  With vibrant blue-violet eyes and curious antics, the satin bowerbird is a favourite for bird watching and easy to spot as it forages for food in open forest. Relatively common across eastern Australia, in NSW they’re found in coastal rainforests and adjacent woodlands and mountain ranges.

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  Spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus)

  The spotted-tailed quoll is the largest remaining carnivorous marsupial on the Australian mainland. It’s protected as a vulnerable species in NSW.

Plants

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  Wollemi pine (Wollemia nobilis)

  The Wollemi pine is one of the world’s oldest and rarest trees. Only 46 adult trees and 43 juveniles remain in the wild. Belonging to a 200 million year-old plant family, this critically endangered Australian species is considered a global treasure.

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  Smooth-barked apple (Angophora costata)

  Smooth-barked apple gums, also known as Sydney red gum or rusty gum trees, are Australian native plants found along the NSW coast, and in the Sydney basin and parts of Queensland. Growing to heights of 15-30m, the russet-coloured angophoras shed their bark in spring to reveal spectacular new salmon-coloured bark.