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If you make to Urbenville via Bonalbo or Woodenbong, you're well and truly in the "woop woops" of the Wollumbin Volcano.
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If you make to Urbenville via Bonalbo or Woodenbong, you're well and truly in the "woop woops" of the Wollumbin Volcano! This is not to say you've strayed "beyond the black stump", although you'll see a few of these around as a result of the timber getting of earlier times. Dairying and cattle raising, some timber milling, and a small but growing farm tourism presence are the mainstays. It's here you'll truly be in wilderness county. If heading north, Woodenbong is your last chance to stop and stretch before beginning the climb over the "scenic rim", where the Tweed and Focal Volcano group activities overlap. Spectacular views of such landmarks as the tabletop outcrop of Mount Lindesay will have you craning your neck, so pull over and stop in a safe place to get a better look. Listen out for the constant calls of Bellbirds in the forests as you cross the border into Queensland heading for Rathdowney. Further west, Richmond Range and Toonumbar National Parks via Urbenville or Bonalbo, have camping and picnicing facilities including tables, barbecues, toilets and limited tank water. 3 walking tracks provide bushwalking and birdwatching opportunities. |
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For a shorter (30 klms), but some would say more adventurous journey over the rim, take the border loop. This route is not suitable for trailers, it is quite narrow in some spots, fords 6 splash crossings in New South Wales, and is gravel on some parts. Lions Loop Rd is an amazing project of the Lions Club and local communities commenced in 1971, which forms a scenic link between QLD and NSW. It passes through the Border Ranges National Park, and parallels the Spiral Loop railway line which carries passengers and freight between Sydney and Brisbane. A very informative brochure with directions, is readily available at local tourist information centres and tourist outlets. About 30 klms north of Kyogle and 10 klms north of Wiangeree, turn right into Wilson's Avenue from the Summerland Way, follow the road, turning left at the Simes Rd "T" intersection (unless you want to detour to Border Ranges National Park) follow the main road to the top of the rim, and have you camera ready! |
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