Wollemi National Park

From World travel guide

Wollemi National Park is just 100 km north-west of Australia's largest city, Sydney and yet it contains the largest wilderness area in New South Wales. The park, which contains a number of rugged and inaccessable areas is the home of the extremely rare Wollemi Pine - (The Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney website has more information).

All roads are unpaved. This may be a problem if you rent a car from the majors. For hints and tips, read Driving in Australia.

Easy Access

There are historic ruins at Newnes Glen that are quite easy to get to.

The glow worm tunnel is a disused railway tunnel, so the walks to get there are reasonably flat.

Dunns Swamp has easy walks and plenty of opportunities for canoeing.

There are car and caravan camping sites at Newnes and Dunns Swamp.

Experienced Bushwalkers

Being a large wilderness area, there is ample to keep the adventurous occupied. Backpack camping is permitted throughout the park.