Bushwalking in our region

Our beautiful Cocoparra National Park is within 30 minutes’ drive from Griffith, and offers a haven for bushwalkers, birdwatchers, and nature-lovers alike.

This is Wiradjuri country, and the many Aboriginal sites within Cocoparra suggest intensive use during winter and spring when food resources became scarce along rivers, with surface water available in the protected valleys of the range. The name 'Cocoparra' comes from the Aboriginal 'cocupara', or kookaburra.

The rugged, craggy landscape of the Cocoparra Range produces a great variety of habitats. You’ll find woodlands and forests occupied by white cypress pine, Dwyer’s mallee gum, kurrajong, yellow box and many more during your bushwalks. The Park provides a rich bird habitat. Look out for the locally-threatened glossy-black cockatoo drinking from dams at dusk or quietly feeding on the seeds of the drooping she-oak. You may also see the many endangered woodland birds such as the hooded robin, speckled warbler, varied sittella, grey-crowned babbler, diamond firetail or shy heathwren. You can also visit the nesting grounds of the peregrine falcon at Falcon Falls.

There are plenty of facilities at Cocoparra, including picnic areas, toilets, and barbeques. As we are moving into summer, don’t forget to bring plenty of water, and be sunsmart – hats, sunglasses, and sunscreen are a must. Oh, and flyspray too!

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