Some areas of Lanikai are accessible by 2WD, more by 4WD but most is walking country. Walk past rock outcrops, Grass Trees, Red Cedars and Tallow Wood to our 3km of Clarence River where the water holes linked by rapids are home to platypus, and water birds. Keep an eye out for the Brush tailed rock wallabies as they peer down from the rocky outcrops.

Walk along our 2km of Pretty Gully Creek as it chuckles and gurgles along in its narrow bed passing through eucalypt and rainforest on its way to join the mighty Clarence. Don’t forget your camera, as the colours of the rocks combine with the vegetation and the water to provide some unique photographic opportunities.

For those a little more adventurous, this is real mountain biking country.

On this 2,500 acre Wildlife Refuge wildlife abounds, and it is not necessary to even leave the camping ground to catch a glimpse of our unique natives. Red necked wallabies graze the area by day while the rufous bettong and long nosed bandicoot often visit at night. The quiet observer can also see many honeyeaters and lorikeets when the banksias, bloodwoods, acacias and tallowoods flower.

The Lanikai Homestead, (25km north of the Bruxner Highway on Paddys Flat Rd and 38km south from Wallaby Creek on Paddys Flat Rd), is your first point of contact for booking in and getting directions to the camping ground on Paddys Hill.