Recreation and Facilities

Toonumbar National Park is a relatively new park with excellent opportunities for bushwalking, picnicking, car touring and camping.

Iron Pot Creek Rest Area

The Iron Pot Creek Rest Area provides spacious camping and day use sites set among flooded gums adjacent to Iron Pot Creek. There is an easy grade short walk from the day use and camping areas to Iron Pot Creek. Campers are required to pay fees at the self-registration station provided in the rest area and sites cannot be pre-booked.

Murray Scrub Walking Track

The Murray Scrub is a prime example of lowland subtropical rainforest and is dominated by large strangling figs. The 5.5 km Murray Scrub circuit starts from the Murray Scrub Road just south of the Iron Pot Creek crossing.

Murray Scrub Lookout

Located on the Toonumbar Forest Drive the lookout provides an unsurpassed view of Iron Pot Creek Valley and Dome Mountain.

Access

Toonumbar National Park is about 35 km west of Kyogle. The park can be reached by leaving the Summerland Way at Kyogle and travelling west via Afterlee and the Toonumbar Forest Drive. The Cox’s Road at the northern end of the park also leaves the Summerland Way near Grevillia to join the Toonumbar Forest Drive.

Murray Scrub Road

The Murray Scrub Road between Iron Pot Creek Rest Area and Hanrahan’s Picnic Area is a dry weather four wheel drive track open to vehicles with a permit. Permits can be obtained from the NPWS Kyogle office on (02) 6632 1472. A minimum of two weeks notice is required.

Drivers should note that in wet conditions roads in the park become impassable. After heavy rains the Toonumbar Forest Drive and the Murray Scrub Road may be closed to all vehicles

Parks and Wildlife Code

National Parks are special places. Your co-operation is sought in the preservation of these areas. Parks are for quiet recreation