







Wallingat National Park
2 current alerts · Checked 13 Oct 2026, 6:05 pm
Ferny Creek Campground Closed
Ferny Creek Campground remains closed until further notice do to collapsed bridge
On the mid-North Coast of NSW, Wallingat National Park, with its varied forest and swamp landscapes, offers hiking, touring, birdwatching and camping in a coastal locale.
Here, on the Mid North Coast of NSW, the Pacific Ocean meets forest. At Whoota Whoota lookout, one of Wallingat National Park’s most visited attractions, you’ll be overwhelmed by the beauty. Explore the park further and you’ll see stands of straight, tall flooded gums. At Sugar Creek, there are also stands of cabbage palms, filled with the sounds of Wallingat’s native birdlife. Pack the car and explore what this great park has to offer for a few hours. There’s camping at Wallingat River, and a picnic area at Sugar Creek.
A network of unsealed roads throughout the park allows you to discover its best features. Accessible by 2WD in dry weather, you can also explore them by mountain bike or horseback. There’s great fishing in the river and lake, and you can swim when the weather is warm. Keep your eyes peeled for kangaroos and wallabies, as well as some of the 200 species of birds that make Wallingat their home.
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With the wildflowers - including the purple blooms of the velvet mint-bush - coming out, this is a great time for birdwatching.
The weather is warm and sunny, so now's the time to pitch a tent and stay for a few days. Make the most of the boat ramp at Cockatoo picnic area Head to Sugar Creek picnic area and, after lunch, take a walk through the cool forest. .
With temperatures slightly cooler, explore the network of gravel roads by foot or on a mountain bike.
Visitor numbers are down, so take the car along the park's unsealed roads and discover the forest, rivers and lake.
Stay, explore and relax across the park.
Grade 4 · Hard · 1.7km return · 45min - 1hr 15min
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Opening
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Nearby towns
Forster (30 km) · Bulahdelah (32 km) · Taree (64 km)
Phone
1300 072 757Website
Visit websiteBooti Booti Office
02 6591 0300npws.manninggreatlakes@environment.nsw.gov.auThe Ruins campground, Booti Booti National Park, 4374 The Lakes Way, Booti Booti 2428
Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 4.30pm; Closed public holidays
Wallingat NSW 2428