The NSW government is challenging Queensland as Australia’s main state for rainforest ecotourism with the creation of a four-day walk through the Gondwana rainforest in Dorrigo National Park in the northern lands.
Three suspension bridges, new camping areas, rest huts and 46 kilometers of trails will be built to make the Great Paseo de la Escarpa de Dorrigo. The trail will take hikers to the ancient rainforest of Gondwana, a World Heritage Site, in the lands of the village of Gumbaynggirr.
Hikers will have greater access to the Gondwana Rainforest in Dorrigo National Park when the NSW government announces a new $ 56 million hike.
“The rainforest in Dorrigo National Park is even more spectacular than the Daintree,” said NSW Environment Minister James Griffin.
“We will be happy to tempt domestic and international tourists away from Queensland.”
The government hopes to attract 200,000 visitors to the north central coast with the project, which will be funded with $ 56.4 million contained in the state budget. The project will include the construction of a new rainforest discovery center and a hanging promenade where the walk will begin.
“I want everyone who comes to our NSW National Parks as a visitor to leave as a conservationist,” Griffith said.
“Along with Snowies Alpine Walk, Wollemi Great Walk and Great Southern Walk, our multi-day hiking features offer new experiences in NSW while expanding access to our national parks.”
Red Cedar Falls within Dorrigo National Park, an hour’s drive from Coff’s Harbor.
Australia’s Gondwana rainforests, so named because their ecology echoes the prehistoric rainforest of the Gondwana supercontinent, are collectively the largest subtropical rainforest area in the world.