Dorrigo National Park, Nature reserve in New South Wales, Australia
Dorrigo National Park is a 119 km² national park on a plateau in the Great Dividing Range, 5 km east of Dorrigo. It protects part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, with waterfalls where streams drop off the plateau edge. The Skywalk is an elevated walkway through and above the treetops.
The park gained World Heritage status in 1986 as part of the Gondwana Rainforests, protecting ancient plant species millions of years old. This designation helped safeguard one of the world's oldest surviving ecosystems.
Dorrigo National Park lies within Gumbaynggirr country and holds great significance for the Gumbaynggirr people. The park forms part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Site, inscribed in 1986 and added to the Australian National Heritage List in 2007.
The Dorrigo Rainforest Centre provides maps for walking tracks ranging from 400 meters to 9 kilometers, with facilities like restrooms and parking available. The cooler months offer the most comfortable conditions for exploring the trails.
The Skywalk is an elevated walkway through and above the treetops, and the park's birdlife is a draw: the rainforest holds the wompoo fruit dove, the regent bowerbird and the superb lyrebird. The park records about 30 mammals, 128 birds and 44 reptiles and amphibians.
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