Boonoo Boonoo National Park, Nature reserve in Tenterfield Shire Council, Australia.
Boonoo Boonoo National Park is a nature reserve in northeastern New South Wales with rocky granite landscapes and river systems. The river creates a waterfall that drops about 210 meters into a deep gorge and forms several rock pools and waterholes throughout the area.
The sources record no gold mining or water channels here; the park's documented past is Aboriginal. Boonoo Boonoo is the Aboriginal name for the area, meaning 'poor country with no animals to provide food'. The environment later changed and the area became home to kangaroos and wallabies. The park lies 571 km north of Sydney and 26 km north-east of Tenterfield off Mount Lindesay Road.
Boonoo Boonoo is the Aboriginal name for the area, meaning 'poor country with no animals to provide food'. The environment later changed, and the park is now home to kangaroos and wallabies. The name is pronounced 'bunna bunoo'.
The park lies 26 km northeast of Tenterfield off Mount Lindesay Road, about 571 km north of Sydney. Weather can be extreme and unpredictable, so check conditions and carry gear for sudden changes. Bushwalking, swimming and bush camping are the main activities; the 210-metre waterfall and rainforest gorge are reached on foot.
The name Boonoo Boonoo comes from an Aboriginal term meaning 'poor country with no animals to provide food', yet the park now supports kangaroos and wallabies. Its plant life includes the ROTAP-listed species Callistemon flavovirens, a bottlebrush found in the park's varied vegetation.
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