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Caiwarra - Paroo River Fishing Spot Hungerford

The Caiwarra - Paroo River Fishing Spot is located in the Currawinya National Park. You can expect to be able to catch yellowbelly and catfish in this waterhole. Activities available in the area include fishing, camping (fee applies), birdwatching and bushwalking. Wood supplies are to be taken from the sides of the main road 50 kilometres from Hungerford (be sure to check specific details on campfires). To get to Cairwarra you will head south from Eulo on the Hungerford Road which is unsealed. Be sure to check road conditions before heading off.

Hungerford QLD

16 km away

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Brindingabba National Park

Wildlife is booming at Brindingabba National Park, located near the New South WalesQueensland border on Budjiti and Kurnu Baakandji Country. You have a good chance of seeing red kangaroos and a huge variety of birds, including emus. You could be lucky enough to spot a brolga with its distinctive orange head. Arrive by the scenic Hungerford-Bourke Road which is part of the Dowling Track outback driving route through channel country. Then drive around tree-lined creeks, red clay deserts, grasslands, woodlands and the mulga plains of outback NSW. There are lots of places to stop and train your binoculars or camera on the wildlife, scenery and wildflowers. Woodlands are a haven for birds including rare grey-crowned babblers, Hall's babblers and mistletoe birds. Among the trees or on the grasslands you could find an echidna foraging among the leaf litter. Stop by a waterhole for an early evening or morning bird watching session and you may see zebra finches and rainbow bee-eaters. The park is ablaze with colour from late Autumn to early Spring, when yapunyah and lancewood trees have cascades of bright yellow flowers and wildflowers on the mulga shrubland range in colour from lilac...

Yantabulla NSW

46 km away

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Cuttaburra National Park

This remote, rugged and beautiful place lies in the Paroo and Warrego River country. It's one of several national parks along the Dowling Track a historic outback 4WD trail that connects Bourke to Quilpie in Queensland. Take the Cuttaburra scenic drive, a 38km network of 4WD trails, and visit Maranoa Waterhole, a 6km-long semi-permanent waterhole ideal for birdwatching, fishing, or relaxing under coolabahs and river red gums. Look out for red kangaroos and emus as they pick their way through the stony shrublands against a palette of pink, lilac and yellow flowering plants. After a day exploring, pitch your tent at Comeroo campground and fall asleep under a starlit ceiling. Wetland conservation in this semi-arid outback landscape is crucial. Over one-quarter of Cuttaburra National Park stretches across Yantabulla Swamp a mosaic of wetlands and channels. The swamp is an important connection between the Warrego and Paroo Rivers and is one of Australia's most important wetlands. When full, it hosts thousands of internationally protected migratory shorebirds and up to 50,000 waterbirds. In dry spells, it retreats to scattered waterholes and billabongs. Cuttaburra Creek flows through the middle of the park, breathing life into...

Yantabulla NSW

81 km away

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