Type

Lookouts

Where

Burragorang State Conservation Area in Sydney and surrounds

Accessibility

Easy

Entry fees

Park entry fees:

$4 per vehicle per day. Day passes are available from on-park pay machines that accept coins and credit cards, and you can also pay for your visit via the Park’nPay app.

Opening times

1 October to 31 March: 8am to 5pm on weekdays. 8am to 7pm on weekends and public holidays. 
1 April to 30 September: 8am to 5pm daily. 

What to
bring

Hat, sunscreen, drinking water

Please note

• Burragorang picnic area is available for non-exclusive hire for weddings or informal events
• The lookout and viewing platform is not available for hire
• This park is remote and the weather in this area can be extreme and unpredictable, so please be well-prepared for your visit.

High above Warragamba Dam, on a Blue Mountains escarpment, Burragorang lookout and picnic area is a viewing point for nature’s great beauty. From up here, you can look across one of New South Wales’ most precious resources – that huge body of water far below provides about 80 per cent of Sydney’s water supply.

What you’ll see much closer is equally as impressive. Noisy glossy black cockatoos hanging from the casuarinas; perhaps one of the shy and beautiful lyrebirds will be scratching in the leaves below the trees.

For the kids, there’s some excellent bike riding along the quiet sealed roads, as well as a playground. Pack the esky well, because there are barbecues and plenty of picnic tables, all ready for the perfect bush lunch.

If you’re looking for a unique venue to hire for a wedding or special event near Camden and Campbelltown, Burragorang picnic area and lookout is an idyllic place to celebrate your special occasion.

For directions, safety and practical information, see visitor info

Visitor info

Maps and downloads

Learn more

Lands of the Dharawal and Gundangarra Aboriginal peoples

Part of the Nattai (name given to the river because it had 'sweet water') Reserves System, which is the traditional home of the D'harawal and Gundangarra Aboriginal people, the northern part of Burragorang is also home to the Dharug people. In Aboriginal, 'Burragorang' means 'home or place of the giant kangaroo'. These lands provided a corridor for people travelling northward from as far afield as Victoria. They were heading to major gathering and ceremonial grounds in D'harawal lands in the Cowpastures or Camden areas, adjacent to Nepean River.

Burragorang State Conservation Area lies within the Gundungurra Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) area. The Gundungurra ILUA covers 6942 square kilometres of Country where NPWS and Gundungurra People work together to identify, manage and protect cultural sites and values.

Native bird watching at its best

You'll probably hear them before you can see them: noisy glossy black cockatoos, yellow-tail cockatoos and gang-gangs feed on the casuarinas at the northern area of the picnic area. They're not the only birds you'll find here. Eagles, satin bowerbirds, catbirds (listen for their distinctive meow-type calls) and lyrebirds have also been known to visit the heath and red gums in this part of Burragorang.

Perfect play

Although the park isn't part of Greater Blue Mountains Area World Heritage Property or Kanangra-Boyd National Park, both of these areas can be seen from Burragorang lookout. This is also the best spot to see the impressive expanse of Warragamba Dam, a popular place to visit when in the South West Sydney region. It's a great spot for kids. The roads are sealed, quiet, and good for bike riding. There's a playground for the kids to burn-off any surplus energy.