Where

Boonoo Boonoo National Park in Country NSW

Accessibility

Easy

Distance

0.4km return

Time suggested

6 - 12min

Grade

Grade 2

Entry fees

Park entry fees apply

What to
bring

Drinking water, hat, snacks, sturdy shoes, suitable clothing, sunscreen, raincoat

Please note

• The track starts at Boonoo Boonoo Falls picnic area, which is always open.
• The nearest toilets are at Boonoo Boonoo Falls picnic area.
• Accessible parking is available at Boonoo Boonoo Falls picnic area carpark. 

Rockpools View walk in Boonoo Boonoo National Park is ideal for young children and people with reduced mobility. It provides easy access to Rockpools View that overlooks Boonoo Boonoo River and the rockpools below. This sealed, accessible track has no steps. There’s seating where you can rest and take in the natural surroundings.

The walk starts at Boonoo Boonoo Falls picnic area which has accessible parking. Wander down the short track to the viewpoint where you can see the rockpools and river teeming with wildlife. Look out for glossy black-cockatoos feeding on casuarinas, or kangaroos and wallabies, especially in the early morning and late afternoon.  Keep an eye out for endangered brush-tailed rock-wallabies which shelter in crevices and under rocky overhangs.

You can also smell and see different wildflowers including the vulnerable MacNutts wattle that blooms between July and September.

If you’re able to, you can continue on Falls Lookout walk for uninterrupted views of the waterfall or take the short Rockpool Ramble track to access the rockpools.

For directions, safety and practical information, see visitor info

Visitor info

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Fabulous falls

The park's jewel is Boonoo Boonoo Falls. If you'd like to see what this feature is really made of, visit during the wetter months of summer. Even if the falls aren't pumping, though, they're still beautiful and there will always be rockpools along Boonoo Boonoo River to swim in, walking tracks to follow and riverside picnics to indulge in.

Gold fever

Morgans Gully and Ropers Gully are two sites in the park where alluvial gold was discovered in the late nineteenth century. As a result, there was a huge influx of European and Asian prospectors to the area. As well as giving the nearby town of Tenterfield a massive economic boost, the village of Boonoo Boonoo temporarily flourished, though it is now in ruins.

Though nature has reclaimed these gullies too, imagine what the areas might have looked, sounded and smelt like when they were teeming with men from here and all over the world, half-crazy with gold fever.

Have you seen the wildlife?

Boonoo Boonoo takes its name from the Jukambal language and means ‘big rock’. Known for its stunning waterfalls, secluded waterholes and many walking trails, this national park is home to many plants and animals including kangaroos, endangered brush-tailed rock-wallabies and vulnerable spotted-tailed quolls which you may see throughout the park in the early morning and late afternoon. You may also be lucky enough to spot platypuses frolicking in Boonoo Boonoo River.