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The Border Ranges Experience: Comfortable transport and tours to the park are available from the Centre. After many years as an environmental educator, activist and bush regenerator part owner Lee Scarlett can now provide visitors with an enjoyable, memorable and informative experience in the park. Package $115 per person - Pick up and set down at Nimbin Staying Elsewhere but would still like to join in on the tour? Not a problem, just give us a call Tour $65 per personTailored Tour - for those less active we can arrange a tour with limited or no walking and no mountain biking. Suitable for your energy and physical abilities. The tour will still take in all the main sites and features of the Border Ranges National Park. Book directly through the Border Ranges Centre or through Bryon, Lismore, Nimbin, Tweed, Murwillumbah or Kyogle Visitors' Centres
BORDER RANGES NATIONAL PARKImagine a place where time has almost stood still. A place where variety of plants and animals, many of which trace their ancestry back to the ancient super continent of Gondwana. A place containing a complex mosaic of climate and geology which encourages species to continually evolve.The Border Ranges National Park is just such a place - one of the special places in the world. It has been included on the World Heritage list as part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves in recognition of its global difference. The park and surrounding area along with the Daintree in North Queensland are recognised as the two most bio-diverse areas in Australia. Perhaps only four percent of the wilderness which existed 200 years ago remains. Rainforest wilderness is even rarer, because rainforest, common at the time of European settlement was sought after for timber and farming land. Although some of the Border Ranges was logged for timber, the scars are healing well. Over time the natural plant and animal communities will be restored. In an era dominated by fierce conflicts between logging and conservation interests the Border Ranges National Park was gazetted in 1982. In 1986 it gained World Heritage status. It abuts the Lamington National Park in Queensland and this area represents the largest single intact area of rainforest on the continent. It is managed jointly by the National Parks Service and the traditional owners, the Githabul people. The Border Ranges National Park is the iconic national park of the Northern Rivers Region. While substantially managed as a wilderness area the extensive road system gives access to the calder rim and other areas. This degree of accessability is unique among the other rainforest parks in the region and allows a wide access for the less active and younger generations. Located at the headwaters of the Tweed, Richmond, Wilson and Clarence Rivers the Border Ranges truly are the genesis of the Norther Rivers region. |
Hours Sunday 163 Link Road Phone/Fax: (02) 6689 7285
enjoy a bike ride as part of your Tour
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| last edited: December 1, 2008 |
