Toorale National Park

Toorale National Park is a national park in northwestern New South Wales. The park is well off the beaten path, but travellers do visit this park in order to visit a homestead that was once a part of the world's largest sheep station.

Understand

Visitor information

• Park website
• Bourke office, ☏ +61 2 6830 0200. M–F 8:30AM–4:30PM. (updated Sep 2022)

Get in

Just 38 kilometres left!

The closest settlement to Toorale NP is the small town of Bourke, which is a few hundred metres less than 70 km away from the entrance. From Bourke, head west along Bourke–Milparinka Road and then after 32 km, turn left and head southwest onto Toorale Road. Continue for another 38 km until you've reached the park's entrance.

See

• 1 Toorale Homestead precinct (Yarramarra), 4258 Toorale Road, Gumbalie, ☏ +61 2 6830 0200. Daily 8AM–5PM. This station was once a part of the world's largest sheep station – today it's an important site for the Indigenous Kurnu-Baakandji People, who run daily tours. If you so happen to not join a tour, you can alternatively take the 200-meter Toorale Homestead walk, a trail that encircles the homestead. (updated Sep 2022)

Do

• Darling River Drive (Yuthuru Paaka Thuru) – a 41-kilometre (25 mi) loop that takes an hour and thirty minutes. It passes through some of northwest NSW's largest floodplains along the banks of the Darling River. Fishing is completely legal, provided that you have a license from Service NSW – yellow belly and cod, anyone?.

Buy, eat, and drink

There are no stores here; all supplies will need to be brought with you.

Sleep

There is only one campground within the park.

• 1 Darling River campground (Yapara Paaka Thuru), Weir Trail, ☏ 1300 072 757 (domestic). $6 booking fee. (updated Sep 2022)

Go next

• For archeology enthusiasts, nearby Gundabooka National Park has many impressive petroglyphs that don't require a strenuous trek just to get to the lookout
• Otherwise, your only other option is to head back to Bourke