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Dungog

First settled in the 1820s, Dungog, New South Wales, is 225km from Sydney. This rural township is the service centre for surrounding logging, dairying, beef cattle and deer-farming industries. Dungog is also on the main southern route into Barrington Tops NP. This World Heritage-listed park offers a diversity of landscapes, including subtropical rainforests with refreshing clear-water rivers, a mountainous plateau, and at approximately 1000m are spectacular Antarctic beech forests.


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There are many walking tracks to beautiful waterfalls and lookouts in Barrington Tops NP. Camping is permitted at a number of designated camping areas.

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Chichester Dam and Chichester SF lie 23km NE of the town. The dam, opened in 1985, has picnic areas and walking trails. Telegherry Forest Park, located 30km north, offers walking trails along the Telegherry River with picnic, swimming and camping spots.

One of the first European settlements in Australia, Clarence Town historical village is 24km SE of Dungog.

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Copyright 2007, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. cmsadmin. (2005, May 20). Dungog. Retrieved July 05, 2009, from Plan Book Travel Australia Web site: http://www.planbooktravel.com.au/australia/nsw/dungog. This work is licensed under a Universal Publishers. Universal Publishers

Region: North Coast NSW

Barrington Tops State Forests, near upper Manning River
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Stretching from Port Stephens to Coffs Harbour and inland to Dorrigo, North Coast NSW includes popular coastal meccas, such as Port Macquarie, Coffs Harbour and Port Stephensand several stunning national parks to explore. more

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Cnr Dowling and Brown sts, Ph: (02) 4992 2212

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