Explore Parks and Gardens

Did you know?

Ooline (Cadellia pentastylis) has rainforest origins dating back to the Ice Ages.

The Ooline is considered vulnerable to extinction.

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TREGOLE NATIONAL PARK

Home to the rare Ooline tree, this pretty park straddles the boundary between two of the state’s natural regions, the Brigalow Belt and the Mulga Lands.

A 2.1 km return interpretive walk weaves through stands of Ooline and mulga. Beautiful black orchids (rarely seen this far west) grow abundantly on tree trunks attracting many insects and butterflies when in bloom.

THINGS TO DO

• Picnicing - have lunch at one of the picnic sites or cook on the free gas barbecue or relax with your hamper under a shady tree. • Wildlife Spotting - spot brown or white treecreepers working busily prising insects from underneath bark. See weebills, warblers, five different species of thornbills and many other birds. Caper white butterflies flit between the wild orange bush and you may see a sand goanna looking for its next meal. • Walk the Tregole circuit - 2.1 km (allow 45 minutes) Class 4 track

LOCATION

11 km south-west of Morven

Visitor’s Tip

CHARLEVILLE BOTANIC RESERVE

In the semi-arid Mulga Lands, an easy 15 km drive south of Charleville, this 2,000 ha reserve contains most of the region’s major vegetation types.

Take a drive or walk and read the informative signage as you pass through the diverse plant communities. Travel from spinifex to heath and mulga forest, through a gidgee swamp, over a sand ridge to the mixed floodplain with poplar box, and alongside the cypress pine communities fringing the Warrego River. It’s a nature lover’s delight.

THINGS TO DO

• Picnicing • Spectacular in spring when desert myrtle surrounds the first part of your drive in a sea of deep pink. Good for bird watching.

ACCESS

• 2WD to 1.5 km, after that 4WD for the remainder of the 28.5 km self-guided drive. • Reserve may be closed after rain.

Please ask at the Charleville Visitor Information Centre, situated in the Charleville Railway Station, for directions and road conditions and pick up a brochure.

• Camping not permitted. • Pets only on a leash. Please enjoy your time at the Charleville Botanic Reserve and respect this special place by keeping to the marked tracks and taking your rubbish home. Mobile reception is not available at the reserve.

WARREGO RIVER WALK

Wander along Charleville’s Warrego River Walk beside the northernmost tributary of the Darling River.

Warrego means ‘river of sand’ in the Aboriginal language and the walk was designed by the local Indigenous Bidjara people. The pathway known as ‘Wadyanana’ means ‘I’ll be walking around somewhere else when he comes’.

Along the path you can read a sign about Mundagudda, the Rainbow Serpent, see the new and old bridges and view native trees and grasses.

GRAHAM ANDREWS PARKLANDS

Whether it’s a quick stopover or a day out, Graham Andrews Parklands is always a great place to stop, relax and stretch the legs.

Within this award-winning peaceful pretty park there is much to see and do. Stroll the pathways and read about 18 different species of Outback Trees along the native Outback Timber Walk (see page 26 - 27), feed the ducks, see the rustic sculptures, pause a moment up high on the big Red Chair then view the Steiger Vortex Rainmaking Guns, which were fired under a suitably cloudy sky in the hope of breaking the drought in 1902. Try your hand at Disc Golf (discs available for hire at the Charleville Visitor Information Centre). Dawn and dusk are great time for birdos to see and hear the variety of birds that visit or call the parkland home. Along with the ducks the list of birds is growing and some you are likely to see include galahs, red rump parrots, a variety of finches and wrens along with sulphur crested cockatoos.

There’s an adventure playground and many amenities including two filtered refrigerated watering stations. Plenty of parking for caravans and camper trailers. Enjoy this magnificent parkland.

Did you know?

The Warrego is one of the few rivers where silver perch breed naturally.

It is an easy 1.4 km one-way walk starting Wills Street to Gowrie Crossing.