Guide To The River Red Gum Parks Of The Riverina, NSW

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The fire crackles and pops beside me. Soon we will be cooking our evening meal over it and warming ourselves on an Autumn evening under the stars.

The afternoon air is warm and invites me to sit under the canopy of a red gum tree. The breeze, although refreshing, is not enough to shoo the flies away.

Their pestering is not enough to have me wishing I was anywhere else but here, sitting beside the Murrumbidgee River, Australia’s second longest, in The River Red Gum Parks of the Riverina Region in New South Wales.

Why have I never explored this part of the country in Australia before? Why did I think the beach was all that Australia was about and anywhere else was boring?

There is a beauty that is hard to describe in the River Red Gum National Forest. The silence often cannot be heard, not because of the noise of the busy outside world, but because of the laughing kookaburras, and flocks of squawking cockatoos and crows battling for airtime.

If you’re thinking you’d like to take a slice out of this piece of heaven, then keep reading to see how you can visit the River Red Gum National Forest and what to expect from your visit.

Where Are The River Red Gum Parks?

The River Red Gum National Park is a huge area comprising several state parks, reserves, and regional parks in the Riverina area of South West New South Wales.

We visited the park from the town of Narrandera, which is 549 km from Sydney, 428 km from Melbourne, 852 km from Adelaide, and 341km from Canberra.

There is confusion about where the park is, because it is not one park, but many. Consisting of several national parks on the South Australian Border.

River Red Gums can be found on the Murray River, which borders New South Wales with Victoria, and the Murrumbidgee River.

On the Victoria side, they can be found in the Barmah forest of the Barmah National Park (or Barmah-Millewa National Park as it’s known by its traditional owners), as well as in the Millewa forest on the New South Wales border.

Also part of the national park area is the Nyah Vinifera forest, the Lower Goulburn floodplains, and the significant wetlands around the Warby Range-Ovens River, Gunbower, and Hattah–Kulkyne.

They are also part of a small area in the Murray–Sunset National Park, Leaghur State Park, Gadsen Bend, Kings Billabong, and Murray Valley National Park.

About River Red Gum National Forest

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