Walks from Illaroo Campground, Yuraygir National Park, NSW.

Most of the walks leave from the Illaroo South Picnic Area which is at the southern end of Illaroo South Campground.

Angophora Grove Walk, Grade 3, 1.2 km return.
This walk is a short section of the Yuraygir Coastal Walk and passes Rocky Point Campground. Keen walkers can contine on through Minnie Water to Wooli which is a Grade 4 track, 14 km one way.

Coastal views on the Angophora Walk

The Angophora Grove Walk links to the Minnie Water Village track which makes a nice circuit walk.

Sivereye

Rocky Point Campground 180m, 260m return.
Rocky Point Campground is a walk-in campground just south of Illaroo South Campground. A 130m walk from the car park didn't sound like much so I was keen to have a look. I soon discovered that much of the distance to the campground was up hill which made it a less attractive option to lug camping gear to the site. There are no facilities at the site and fires are not allowed. It would seem that this campsite is aimed at through hikers doing the Yuraygir Coastal Walk.

Steps to Rocky Point Campsite.

Rocky Point Campsite

Minnie Water Village. Grade 3, 1.76 km return.
This is a hand, easy walk that links the campgrounds to the village of Minnie Water. We found this to be an attractive walk through wallum heath. There were a variety of Banksia species and abuntant birdlife.

Minnie Water Village Walk

Banksia ericifolia

Banksia aemula

Eastern Spinebill

Common Crow Butterfly

Yuraygir Coastal Walk north to Sandon.
We were keen to walk north from the campground to Sandon. We had some difficulty locating the walking track. We explored Illaroo Campground North and the Group Camping Areas looking for a trail-head to no avail. Eventually we walked down to the beach and started walking north. Four wheel driving is not allowed in front of the campgrounds at Illaroo but just north of the campgrounds there is a beach access point for four wheel drives and they can drive along the beach, at low tide, to Sandon. A NSW vehicle pass is required to drive on the beach. Shortly after passing the beach access point we saw the familiar sign posts for the Yuraygir Coastal Walk so we walked back into the dunes and followed the track past a locked gate.  Walkers can freely access the track but only Sandon residents and authorised vehicles can unlock the gate.

4WD entry to the beach.

Coastal walk to Sandon from Illaroo.

We were a bit disapointed that this section of the Yuraygir Coastal Walk was really just a sandy four wheek drive road with limited views of the beach and kilometer after kilometer, the deep sandy ruts were a challenge to walk on. Sections of the coastal walk that we have done before were dedicated walking tracks along the edge of the coast with beautiful vistas. Infamously, in the past, I was so busy enjoying the view from the section between Angourie and Shelly Beach that I tripped and dislocated my finger. 

We returned the way we had come and descended back to the beach.

Returning from the walk.

Brahminy Kite.

Surfing is popular in front of Illaroo Campgrounds.