Wambelong Nature Track and Burbie Canyon Walk, Warrumbungle National Park, NSW.

Walking in Warrumbungle National Park is free, however, there is a daily park entry fee of $8 per vehicle. No pets or smoking is allowed. Rock climbing is permitted everywhere except the Breadknife and Chalkers Mountain, however, you must register at the visitor centre if you are intending to rock climb.

Due to the iconic status of the Breadknife and Grand High Tops Walk I have covered it in a separate blog.

Canyon Picnic Area

Wambelong Nature Walking Track: 1 km Loop, Grade 3:

The one kilometer loop walk starts and finishes in Canyon Picnic Area however, the walk can be extended as it has a linking track to Camp Blackman and can be further linked to the Visitor Information Centre.

There were plenty of birds in the picnic area despite the dry conditions.

Red-capped Robin

White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike

Laughing Kookaburra

We did the walk clockwise from the Picnic Area. The trail climbs over a granite dome before descending to Wambelong Creek. Sadly, the creek was completely dry when we were there.

Granite section of the Wambelong Nature Trail

Descending to the dry creek bed.

View of Split Rock.

Crossing the very dry Wambelong Creek.

The track goes past an interesting rock that is a good example of columnar jointing. There was an informative sign at the base of the rock explaining that columnar jointing is caused "when lava flow cools inwards from the top".

Columnar jointing.

We crossed over the dry bed of Wambelong Creek and past a dry waterfall before arriving back at the Canyon Picnic Area.

Wambelong Creek.

We saw lots of White-plumed Honeyeaters along the walk and the ever present White's Skinks.

White-plumed Honeyeater.

White's Skink.

Burbie Canyon Walking Track: 2 km return, Grade 3:

The walk leaves from the Burbie Canyon Car Park on John Renshaw Parkway. Rather than walking one kilometer along the canyon and returning the same way we made a circuit of the walk by turning left at the end of the canyon onto the Burbie Fire Trail and walked to Split Rock Picnic Area and then left back along the short section of road to Burbie Canyon Car Park. At a guess the loop we walked would be about 3.5 km.

Burbie Canyon Walk

Burbie Canyon.

We saw lots of Rufous Whistlers and several Red-necked Wallabies; one of which is the biggest Red-necked Wallaby we have ever seen.

Rufous Whistler

Enormous Red-necked Wallaby.

Burbie Fire Trail.

Split Rock