Urunga, NSW.

The Urunga Lagoon section of Urunga Boardwalk.

There are two caravan parks at Urunga, both of which have good reputations. We wanted to explore the Urunga Boardwalk so we choose to stay at the Reflections Holiday Park which is right in front of the boardwalk. We joined the free Reflections loyalty program and got our site for a very cheap price. We choose a lovely unpowered site overlooking the Kalang River.

Camping at Reflections Holiday Park, Urunga.

Impressive camp kitchen in the caravan park.

The Urunga Boardwalk is a Grade 1 walk as it's entire length is wheelchair accessible. The main boardwalk is about one kilometer long and extends east, through a section of Ballinger Heads State Park, to the ocean. There is also a side extension that is 260 meters long and heads south into Urunga Lagoon. The walk is very scenic and dogs on leash are allowed.

The start of the Urunga Boardwalk.

Continuing along the Urunga Boardwalk.

Fishing on the Ballinger River.

Continuing along the Urunga Boardwalk.

A lookout along the boardwalk.

Continuing along the Urunga Boardwalk.

Looking south towards Nambucca Heads at the end of the boardwalk.

We thoroughly enjoyed walking along the boardwalk at different times of the day. Being late May the nights were cold but we still braved an early morning walk starting in the dark to see the sun rise.

Pre-dawn wake up.

Dawn on the boardwalk.

Sunrise from the end of the boardwalk.

Winter Sunrise.

It was so cold at sunrise that my eyes were watering.

Sunrise glow returning to the caravan park.

One of the things we loved about the boardwalk was that the waters surrounding it were teaming with life. We saw large numbers of Bream, Luderick and Mullet. As well as a few stingrays.

Stingray without a tail.

Bream alongside the boardwalk.

Mullet.

Luderick.

From the boardwalk on the landward side we could see Eastern Grey Kangaroos. There were also large numbers of Swamp Tiger Butterflies present.

Eastern Grey Kangaroo.

Swamp Tiger.

From the boardwalk we saw a Black-shouldered Kite and a family of Brown Quail as well as a variety of both bush and water birds.

Black-shouldered Kite.

We think the Urunga Boardwalk is one of Australia's best kept secrets and look forward to visiting Urunga again one day.


Wildlife in May 2019: Eastern Grey Kangaroos, Swamp Tiger Butterflies, Stingrays, Bream, Luderick, Mullet. Birdlist: Black-shouldered Kite, Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, Pied Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Little Cormorant, Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike, Australian Wood Duck, Little Egret, White-faced Heron, Australian White Ibis, Rainbow Lorikeet, Scaly-breasted Lorikeet, Australian Magpie, Masked Lapwing, Noisy Miner, Australian Pelican, Crested Pigeon, Silver Gull, Welcome Swallow, Crested Tern, Brown Quail, Willie Wagtail.