Parking
Use the roadside pull-off at the northern Pimple Track access on Ellmoos Road. Exact bay capacity and facilities are unconfirmed.
Overview
About Pimple Track
Why go
- A direct bush-track approach to a long, south-facing surf beach.
- Very little climbing over the 2 km each-way route.
Heads up
- You retrace the full track to return to the roadside.
Pimple Track is a 1.98 km one-way bush track from roadside access on Ellmoos Road to Bherwerre Beach. For the usual car-based walk, turn around at the shore and retrace the route: that makes a 4 km (2.46-mile) out-and-back. Allow about 1½ hours for the walk, then add beach time. There is little climbing; the last stretch gets sandy as it reaches the shore.
Parkwolf’s verdictThe beach is the payoffMap & elevation
The route
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Safety
3 active Booderee alerts
- CautionH5 avian influenza detectedH5 avian influenza (bird flu) has been detected in a greater crested tern in Booderee National Park; the park remains open, but visitors must avoid contact with sick or dead wildlife.Official details
- ClosureIluka Beach access closedIluka Beach day-use area and beach-access staircase are closed while repair works are carried out, leaving Iluka Beach inaccessible via the beach track.Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Booderee Tour Guide
Your drive to Pimple Track, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Booderee National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
Recorded for this trailhead
Pimple Track to Bherwerre Beach0:00 / 0:22
“You're coming up on Pimple Track's roadside start, for a bush walk to Bherwerre Beach. Allow about an hour and a half for the four-kilometre return, plus beach time; there's little climbing, with sand near the shore.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf Booderee Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Shelter Between the Burned Patches
- Why the Sand Is Pale
- Who Scribbled on the Gums?
- Cave Beach: Surf and Shoreline Caves
- 23 audio storiesacross Booderee’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Grey Kangaroo, Echidna, Red-necked Wallaby, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 14 trails, 33 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
“Fantastic app with many points of information… It’s great to just turn on while you’re driving and it gives you an audio tour of the national Park. We love it!!!!”
Trail guide
Hiking Pimple Track
The track downFrom the roadside access, the unsealed track runs south through bush toward the ocean.
From the roadside access, the unsealed track runs south through bush toward the ocean. It descends gently from the road and has a few small rises, but no big climb. The walk is straightforward in shape: this is the Pimple Track to the beach and back, not a loop or the separate Cave Beach route.
Make the access workThe start is a roadside pull-off on Ellmoos Road; its capacity and facilities are not…
The start is a roadside pull-off on Ellmoos Road; its capacity and facilities are not confirmed, so bring water and anything else you need. Bherwerre is a long, south-facing surf beach, and there are no lifeguards on Booderee’s beaches. For a beach photo, frame down the shoreline from the sand to show its length. If you are already at Cave Beach, a different park path reaches Bherwerre in 900 m one way. Drivers need a Booderee vehicle pass; entry on foot or by bicycle is free. Pets are not permitted in the park.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Booderee
202 sightingsGrey KangarooMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
26 sightingsEchidnaMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
16 sightingsRed-necked WallabyMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
116 sightingsSwamp WallabyMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
93 sightingsKookaburraMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
22 sightingsYellow-tailed Black CockatooMost seen around 5 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Booderee. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
