Overview
About Bungoona Lookout
Why stop
- The smooth concrete path is designed for wheelchairs and prams.
Heads up
- Trees can partly screen the river view.
Map
Where it is
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Royal Tour Guide
Your drive to Bungoona Lookout, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Royal 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.
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Bungoona Lookout and River View“You're coming up on the path to Bungoona Lookout, an easy way to see the Hacking River from above. Allow about half an hour return on a smooth concrete path designed for wheelchairs and prams.”
Plays as you drive up to Bungoona Lookout in the Parkwolf Royal Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
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- A Railway’s Second Life
- Willow Tree Walk to Jersey Spring
- 43 audio storiesacross Royal’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Humpback Whale, White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Koala, and 13 more
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Guide
More about Bungoona Lookout
A short path to a river viewBungoona Lookout is a ridgetop viewpoint above the Hacking River near Audley.
Bungoona Lookout is a ridgetop viewpoint above the Hacking River near Audley. This is a gentle outing rather than a long bushwalk: the concrete path is 0.92 km return, Grade 1, and takes about 30 minutes. It was designed for wheelchairs and prams, making this an easy way to get an elevated view into the river valley.
What the view gives youFrom the lookout, the river curves through thick bush with wooded ridges beyond.
From the lookout, the river curves through thick bush with wooded ridges beyond. Trees screen parts of the outlook, so it can feel more enclosed than the word “panorama” suggests; visitors differ on how impressive the view is. Come for a quiet look over the Hacking River, not a huge open sweep. For a photo, frame the river bend with the green ridges behind it.
Watch the banksiasKeep an eye out for yellow-tailed cockatoos and lorikeets feeding in the banksias.
Keep an eye out for yellow-tailed cockatoos and lorikeets feeding in the banksias. They are not guaranteed sightings, but it is a good reason to slow down on the path and look into the canopy.
Make it an easy stopToilets and picnic tables are listed for the lookout and path. Bring drinking water.
Toilets and picnic tables are listed for the lookout and path. Bring drinking water. Nearby Reids Flat is a separate riverside picnic spot, and Audley has the Boatshed and Dance Hall cafes for a food stop. Dogs are not allowed in NSW national parks, apart from assistance animals in public areas.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Royal
56 sightingsHumpback WhaleMost seen around 11 AMSighting map
70 sightingsWhite-bellied Sea-EagleMost seen around 9 AMSighting map
12 sightingsKoalaMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
34 sightingsJavan RusaMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
70 sightingsShort-beaked EchidnaMost seen around 5 PMSighting map
11 sightingsRed FoxMost seen around 5 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Royal. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
