Cocoparra National Park, NSW: Walks, wildlife and camping

Things to do in Cocoparra National Park, NSW, include camping at Woolshed Flat, the Jacks Creek walk and spotting kangaroos while climbing Mount Brogden.

Cocoparra National Park is a low key national park in the Riverina region of New South Wales. This Riverina national park is about half an hour’s drive from Griffith, and easily accessible from Yenda, Goolgowi or Ardlethan.

Cocoparra National Park is a peaceful place, best used for bushwalking, birdwatching and camping. Conditions can get uncomfortably hot in summer, so aim for autumn, winter or spring.

Cocoparra National Park near Griffith, New South Wales. Photo courtesy of Destination NSW.

Cocoparra National Park: Camping at Woolshed Flat

The northern entry point to Cocoparra National Park brings you to the Woolshed Falls Track, Woolshed Flat campground and Pines picnic area.

The Woolshed Falls walking track is a short, kid-friendly one. There’s a decent chance of seeing birds or wallabies along the walk, but your chances of seeing the waterfall flowing are pretty slim. Woolshed Falls only flows after heavy rain. But you still get great views over the rugged rocks, which often have orchids growing on them. If staying overnight, there are toilets and barbecue facilities at the Woolshed Flat campground.

Jacks Creek walk in Cocoparra National Park, NSW

There’s a slightly more challenging walk further south. The Jacks Creek loop walk is 2.4km long and should take an hour or so. From the Jacks Creek picnic area, you’ll walk along ridges and through gullies. There are three lookouts taking in the gorge and surrounding landscape. In spring, there’s a carpet of wildflowers, while wallabies often hang out in the rock cave.

Further south, the Spring Hill picnic area is close to the usually-dry Falcon Falls, and the Mount Brogden walking track provides the toughest walk in Cocoparra.

Climbing Mount Brogden near Griffith, NSW

The Mount Brogden walk is a 4.6km return hike, rated Grade 4, largely due to how much time you spend plodding uphill. Nature is the star here, with cypress pines, she-oaks and mallee gums along the way. The view gets more rugged as you climb, and you’ve a good chance of seeing honeyeaters, kangaroos, echidnas and glossy black cockatoos.

From the top, you can take in the Riverina farm land and the trees lining up on either bank of the Murrumbidgee River.

For more information, visit the NSW Parks and Wildlife Service website.

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