Next on our wish list was the Warrumbungle National Park
located near Coonabarabran and this is another one of those “wow” places with
beautiful rugged mountain scenery and plenty of walking tracks.
In January 2013, 90 percent of the national park was
destroyed by a major bush fire which also destroyed most of the infrastructure
including the visitor information centre, staff accommodation, walking tracks,
camping areas including most of the parks loos along with the loss of the flora
and fauna. A very short time later this was followed by major flooding where a
large amount of the top soil was washed away.
Due to the extent of damage sustained from the fire and
flooding it was categorized as a 1 in a 10,000 year event.
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| One of many peaks with burnt tree skeletons in foreground |
It was quite interesting to view the different stages of
regeneration of the flora in amongst the burnt trees which were so prevalent.
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| Look no sticks for added balance |
Hundreds of bird boxes had been placed in amongst the
burnt trees providing accommodation to attract the return of the birds. We saw
plenty of kangaroos, one goanna, crows, one king parrot, apostle and noisy
minor birds, while participating in some to the walks around the national park.
Of interest we only saw one kookaburra in comparison of our regular kookaburra sightings.
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| Great walks amongst beautiful scenery |
This was such an attractive place that we stretched our
stay out again.
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