Border Ranges | Brindle
Creek | Lions Road | Mt
Warning | The Pinnacle | Tooloom
Falls | Toonumbar Dam
Scenic Attractions
An
exquisite canvas painted with a rich palette of colours and textures will greet
the visitor to Kyogle's ancient gallery of natural wonders. Trees that have
survived the rigours of evolution, remnants of the Triassic age abound in the
rainforests and around the verdant farmland that fills the Kyogle district. Vast
tracts of timber from the catchment at the source of three major rivers, the
Tweed river to the north, the Richmond river flowing through the centre, and the
Clarence river to the west. Underneath the surface flow hidden rivers and water
systems from which many a farm draw it's life giving water.
Driving through Kyogle's
network of roads affords a variety of vistas, a veritable tapestry of geography,
from deep, lush river plains and a myriad of creeks that feed them, through to
tall timber plantations and dense old forests. Such a drive is punctuated with
townships and small settlements that offer real Australia country flavour and
friendship.
Breath taking views over
the basin of the Tweed Valley, and Mount Warning, it's once volcanic centre, may
be enjoyed from the imposing McPherson (Border) ranges which form the caldera or
rim of the ancient inferno. Pegging one corner is the towering edifice of Mount
Lindsay around which many monolithic outcrops provide a spectacular backdrop to
a scene of expansive beauty.
One significant gateway to
the to the area is over the Lions Road, so named because its construction was
undertaken as a community project by Kyogle's Lions Club, in order to provide a
short, spectacularly scenic route over the McPherson Ranges from the Mount
Lindsay Highway (begins in Beaudesert) in the north following the main
(Sydney-Brisbane Railway) Line and overlooking its `Border Loop' an engineering
masterpiece of earlier times.
Access may be gained
readily from Coolangatta or the Gold coast via Murwillumbah, or through
either Lismore, Casino, Tenterfield, or as mentioned above from Brisbane via
Browns Plains and Beaudesert.
Picnic spots are
generously scattered throughout the region, many adjacent to storybook brooks,
as are camping grounds with approved facilities. Forest tracks lace the hills,
and each village has a local `human encyclopedia' always willing to give a
direction or impart a yarn either of earlier times or what should be seen
to-day. Try the local petrol station, newsagent or post office.
The Kyogle area also draws
people to enjoy to stay and often to live. Perhaps it is it's quiet country
nature - a touch of the uncluttered past; perhaps it is its strong community
spirit evident amongst old settlers and new: whatever it has become known as the
gateway to a World Heritage Wonder.
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