Barrington Tops, NSW

[Pliskin]

For a while I wanted to visit Barrington tops National park. But the distance prevented me from doing it in one day. Solution was to camp the night
there. After few days of planning what to carry and checking google maps, exploroz.com to where I wanted to go I was ready for the trip. I also
wanted to do it before school holidays which starts very soon. :wink:

In the distance Barrington Tops can be seen.




Temperature was very pleasant around 26c (78.8f)


No vodafone coverage here.




Map of different camp spots.


This is Manning river on its journey to Pacific Ocean. Also my camp site for the night.


Early morning of 2nd day. What I learned is no matter how much you think you are prepared some things will still suprise you, like how cold it gets
here during the night. I packed and started my second day of exploration through the mountain.


I came across few acres of pine trees which was planted in 1970. They had different varieties of pine trees. Some planted even before 1970.


Pine trees. Once you walk inside it doesn't feel like you are on earth but rather on different planet. It was very cool. Perfect spot for picnic.


More pine trees


This is where forest boundary ends.


Looking behind the gate




From here you can continue through upper hunter shire, but I turned around.


But not before i checked this Lookout not far from that gate. Unfortunately visibility wasn't that good. There were some big fires around Forster
few days earlier.


Polblue Swamp


It covers a big area.


Early explorers.


Saw this shrub with white flowers, near swamp area.


Walking track that goes all around the swamp.


Another map that shows how big is Barrington Tops. 32.0528° S, 151.4936° E


1510 meters (4954 feet) in elevation. Air is superb on this mountain.


Main road through the forest. It looks smooth but far from it. There are many other tracks for 4wd and bush walking tracks throughout the mountain.


This was another road to a campground i wanted to check. It was very rocky and it's 4wd only. I was bouncing all over the road. On this road to the
camp i saw one Bramby and one Dingo, but they were too fast for my camera.


Very colourful flowers.


Arriving at the camp site. Only basic facilities no water. Coming to Barrington Tops you basically have to bring everything with you. That day I visited
few camp sites and didn't see anybody camping. But where i camped there were few people. But very soon this place will have more visitors.


This is Thunderbolts lookout. It was very memorable experience. Definitely a place to see if you are in this area.