Kyogle
Attractive township on the Upper Richmond River.
Kyogle is located 758 km north of Sydney, 32 km north of
Casino and 60 metres above sea level on the Richmond River
at the base of the Fairy Mountain. In recent times this
pleasant town has been promoted as 'The Gateway to the
Rainforests'. This claim is justified as it is surrounded by
one of the largest remaining areas of rainforest in the
state and the town boasts an annual rainfall of 1118mm.
Prior to European settlement the area around Kyogle was
home to the Bundjalung Aborigines. It is claimed that the
Bundjalung word 'kaiou-gal' means 'the place of the bush
turkey or bustard'. It is said that the first European use
of the word occurred when a nearby cattle station was named
Kaiou-gal Station.
The first European into the area was Sir John Jamieson
who established the Richmond Head run. When he died the
property was purchased by two Irishmen, Charles Fawcett and
Henry Mayne, who renamed the property Fairy Mount. It
covered 30,720 acres.
Reaching the area in 1844 Oliver Fry, the Commissioner
for Crown Lands, remarked: 'No country ever came from the
hand of its creator more eminently qualified to be the abode
of a thriving and numerous population than the one of which
I speak'. Similar enthusiasm was expressed by other early
settlers. The area was settled through the 1840s and 1850s
with only a small number of large holdings occupying the
Upper Richmond Valley. Although these early settlers were
farmers by the 1860s cedar cutters had moved in and were
working their way through the district's rich rainforests.
From the 1860s until the 1890s the dominant industry was
cedar cutting. When it died out hoop pine took over with the
region becoming an important supplier of plywoods. Today
North Coast Plywoods is the state's largest provider of
veneer timbers.
The town of Kyogle did not develop until the very end of
the 19th century. The first use of the word 'Kyogle' to
refer to the settlement occurred as late as 1899. The town
was surveyed, subdivided and sold in 1903-1904. Immediately
the economic base was changed as dairy farmers moved in. A
butter factory was established in 1905 and by 1950 there
were 523 dairies in the district. The railway arrived from
Casino in 1910 but the complex Border Loop, with its
circular viaduct, meant that it did not cross the mountains
and reach Brisbane until 1930.
Today Kyogle is sustained by the local timber industry.
North Coast Plywood Products are an important local employer
as are the rich timber forests around the town. The Kyogle
Fairymount Festival is held each July.
Things to see:
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Kyogle Botanical Gardens
Located on the banks of Fawcetts Creek the Kyogle Botanical
Gardens have a pleasant mixture of formal gardens and
revegetated creek environments as well as paths and
bikeways.
Lake Harrison
Located on the Geneva Road to the west of the town centre,
Lake Harrison has a number of pleasant picnic spots and has
swans and ducks which are always eager to be fed. It is
popular with sailing vessels and water skiers.
Captain Cook Memorial Lookout
Located on the top of Fairy Mountain (turn off Summerland
Way opposite the hospital into Rous Street and then follow
Fairy Street around into Mount Street) this lookout offers
excellent views over the town and the surrounding
countryside.
Toonumber National Park
Toonumber National Park is located about 35 km west of
Kyogle.Follow the Summerland Way out of town heading west.
This is a significant World Heritage Area of 5750 hectares.
It contains two World Heritage-listed rainforests - the
Murray Scrub and Dome Mountain Forest. The region is
characterised by remnant volcanic forms - Mount Lindesay,
Dome Mountain and Edinburgh Castle. The combination of rich
volcanic soils and high subtropical rainfall means that the
park contains over 400 species of flowering plant. This is
the home to the booyong tree, strangler fig, Moreton Bay
fig, hoop pine, giant stinging tree, flame tree and
rosewood. It is also a habitat for over 100 species of birds
and has numbers of rare animals including the tiger quoll,
Coxen's fig parrot and Albert's lyrebird. The Murray Scrub
Walking Track, where it is possible to see hundreds of
strangler figs, starts just south of the Iron Pot Creek
crossing. The walk lasts for about half an hour.
Toonumber Dam
Located 31 km west of Kyogle the dam is notable because it
is built from earth and rocks. It was opened in 1972 and
dams the waters of Iron Pot Creek. Near the dam wall there
are pleasant picnic facilities including barbecue sites,
picnic tables and there are places where boats can be
launched on the dam. A few kilometres away is the Toonumber
Pine Forest with its lookout which offers visitors views
across the Upper Richmond Valley and into Queensland. If you
have a large group it is possible to book the Toonumber
Waters Retreat, a recreation and conference centre. Contact
(02) 6633 9135.
Border Loop
Located only 1 km from the Cougal Siding (it is marked on
the Lions Tourist Road from Kyogle to Beaudesert) this loop,
like the Zigzag railway at Lithgow, is a method of getting
trains across the Macpherson Range. It has an unusual
circular viaduct which gives the trains the height to get
through the mountains. There are picnic facilities at the
Loop Lookout.
Richmond Range National Park
Located 40 km west of Kyogle via Afterlee Road, Toonumber
Dam and Oaky Creek Road, the Richmond Range National Park is
ideal for camping, bushwalking, birdwatching, photography.
It has picnic tables, barbecues and there are three walking
tracks all of which start at the rest area. There is a very
easy ten minute walking loop, a 2 km rainforest track and a
6 km hike to the Culmaran Creek Falls. The Richmond Range
National Park includes the rainforests of Cambridge Plateau
which are internationally significant (they are included on
the World Heritage List as part of the 'Central Eastern
Rainforest Reserves of Australia') and include 400 species
of flowering plants as well as brush box, blue gum, flooded
gum, giant stinging trees, hoop pines, strangler figs,
Moreton Bay figs and white booyongs. The fauna in the region
includes spotted-tail quoll, yellow-bellied and squirrel
gliders, brush-tailed phascogale and Albert's lyrebird.
Moore Park Nature Reserve
Located off the Summerland Way near Old Grevillia 26 km
north-west of Kyogle this tiny reserve has the most
important example of black bean rainforest in New South
Wales.
Border Ranges National Park
Border Ranges National Park is a popular and highly scenic
World Heritage Park which incorporates 30 000 ha of
rainforest in an 85-km east-west span along the state
border. It contains an extraordinary array of fauna and
there are numerous walks.
The eastern plateau of the park is traversed by the
excellent 64-km Tweed Range Scenic Drive, a well-maintained
gravel road, suitable for cars and small buses, which mostly
pursues the escarpment edge of the Mt Warning caldera (the
mountain looms prominently to the south), offering
outstanding views. It forms a rough semi-circle which can be
joined from either end. However, it is probably best to take
the Barkers Vale turnoff (signposted) from the
Kyogle-Murwillumbah Rd at Lillian Rock (25 km from Kyogle).
First stop is the Bar Mountain Picnic Area (1000 m above
sea-level), set amidst Antarctic beeches. There are two
walking tracks. Another 3.5 km along the Tweed Drive there
is a roadside stop with a view of Collins Creek Falls which
drop 150 m.
It is less than a kilometre to Blackbutts Picnic Area
which offers excellent views of the Tweed Valley and of Mt
Warning, the remnant magma chamber of an extinct and
enormous volcano which is set amidst a basin formed by the
erosion of the volcano's solidified lava.
7.7 km north of Blackbutts is a 5-minute walk to the
Pinnacle Lookout.
Proceed along Tweed Drive for another 4 km then turn
left. After 4.3 km you can either turn right into a loop
road or left to Forest Tops Camping Area (an overnight site
with an all-weather cooking galley). 1.7 km along the loop
road there are facilities and short loop walks along the
creek. The three-hour walk to Antarctic Beech Picnic Area
also starts here. Alternatively, you can drive along the
loop road for 5 km to the latter destination where there are
more short walks. Another 1.8 km along the loop road is the
Tweed Valley Lookout.
At the next intersection turn right back onto the Tweed
Drive. Further along is the Sheepstation Camping Area set
amidst eucalypt forest. There are more walking trails.
The Drive next reaches a T-intersection. Turn right onto
Symes Road which soon reaches an intersection with the Lions
Road. Turn left and you will eventually reach a
T-intersection with the Summerland Way - the sealed road
which joins Kyogle to Woodenbong.
The central section can be accessed from Lions Rd (4.4 km
of which are unsealed) which turns off the Summerland Way 22
km north of Kyogle en route to Woodenbong.
The western section is remote and only accessible by
experienced, well-supplied walkers with topographic maps.
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