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Tooloom National Park

Tooloom National Park, named for the nearby Tooloom Falls, is only one and a half hours drive from Kyogle and a mere 10 km southwest of Urbenville.

Aboriginal people of the area refer to the spot as Dooloomi, from the Gidabal word for head lice.

Tooloom Scrub within the park is a rainforest community of international significance, containing sub–tropical and dry rainforest species and supporting a great diversity of macropods and other native fauna.

Tree species in the park include forest red gum on the valley floor, extensive stands of black booyong on the plateau and yellow carabeen in smaller protected areas.

Large stands of hoop pine also exist and are thought to be the legacy of wild fires in the early part of this century.

Timber was harvested from Tooloom until as recently as the 1980s.

The highest density of macropods (kangaroos wallabies and their kin) recorded in Australia exists here, including such endangered species as the long nosed potoroo, the rufous bettong, the red legged pademelon and the black striped wallaby. Parts of the park are important sites for scientific research into macropod populations.

There are facilities in the park for picnics, including shelters, barbecues and toilets. Visitors are expected to take their rubbish with them when they leave.

Two short loop walking tracks provide closer access to the rainforest and to Tooloom Lookout.

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