Gondwana-era rainforest walk to draw ecotourists to Dorrigo National Park in $56-million investment

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A four-day walking track featuring three suspension bridges over World Heritage-listed New South Wales rainforest is set to put Dorrigo firmly on the global tourism map.

A four-day walking track featuring three suspension bridges over World Heritage-listed rainforest is set to put the New South Wales town of Dorrigo on the bucket list for ecotourists.

It will include a 46-kilometre walking track, as well as walker's hut precincts, new camping areas, three suspension bridges and a new Arc Rainforest Centre."It will not just create over 250 jobs, but will bring people from all over the world to visit our world class site.The Dorrigo Escarpment Great Walk will feature huts similar to this one in Tasmania's south-west.

NSW Environment Minister James Griffin said the project was part of the largest ever capital investment program in the state's national parks."We'll be happily tempting domestic and international tourists away from Queensland."

 

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