Coolah Tops National Park
  Road and Track Distance     
  (Prepared by Roy Cameron, Coolah, June 2000)

The Forest Road is the main road in the Park and runs for a distance of 30.2 kms from the Park entrance to the Breeza Lookout Picnic Area. The entrance to the Park is 32 kms from Coolah.
Forest Road                            The distances along this road are:-

Distance                                                              Location  

0.km   Park Entrance-beginning of Forest Road
0.km   Coolah Tops Road-leading to private property called “Coolah Tops”
3.km  Coxs Creek Fire Trail (3 km walk to Coxs Creek Camping Area)  
3.km   Information Bay
2.3 km 150th Meridian Time Zone (See note 3)
3.1 km  Norfolk Falls Road-Norfolk Falls Picnic Area (TOILETS)
 (There is a developed walking track between Norfolk Falls and Bald Creek Falls- time about 40 minutes one way.)
3.3 km     The Cathedral or Sunset Avenue-(Route of old Telephone line “Old  Tuwinga” property to Brackens Hut.)
3.6 km   Second ramp
3.7 km  Pinnacle Road
Distances along this road are.
Turn off to Coxs Creek Camping Area  and Falls
6.km    (Distance then to Camping Area and  Falls-5.km)
7.km  Grass Tree Car Park  (Walking distance to Grass Trees-7.km)
8.km  Coxs Creek Old Sawmill site-turn off 
9.km    Coxs Creek-Pengillys Crossing 
1.0 km  Barracks Camping Area (TOILETS)
4.0 km  Rocky Creek Falls Parking Area (Short walk to Falls)
4.5 km Racecourse Walking Track (Walking distance to Bundella Track- 3.5 km. Then 2.0 km  to Forest Road)
4.6 km Rocky Creek Crossing 
5.2 km Bundella Walking Track (Walking distance of 4.5 km Racecourse Walking Track and then 2.0 km to Forest Road)
5.6 km        Bundella Lookout 
5.8 km  Pinnacle Lookout Gate (Walking distance to Pinnacle Lookout-2 km  (Walk from near the Pinnacle to the Lava Caves is about 1 km-a walk for the fittest only.)
5.2 km  Hildegarde road Distance along this road are:-
1.3 km    Pines Camping Area (TOILET)
1.3 km Telstra Walking Trail to Norfolk Falls (Walking distance to Norfolk Falls-2.6 km)  
2.1 km  Norfolk Falls Island Creek
2.4 km  Bald Creek Falls Road
3.4 km   Brackens Hut (TOILETS) Bald Creek Falls Road
0 km  Bundar Management Trail
8 km   Bald Creek Crossing
1.0 km     Bald Creek Falls Camping Area (A short walk downstream takes one to the Boulder Falls. There is developed walking track between Norfolk Falls and Bald Creek Falls, time about 40 minutes one way.)
5.2 km Forest Road Gate (This gate is closed when the Forest Road beyond the gate is impassable due  to wet weather, fallen trees etc
8.6 km Bundella Walking Track (Walking distance of 2 km’s to Racecourse Track, then 4.5 km to the Pinnacle Road, see note 5)
10.5 km  Third Ramp
11.6 km Talbragar River Trail (Ring Road)
2.8 km  FOUR WHEEL DRIVE ONLY  Talbragar Falls Picnic Area                                          
 12.1 km   Bundella Creek Track Gate (Private Property)
13.7 km Pigeon Box Trig Track (Most of the track on private property)
14.7 km  Talbragar River Trail (Ring Road) FOUR WHEEL DRIVE ONLY
(Wallaby Creek Track leads off this   trail. Creek and Wallaby Rock are on private property.)
15.1 km  Coolah Shire / Merriwa Shire Boundary
17.0 km  Height Contour of 1220 metres
17.7 km  Cooba Bulga Walking Track (private Property.)
18.3 km Warrumbungle Range, Liverpool Range, Great Dividing Range junction. (Note  the Warrumbungle Range in the Coolah Tops is not to be confused with the Warrumbungle Mountains near Coonabarabran)
21.2 km Cairn of Stones 
21.4 km Old timber hauliers track-almost undefined to Omaleah Cliffs and Lava Rock on private property-for walkers only.
21.9 km  Fourth ramp-(old bed logs only to be seen )
27.0 km Rocky Nob on escarpment
28.2 km Gemini Loop Road (Also referred to as Snow Gum access)
.2 km   Large Snow Gum and circular walk   
.6 km   Snow Pengilly’s Hut
1.6 km Goondee Fire Trail  
28.9 km Fifth ramp (no visible evidence)
29.0 km Gemini Loop Road
1.3 km    Old bus and galley 
1.5 km   Goondee Fire Trail  
30.2 km     Breeza Lookout Picnic Area
30.2 km  Commencement of Jemmys Creek Road FOUR WHEEL DRIVE ONLY 
30.3 km Branch off to Shepherds Peak
31.9 km   Shepherds Peak

Notes:
1. The distance from Coolah to Shepherds Peak is 63.7 kms, ie approx 13/4 hours to 2 hours of travel.
2. The distance from Coolah to the Pinnacle is 41.7 kms.
3. Distance 2.3 km into the Park-150th Meridian Time Zone (Since 1884 the world has been divided into time zones. Generally time zones are one hour wide. Each place within the one time zone keeps the same time. In eastern Australia the standard time is that of the 150th Meridian. That puts us ten Hours ahead of Greenwich, in the U.K. Generally the meridian was down the Centre of the time zone.
4.There is no man-made racecourse in the Park. The racecourse referred to a  natural circular area where trees have not grown-thus resembling a racecourse.
5.  Please notify Roy Cameron, 3 Irwin Street, Coolah of any omissions or errors in the above distances.