Dorrigo NSW

About Dorrigo

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The town of Dorrigo is located along the Waterfall Way (maplink). We had 3 lovely days staying at the Dorrigo Mountain Holiday Park. There’s plenty of things to see & do in this little town and we will return again some day to explore it further.

Ebor Falls

Stopping off on the way from Armidale to Dorrigo (maplink) we found the Ebor Falls. It’s a beautiful spot, but was severely affected by bushfires in 2020, with the best vantage points destroyed by the fires and still inaccessible.

Dorrigo Caravan Park

The Dorrigo Mountain Holiday Park is a lovely green and well set-out caravan park. The managers were fantastic and the camp kitchen was a great place for the group to meet each afternoon at 4:30 for our briefing and happy hour.

Happy Hour & Jenga

The “Jenga” game came out again for happy hour with lots of laughs all round as the tower grew to unbelievable heights before toppling over with the loudest crash. Colin succeeded on what was the 2nd last attempt but then poor old Phil was subjected to yet another crash of the blocks.

Paul and I took the opportunity of another dark night sky to shoot some night photos above the caravan park. Here’s the result…

Dangar Falls and Griffiths Lookout

You can find the beautiful Danger Falls just 1.8kms north of the Dorrigo township (maplink). There is a brand new viewing platform right next to the car park and then a 500m walk down to the base of the falls.

We then ventured 9kms south (maplink) to check out the Griffiths Lookout. It provides breathtaking views over the Great Dividing Range looking south and east to the coast. You are also met by some cute Jersey cows grazing in front of the viewing area.

Bellingen Market

Bellingen Market is held every on the 3rd Saturday of each month and has over 240 fantastic stalls. It was so lucky that we were in Dorrigo on the week-end the market was on, so it was a drive down the steep and winding Waterfall Way (maplink) to Bellingen to check it out. The drive was also an opportunity for the group to check out the road as we would be towing our caravans down it in a couple of days.

The market is certainly big with a diversity of goods for sale and heaps of homemade food to try. Totally recommend a visit if you are fortunate enough to be in the area on the 3rd Saturday of the month.

Sky View Lookout & Elevated Boardwalk

Another short trip from where we were staying is the Dorrigo Rainforest Centre and after browsing through the centre we took a short stroll out to the Skywalk Lookout. Wow!! the lookout offers superb views over Dorrigo National Park and encompasses Bellinger Valley to the coast.

Arvo tea in the Canopy Café was a treat too. It was so good we came back on our last day in Dorrigo for lunch followed by a stroll down the Lyrebird track to check out the rainforest.