Tooloom: Heritage and Nature

Tooloom combines local heritage with nature and landscape attractions in the surrounding area. When planning your trip, you can distinguish between the local connection and experiences in the surrounding area. When looking for a hotel in Tooloom, consider which of these focuses suits your trip. Tooloom lookout is in Koreelah, and Tooloom picnic area is in Upper Tooloom; both are in the vicinity of Tooloom. Tooloom Goldfields is associated with the town itself. Use these location details to distinguish the local heritage connection from nature destinations in the surrounding area and plan your outings accordingly.

Heritage in Tooloom

Tooloom Goldfields is listed as a local heritage site in Tooloom. Tooloom Goldfields is a local heritage site in Tooloom; rainforest, birdwatching and views, by contrast, are features of the surrounding area.

Rainforest and birdwatching

In the vicinity of Tooloom, the short, easy Tooloom walking track leads deeper into the lush rainforest of Tooloom Scrub. Tooloom Scrub is part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area. Tooloom National Park protects a subtropical rainforest called Tooloom Scrub. The short, easy track passes through the protected subtropical Tooloom Scrub, which is part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area.

The Tooloom walking track is also suitable for birdwatching. With a bit of luck, you may spot the endangered Coxen’s fig-parrot there. At 15 to 16 centimetres long, it is one of Australia’s smallest parrots. A sighting is possible but not guaranteed.

Views and picnic area

In Koreelah, in the vicinity of Tooloom, Tooloom lookout offers expansive views of the deep-green canopy of the World Heritage-listed Tooloom Scrub, as well as westward across farmland and wooded hills. From Tooloom lookout, you can look out over the rainforest canopy, farmland and wooded hills; the Tooloom walking track, by contrast, leads through the rainforest and offers opportunities for birdwatching.

Tooloom picnic area is in Upper Tooloom, in the vicinity of Tooloom. It has barbecue, parking and picnic facilities. People with access needs are welcome; check details with the venue or organiser, as facilities and access conditions may change. Tooloom lookout can be reached from Tooloom picnic area. The picnic facilities offer a place to take a break during your outing.

For choosing a nature focus, the distinction is practical: the short, easy track leads through rainforest and is suitable for birdwatching; the lookout offers expansive views of forest, farmland and wooded hills. The lookout can be reached from the picnic area, where picnic, barbecue and parking facilities are available.

For the broader travel overview: Kyogle Council.