A nature walk high in the Byron and Tweed Shires is included in a list of seven projects to feature in a new state government supported eco tourism promotion campaign.
The Gidjuum Gulganyi Walk connects Mount Jerusalem and Nightcap national parks via a four-day hike in the Tweed/Byron hinterland, with Gidjuum Gulganyi translated from local First Nations language to ‘Old People’s Track’ on the NSW National Parks website.
The track is part of the ‘Find Your Path on a NSW Great Walk’ campaign, which the government says highlights seven ‘spectacular multi-day walks across the state to address the growing interest in nature-based visitor experiences’.
Other walks featured in the campaign launched on Sunday 8 June are the Snowies Alpine Walk in the Snowy Mountains, the Light to Light track along the Sapphire Coast, the Murramarang South Coast Walk, the Tomaree Coastal Walk at Port Stephens, the Grand Cliff Top Walk on the Blue Mountains and the Green Gully Track on the Northern Tablelands.
The tracks combined represent 275km through regional NSW that the government says have been opened to the public in the past two years, encompassing ‘pristine coastline, ancient rainforest and alpine peaks’.
The government says 9.9 million international and domestic visitors to NSW in 2024 visited a national park or state park and spent more than $11.7 billion across the state during their trip.
Recent NPWS data reportedly shows that 23.7 million visits included a walk of up to or more than half a day.
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