The Needles Walking Track — Gibraltar Range

Mulligans Drive, Gibraltar Range National Park NSW 2370, Australia

Photo: Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source file (Wikimedia Commons) · Trail data: OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL

The Needles Walking Track (~2.86 km one way, about 6 km return) in Gibraltar Range National Park — the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service walk to a lookout over The Needles, six granite columns about 80 m high, listed at 6 km return (2 to 3 hours) and graded Grade 3. It starts at Mulligans Hut, about 50 m from Mulligans campground, reached via Mulligans Drive, about 10 km of unsealed road off the Gwydir Highway, 68 km east of Glen Innes. The track crosses Little Dandahra Creek; keep right at the Pidcocks trail junction. Return the same way. Remote area with little or no phone coverage: tell someone your plans, carry plenty of water and a map. Check in at GPS points to earn ACTIVE Coins. New South Wales walking quest for Active Quests / PUML. Track details: NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service; trail line: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0. Photo: Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons).