Salt Caves Picnic Area and Pilliga Lookout Tower

Pilliga Nature Reserve

Walk up to the Pilliga Forest Lookout Tower and around exploring the Salt Caves. The cave itself is an important Aboriginal site and is an excellent example of shelters used by the traditional Gamilaroi people.

Lookouts
Picnic Facilities
BBQ
Toilets

Getting there

Salt Caves picnic area and the Pilliga Forest lookout tower are in Timmallallie National Park, on the corner of County Line Road and Wellyard Road.

To get there from Baradine:

  • Follow Salt Caves signage from Baradine (unsealed road 2WD accessible, weather permitting)
  • Travel along Indians Lane for approximately 9.5km
  • Turn right at the T junction onto No.1 Break Road and continue for 14.7km
  • Turn left onto Rocky Road and continue for 20.5km
  • Salt Caves picnic area is on your left at the intersection of County line Road and Wellyard Road in Timmallallie National Park.

From Narrabri:

  • Travel south on the Newell Highway for 27km
  • Turn right onto Pilliga Forest Way and travel 41km  (unsealed 2WD accessible, weather permitting)
  • Turn left onto County Line Road and travel 9.5km
  • Salt Caves picnic area is on your right at the intersection of County Line Road and Wellyard Road in Timmallallie National Park.

Route/Trail notes

From the Picnic Area the tower can be seen, caves are below the tower area.

 

GPS Tracks

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Comments

Nice short walk to the dam and then up the tower. The walk up the tower is only short with not too many steps and totally worth the view where you get a really great idea of how big the area is.

Bobbe on Jun, 2024

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