The vast Border Ranges National Park covers 317 sq km on the NSW side of the McPherson Range, which runs along the NSW–Queensland border. It's part of the Gondwana Rainforests World Heritage Area and it's estimated that representatives of a quarter of all bird species in Australia can be found here.
The eastern section of the park can be explored on the 44km Tweed Range Scenic Drive (gravel and usable in dry weather), which loops through the park from Lillian Rock (midway between Uki and Kyogle) to Wiangaree (north of Kyogle on Summerland Way). The signposting on access roads isn’t good (when in doubt take roads signposted to the national park), but it’s well worth the effort.
The road runs through mountain rainforest, with steep hills and lookouts over the Tweed Valley to Wollumbin Mt Warning and the coast. The short walk out to the Pinnacle Lookout is a highlight and one of the best places to see the silhouette of Wollumbin against a rising sun. At Antarctic Beech there is a forest of 2000-year-old beech trees. From here, a walking track (about 5km) leads down to lush rainforest, swimming holes and a picnic area at Brindle Creek .
