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National park in New South Wales, Australia
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SE Forest National Park is a national park in the Sapphire Coast region of southeastern New South Wales. It sits in between the Snowy Mountains and the Sapphire Coast, providing a unique blend of coastal and temperate wet rainforests from the Gondwana era.
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It isn't one, but three lookouts, including a boardwalk. It's a 900-m walk from the nearest carpark, and is doable for most people. Be warned that access may be restricted during heavy rain or snowfall.
You see mountains in the distance, but what you'd really be here for is the parks' lush fern forest. There is also a picnic area next to the lookouts, and lyrebirds frequent the area.
Fred Piper Memorial Lookout
A roadside lookout (which makes it one of the more easily accessible lookouts) with great views over the escarpment and valley the lookout sits on. It's right next to a short 500-m boardwalk leading you toward two other lookouts with lush ferns. The road is also perfect to photograph the highway mixing in with the dark green landscape.
Although it is a spacious marked campground, it only has room for 1 campsite (thus not suitable for group bookings). It is close to the 4-km trail around Nunnock Swamp.
The park is huge – and there exactly isn't one entrance to the park, but rather smaller roads leading into various different parts of the park.
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