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Things to do
Camping and accommodation
Camping
Camping is permitted beside Four Mile Waterhole. No facilities are provided.
Camping permits are required and fees apply.
- Find out more about camping in Forest Den National Park.
- Book your camp site online.
- If you cannot book online, see camping bookings for other options.
- See more general information about camping in national parks.
Other accommodation
There is a range of accommodation available in and around Longreach and Aramac. See tourism information links for further information.
Walking
The park has no formed walking tracks but you can wander around the creeks and waterholes. As Forest Den is relatively quiet and the terrain is gentle, the road is also suitable for walking.
- When walking, wear sun protection and sturdy shoes, carry plenty of water, and follow other safety advice.
Driving
Follow the winding channels of Torrens and Paradise creeks on the track to Four Mile Waterhole, occasionally looking out across Mitchell grass plains. For your best chance to see Forest Den’s wildlife, drive slowly and go in either the early morning or evening.
- Please practise low impact driving in Forest Den National Park.
Forest Den's Four Mile Waterhole is the only site accessible by car (four-wheel-drive vehicles only). All other tracks within the park are closed to public access.
Viewing wildlife
- Species lists are available from the Queensland Government's request a species list page.
Animals
The cooler hours of dusk and dawn are the best times to observe birds and other wildlife as they come to drink at the waterholes. Whistling kites, brown falcons, and waterbirds including white ibis, royal spoonbills, darters, Pacific herons, egrets, blue-winged kookaburras and rufous-throated honeyeaters nest by the waterholes. You may also see squatter pigeons hiding in the grass. At night watch for sugar gliders and brushtail possums in the trees, or Beccari's freetail bats skimming over water.
Plants
River red gums and coolibahs line the river channels and floodplains, while river teatrees flourish beside deeper waterholes. Other woodland species such as Reid River box, ironwood, beefwood and bauhinia occur on the sandy 'patchy plains' in the park's western sections. These trees create habitat for a range of fascinating wildlife.
- There are currently no park alerts for this park.