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Turn left at the Maitland and Finch Street intersection, continue along Finch Street to the T intersection facing the Bingara Showground, turn right, continue for half a kilometre (keeping the golf course on the right), turn left onto the Gravesend Road, this is the north western edge of town.
Continue 8 kilometres to a double iron gate on the right. A sign reads ‘please shut this gate’. Enter and cross a creek after 100 metres. Walk or drive for 200 metres, to the Gwydir River. There is a mixture of Ti Tree, Wattle and River Gums.
Back on the Gravesend Road, continue for 10 kilometres past creeks, some with water holes, to the Eulowrie - Narrabri turn off and turn left. Follow this road south for the next 16 kilometres. It passes through cleared grazing land, note clumps of Wilgas, White Box, Silver Leaved Ironbark and Pine.
At the T junction of Pallal and Eulowrie Roads, turn right for a look at the nearby Pallal Creek, return to the Pallal and Eulowrie intersection heading east where for 1.6 kilometres the road passes through a Silver Leaved Iroanbark woodland.
This unfenced land belongs to Austin Mack of ‘Pallal’, you are welcome to enter this area but a phone call to Mr Mack (67247126) would be appreciated. Note the Ironbark Woodlands sign about 600 metres from the junction. Walk to the creek on your left.
After leaving the Ironbark Woodland travel along the Pallal Road for 10.4 kilometres to the Bingara - Narrabri Road intersection. Turn left to return to Bingara. This road crosses over part of the rugged Nandewar Range. What was Australia’s third largest diamond mine is hidden away to the north of the road. Scrub Turkeys are seen in this area.
Then head back towards town stopping at the Bingara Common.
Note: The Bingara Common is a Travelling Stock Reserve 2.1 kilometres west of town on the Narrabri Road. Entry is 2 Kilometres from the Bingara information centre through a silver gate on the left hand side, please close this gate at all times. Park at the old cattle yards 100 metres from the gate or follow the bush track for 400 metres to a fork. A large variety of birds have been seen among the Wilgas, Pines and the tall Ti Tree scrub growing along the creek. A half hour walk upstream over rocky patches leads to a deep rock pool at the base of a waterfall, which flows after heavy rain.
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