A place of spectacular extremes, the landscape of Dunggir alternates between sharp ridges of eucalypt forest and deep ravines of rainforest. This harsh geography is a refuge for many threatened animals, including yellow-bellied gliders, powerful owls and the koalas from which the park takes its name. Dunggir means koala in the language of the local Gumbaynggir Aboriginal people.

Picnic areas and walking tracks are still being developed in this new park. In the mean time, you can take a scenic drive to the top of Bowra Sugarloaf Mountain and from Kosekai Lookout you'll enjoy spectacular views of the surrounding forests and all the way to the coast.

Located on the mid north coast of New Soth Wales, the park is approximately 500 km from Sydney. It's about 40 km south-west of Nambucca Heads and 20 km west of Bowraville. You can reach the park with a conventional car in dry weather, but in wet weather only 4WD vehicles are allowed on the unsealed forest roads leading to the park. Approach from the north-east via Buckra Bendinni and Hanging Rock roads, or from the south-east via Taylors Arm and Kosekai roads.

The park's distinguishing feature is its striking landscape, with ridges of eucalypt forests intercepted by deep ravines of rainforest, including subtropical, warm temperate and dry rainforest. The park protects some of the region's remaining old-growth stands and nearly 400 different native plants, including grey ironbark, Nambucca ironbark, blunt wistaria, five-leaved bonewood and rusty plum.