Gibraltar Range National Park

Although miners were quick to search this area, the rugged terrain and poor soils meant European settlers came quite late.
On Gibraltar Range in the 1860s there were marginal timber, sheep and cattle enterprises, and a track connecting the coast and the New England Tablelands.
European settlement had started in the 1840s with the cedar-cutters and by the late 1800s gold and tin mining took off, especially along the Mann River. This was when the Old Glen Innes-Grafton Road was built, upgrading the original bullock track to allow regular mail and freight services between the tablelands and the Clarence River port of Grafton.

Gibraltar Range National Park protects relics from tin and gold mining up to the 1930s at Tin Ore Creek, Ruby Creek and Grassy Creek.
From the 1920s onwards William Mulligan, a prominent grazier and mining engineer, promoted building a hydroelectric scheme using water from both branches of Dandahra Creek. He wanted to rework foothill copper deposits, however falling post-war copper prices and changing government policies prevented construction of his private power station. Today you can see where he lived at Mulligans Hut and the two weirs he built nearby.

Anvil Rock walk - length: 4.0km - medium difficulty
This return track takes you past waratahs, grass trees and granite boulders to the base of Anvil Rock. You'll pass swamps that lie between high granite peaks. Some confidence is needed for the final scramble onto Anvil Rock, which has spectacular views. The top rock, the Anvil itself, cannot be climbed.

Source: environment.nsw.gov.au

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