Middle Brother National Park, also known as Pjurrigan National Park is the Manning Valley's northern-most national park inland from Crowdy Bay National Park. Middle Brother has the biggest tree in NSW (by volume) and has extensive forest roads great for bushwalking, with several picnic spots. Great mountain rainforest gulleys with tree ferns and Bangalow palms.
On the Holiday Coast of New South Wales (NSW), Harrington and Crowdy Head offer family accommodation and activities to suit all tastes. Our restaurants and cafés along the jewel toned waters where the Manning River meets the ocean, and at Crowdy Bay with mountain and headland views, provide beautiful vistas of sand, surf and sun. Just 3˝ hours north of Sydney on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales Australia, Harrington and Crowdy Head are located halfway between Port Macquarie and Taree on the Pacific Highway. The Harrington and Crowdy Head region offers fine national parks, RV and caravan parks, fine hotels and motels, and accommodation for all budgets. We are enjoyed equally by couples, singles and families looking for adventure acitivites and recreation in our beautiful region, with rainforest mountains just 20 minutes inland, and the Crowdy Bay National Park with Diamond Head and Kylie's Lookout just minutes away
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The Three Brothers Mountains are named after three aboriginal brothers, two of whom were slain and eaten by a witch. The youngest brother returning from a visit to his parents killed the witch and buried his brothers' bones on Dooragan (North) and Pjurrigan (Middle), and then killed himself on Birpai (South).The parents searching for their sons heard a voice telling them that each mountain held the spirit of one of their sones, and so the name the "Three Brothers Mountains" was perpetuated in the aboriginal community. This story has been retold by generations in the local Birpai tribe. |
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Below-Left: Typical of the delightful mountain streams along the forest roads, this one forms into the 42-metre Yoorigan Falls at the Falls Forest Retreat, a new rainforest preserve next to Pjurrigan National Park. Below-right: Ferns along the dozens of forest roads |
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Below: The new crosier of a tree fern near Jerry's Creek Road just in the park. A "crosier" is the hooky bit atop a bishop's staff used in church processions, hence the similarity with the new tree fern fronds! |
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Below: In addition to Bangalow palm stands in most gulleys on the south and west faces, some faces of Pjurrigan (Middle Brother) feature mixed grass tree, cycad and tree fern forests |
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With more development and roadworks funded for the future, Pjurrigan will join Coorabakh to the south, and it's sister park Crowdy Bay as one of the mid north coasts' premium national parks. |
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There is no better (or closer) place than Harrington and
Crowdy Head to start your day for some great views from 
Pjurrigan
National Park, also known as Middle Brother National Park is the
northern-most of the national parks in the Manning Valley
region. 
Read the experiences of one National Parks visitor and worker! |
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For more National Parks information on Crowdy Bay National Park, please click here!For maps and more details, contact our region's National Parks and Wildlife Service on (02) 6583 5518. |
Read More About Things to do in Harrington, Places to Stay, and Great Food in the area! |
Please note that provision of roads, trail and location information in no way promotes unsafe activities at any time! Contact National Parks for any questions regarding road condition or any potentially unsafe activities. |
On the Holiday Coast of NSW, Harrington and Crowdy Head offer family accommodation and activities to suit all tastes. Our restaurants and cafés along the jewel toned waters where the Manning River meets the ocean, and at Crowdy Bay with mountain and headland views, provide beautiful vistas of sand, surf and sun. Just 3˝ hours north of Sydney on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales Australia, Harrington and Crowdy Head are located halfway between Port Macquarie and Taree on the Pacific Highway. The Harrington and Crowdy Head region offers fine national parks, RV and caravan parks, fine hotels and motels, and accommodation for all budgets. We are enjoyed equally by couples, singles and families looking for adventure acitivites and recreation in our beautiful region, with rainforest mountains just 20 minutes inland, and the Crowdy Bay National Park with Diamond Head and Kylie's Lookout just minutes away |
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