NAMADGI National Park’s Orroral Valley will reopen at the weekend following the bushfire and flooding events in 2020 that damaged Rocky Crossing and other infrastructure.

The bushfires in 2020 burnt more than 80 per cent of Namadgi National Park, which was followed by intense rainfall causing significant flood damage across the fireground, destroying Rocky Crossing amongst the 86,000 hectares of land impacted from the bushfires.

The following areas will be accessible via vehicles from 8am on Saturday:

• The Orroral River Picnic Area
• Nursery Swamp Walking Track
• Orroral Homestead car park,
• Orroral Tracking Station
• Orroral Heritage WalkHeritage Walk
• Granite Tors Walking Track, including the Geodetic Dome

Orroral Campground will remain closed until further notice while the amenities block is upgraded. Amenities are available at the day-use area adjacent to the campground and at the Orroral Valley Tracking Station.

The Yankee Hat rock art site remains closed while work is conducted to finalise upgrade plans and designs with the Ngunnawal community.