The long-awaited reopening of one of Australia's most scenic mountain trails could happen sooner than expected, advocates say. For the past six years, Mount Warning – also known as Wollumbin – near Murwillumbah in the NSW Northern Rivers has been closed to the public after what began as a 'temporary' shutdown during the Covid pandemic in 2020. After what it described as 'careful' consideration, the NSW government announced in December that the iconic tourist and hiking destination would reopen. He will also lobby for Mount Warning to be reopened sooner. Once visited by 120,000 visitors every year, Mount Warning is the highest peak at Australia's most easterly point and is the first part of the nation to get sunlight.

Source: Daily Mail February 12, 2026 11:57 UTC