About the Shire
The natural beauty of the Shire is quite breathtaking. The Shire is home to the magnificent Macleay Gorges and boasts some 205,000 hectares of dedicated national park, wilderness and state forest. Parts of our Werrikimbe National Park are World Heritage listed.
The Shire is also a well known trout fishing mecca, boasting some 1,500 km of trout streams which are a home to Rainbow and Brown trout. The township of Walcha is 1,067 metres above sea level, with one of the highest point in the district being at "The Flags" (42 kilometres south of Walcha) which is 1,400 metres above sea level. The highest point is in the Riamukka area, 38 kilometres south of Walcha, where the Grundy Trig Station and the Grundy Fire Tower are situated which is recorded as 1,463 metres. The Shire covers an area of 640,028 hectares (2,475 square miles/6,400 square kilometres). The population of the Shire is approximately 3,224 (Census 2016) which includes approximately 1,700 in the Town of Walcha.
