Bellinger River North Arm Bellingen River, North Arm Bellinger River[1]
2009
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
IBRA	NSW North Coast
District	Mid North Coast
Local government area	Bellingen
Physical characteristics
Source	Great Dividing Range
• location	below Point Lookout, near Ebor
• elevation	1,150 m (3,770 ft)
Mouth	Tasman Sea, South Pacific Ocean
• location	east of Urunga
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	109 km (68 mi)
Basin size	1,100 km2 (420 sq mi)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Hydes Creek, Woods Creek (New South Wales), Never Never River
• right	Boggy Creek
National parks	New England NP, Bellinger River NP
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Bellinger River, an open and trained mature wave dominated, barrier estuary,^[3] is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features

Bellinger River rises below Point Lookout within the Great Dividing Range, southeast of Ebor, and flows in a meandering course generally east, joined by four tributaries including Never Never River, before reaching its mouth at the Tasman Sea of the South Pacific Ocean, east of Urunga. The river descends 1,150 metres (3,770 ft) over its 69 kilometres (43 mi) course.^[2]

Parts of the Bellinger River are contained within the Bellinger River National Park and the New England National Park. Other land uses in the valley include livestock grazing and forestry.

Waterfall Way is located adjacent to the middle reaches of the Bellinger River; and towards its mouth, the river is transversed by the Pacific Highway, near Raleigh.

A rare Australian turtle, the Bellinger River snapping turtle (Myuchelys georgesi), has a restricted distribution in the upper Bellinger River above Thora.^[4]

History

Clement Hodgkinson was the first European to explore the area in March 1841.^{[citation needed]}