| Bellinger River | |
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Bellinger River Valley |
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| Origin | Great Dividing Range |
| Mouth | Pacific Ocean |
| Basin countries | Australia |
| Basin area | 3,461 km² [1] |
The Bellinger River is a river on the mid north coast of New South Wales. Clement Hodgkinson was the first person to explore the area in March 1841.
Boggy Creek, Woods Creek and Hydes Creek are all tributaries of the Bellinger River. The mouth of the river enters the Pacific Ocean near Repton. The river runs through the village of Thora and town of Bellingen.
Waterfall Way runs along the banks of the Bellinger River and towards the coast the river is crossed by the Pacific Highway.
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.
One of the rarest turtles in Australia, the Bellinger River Emydura, has a restricted distribution in the upper Bellinger River above Thora.[2]