Border Loop lookout and picnic area

This has to be one of the best scenic drives I have done. Such a nice quiet picnic area with drop toilets, tables and fire pits.
There is also a loop walk you can do which is about 1.5km and has an old massive fig tree.
Nice to just sit relax and listen to nature whilst having a picnic.
The history of the building of this loop is truly amazing.

A special shout out goes to the Lions Club for the upkeep of this road. Please donate at the NSW/QLD border…….without our help we all wouldn’t be able to experience this spectacular drive.

I enjoyed the visit. Beautiful overlooking the valley. Seat and tables. Drop toilet. Take it easy over the Grids coming from the north. Cars and Motorcycles.

Great little place to stop and have a break! Excellent for a lunch stop with good amenities.

Beautiful views, clean drop toilets as well tables and chairs for a relaxing lunch.

Nice lookout with picnic facilities, good place to stop along Lions Road. View over the historical border railroad loop.

Good spot for a short break. About 400m off the main road. Toilets. Bit of history. Only 2 of these in Australia.

Great view nice picnic area

Look, (pun intended), it's a lookout over a lush green valley. Or, it was green when we visited. But it's more a start and finish point for a hike of the border loop track. If you're in the area, have a look, but I wouldn't make a special trip to see the view.

Fantastic! A very good view. I crossed the border during covid travel restrictions and reached the crossing late in the afternoon. In time to cross though. Nice frienly bloke on duty. The noise in my video is the generator in place to power the barriers and lights. After hours no one is at the crossing but the barriers are pretty effective. Nowadays you would be able to pass through with no problems. Beautiful area of the country ❤ 😍

Wonderful views Drive to this place for the last 20 odd kilometres is spectacular with a winding road crossing flowing creek many times.
There are picnic tables and toilets wood barbeques that you need to bring wood
If you love mountain views, this is a must

A must stop spot on the Lions road. Stunning at sunset!

It is what it is, a lookout over the historic Cougal rail spiral. It's hard to actually see the spiral though, and 99% of rail traffic that uses it does so at night (I am a train driver who uses this line, so my comment is based on fact!) So those going to see the spiral and trains are almost certain to be met with disappointment. There is a "long drop" toilet if you're desperate, picnic tables, shady trees and old iron barbecues that haven't been used in years! The view however, is spectacular and for this reason alone itself is worth the drive. Take a packed lunch, listen to the happy birds sing and breathe un polluted air.

Spectacular lookout over dense rainforest, best viewed when a freight train is present, chugging up the spiral below.

Great little spot to stop! Toilets, parking and plenty of tables!

The start of a few walks or just stop to check out the veiw!

What a wonderful way of seeing this operation of a sprial railway. One of only two in NSW. Great community effort by the Lions clucb to get permission and raise funds for the road. The bush walk loopis also worth the time and effort, there aren't many trains through here.

Great views

Beautiful!
Well worth the drive.

Great day drip out over Lyons road good stop to stretch legs look at the view and relax

Great view and nice walk

Awesome view of a 360° turn off a railway whilst climbing 20m of elevation around a small hill. Very significant in Australian railways.