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.

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.

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

[4] Clement Hodgkinson was the first European to explore the area in March 1841.