ushwalks of BPARRAMATTA Burramattagal dah bulwarra-ba-di yenma nura-wa. Nura-nin dah murray duloo garungarung dane Darani bulga wallamedagal be-mul, badu ma-wergal yuu garagarang bundi. Dah nura-ga Guyanayalung. Ngyini bayjah murri murri murray-ga Iyura dutrali; murray-diwa dharug Buruberongal nangami. Wugal yura; Ngyini-bu gubana Yellamundie yibbun-da weeree-ga gitji-ma. Englanda-ra yuu guwuwi butu dullai magung nin yabun-wa bayjah.

Parramatta is a wonderful place to walk, with its diverse natural beauty ranging from Blue Gum- forested hilltops to rainforest gullies, freshwater river flats and saltwater estuaries.

It is a land of antiquity and ancestors. Throughout you can sense 200 million years of geological and evolutionary change and more than 60,000 years of dreaming by our local First Australians, the people.

Walking these tracks will also bring you in contact with Colonial history dating back to European settlement in 1788 as well as a multitude of shifting colours and textures that will enhance your spice of life.

Darug translation by Uncle Richard Green

Please note that the stated walking track times should be viewed as a guide to how long should be allowed to complete each walk, with leisurely walkers taking longer and faster walkers completing the www.discoverparramatta.com same route in a shorter timespan. Settler Walk Length 3.0 km

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Settlers Walk to Northmead

WALK - 3KM, DURATION 2HR 10MIN RETURN Settlers Walk starts near Toongabbie Railway Station and continues to Oakes Road, Winston Hills where it joins the Pemulwuy Loop.

VEGETATION Following the natural creekline through a tract of Cumberland Icon Species: Eastern River Flat Forest, the track winds past majestic Forest Red Gums Long-necked Turtle, (Eucalyptus tereticornis), constant reminders of the height and Chelodina longicollis breadth of the once mighty forests supported by the rich alluvial soils of the area. Nesting hollows in these remnant trees provide shelter for many species of birds, possums and native bees. and Parramatta, the site of a government farm and barracks consisting of mud and slab wood huts for the military and hollow tree HISTORY trunk shelters for the convicts. The traditional lands of the Darug Tooga clan, the expansive wetlands The Hawkesbury Road opened in 1794 linking Parramatta to the (now known as McCoys Basin) once provided a diverse range of Hawkesbury (now ) passing through the town of abundant resources to the First Australians. From 1791 to 1803 the Toongabbie. The construction of the Toongabbie railway siding in land now traversed by the Settlers Walk was progressively cleared, 1860 attracted a new settlement to the current location and Old with , the third Australian mainland settlement after Toongabbie ceased to expand. MOXHAMS ROAD

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Pelmulwuy Loop Walk Length 5.4 km

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Icon species: Pemulwuy Loop Rakali (Hydromys Northmead, Winston Hills and Old Toongabbie chrysogaster) meaning ‘water- WALK - 5.4KM, DURATION 2HR 30MIN LOOP mouse with The Pemulwuy Loop travels from Moxhams Road in Northmead, to golden belly’. Hydro water, Edison Avenue, Winston Hills. It crosses at Oakes mys mouse, Road, Old Toongabbie, continues along the south bank to Hammers chryso golden, Road, Northmead, then heads back up the east bank of Quarry Branch gaster belly. Creek to Moxhams Road. The track surface includes a mixture of natural earth, underlying rock and wooden stairs. HISTORY VEGETATION Pemulwuy (c.1750 – 1802) was a Darug First Australian man who led The gullies and reserves along this walk are home to Cumberland the resistance against the incoming Europeans who were taking up Shale Plains Woodland, Cumberland Riverflat Forest and Sydney and clearing land west from Sydney Cove. He speared a gamekeeper Turpentine-Ironbark Forest. Forest Red Gums (Eucalyptus tereticornis) John McIntye in retaliation for his shooting and killing many of the dominate the western reserves where Toongabbie Creek runs down to First Australian peoples. Pemulwuy was regarded as a great warrior Quarry Branch Creek and give way to Sydney Blue Gums (Eucalyptus by both the Darug and Europeans alike for his spirited defence of saligna) in the more fertile gullies. As the trees mature and limbs his people and traditional lands. The cleared area was farmed and drop, the resulting hollows provide homes for many birds, micro bats, remained as a mosaic of orchards and bushland up until the 1950s possums and native bees. when urbanisation transformed the area into the residential suburbs we are so familiar with today. W a t e L r e

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WALK - 2.3KM, DURATION 1HR 40MIN RETURN Water Dragon Way runs between Moxhams Road, Northmead and Goodin Road, Winston Hills along the eastern side of Quarry Branch Creek. The track is a mixture of natural earth and underlying rock, includes wooden stairs and is relatively level from south to north.

VEGETATION The walk runs through stunning remnant bushland reserves of Icon Species: Water Dragon Sydney Turpentine Iron Bark Forest which supports large stands of Physignathus lesueurii Smooth-barked Apple (Angophora costata), and Blackbutt (Eucalyptus pilularis). Despite its predominantly ‘built up’ character, Moxham crayfish and attracted a variety of wildlife including wallabies. Dotted Reserve is still home to several endangered species of plants, bats throughout the bushland are the remains of historic convict quarries and birds. which supplied much of the sandstone for Parramatta’s early buildings and civil works. Hourigan’s and Moxham’s Quarries, two of the largest HISTORY sandstone quarries in the area, were in production from early colonial The First Australian Tooga, Bidji and Burramatta clans lived in close times until the 1950s. While extracting sandstone Robert Hourigan hit proximity to this moist sandstone gully adjoining Quarry Branch Creek a natural underground spring, accidentally creating a local swimming for good reason. It was a reliable source of rainforest fruits, freshwater spot that is now a natural wetland. 0 M u r r L 1 u e 2 5 n

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Murri-Yanna Track Excelsior Reserve, North Rocks to Northmead

WALK - 2.3KM, DURATION 1HR 40MIN RETURN Murri-Yanna Track runs from The Hills Council above the to Spears Road, North Rocks and makes its way through and local government areas. The surface is a mixture of an uneven earthen track, rocky sections and wooden steps.

VEGETATION Icon Species: Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus A mix of Coastal Enriched Sandstone Dry Forest and Coastal Enriched Sandstone Moist Forest, Murri-Yanna track passes along river flats sandstone gullies. Bidjigal Reserve bears the name of a Darug clan through rainforest and sandstone escarpment vegetation. The trees from The Hills area, and Murri-Yanna means ‘walking track’ in the Darug and understorey plants in Excelsior Reserve support a wide range of language. native animals despite the fact that the Parramatta city centre is less The early colonists harnessed the running waters of than 2.5km away. to power local industries of the day, including various types of water- driven mills. This makes ’s oldest continuing HISTORY industrial estate. John Raine built the Darling Flour Mills to process The First Australians made good use of the surrounding natural flour in 1826 and in later years a military rifle range operated in the area resources on offer in the rainforests and waterways adjoining these traversed by this track. PARKLAND RD

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Waterfall Walk Length 5.4 km 0 50 100 200 Metres

Waterfall Walk Length 5.4 km Water Fall Walk Reserve

WALK - 2.3KM, DURATION 1HR 40MIN RETURN Waterfall Walk passes along Hunts Creek from Parkland Road, Carlingford to Statham Avenue, Carlingford. The walking surface varies from tracts of uneven earth to rocky sections and a set of wooden stairs that pass over the Hunts Creek Waterfall.

VEGETATION As you walk along the Waterfall Track within Hunt Creek Reserve, Icon species: you will pass through three distinct vegetation communities. Coastal Superb Fairy Wren Enriched Sandstone Moist Forest grows closer to the creek. Tracts of Sydney Turpentine – Ironbark Forest and Coastal Enriched Sandstone settlers who amongst other things, used the crystal clear water to make Dry Forest occupy parts of the reserve as walkers move up the distil illegal peach cider. Bushranger Jack Donohue and his gang holed catchment and away from the creek. up in local caves near Hunts Creek during the 1820s and may have relied on the skills of the First Australians to live off the land. From the HISTORY late 1880s businessman, shipowner and philanthropist James Burns Hunts Creek lies at the junction off four Darug clan areas, namely the lived at Gowan Brae, and in 1910 he gave land at North Parramatta to land of the Burramattagal, Bidjigal, Terramerragal and Wallumattagal. It endow the Burnside Presbyterian Homes for Children. In 1955 Burns’ was described as the cleanest waters in the area by the early European estate, Gowan Brae, was purchased by The Kings School. Pioneer Walk Length 2.0 km

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Icon species: Pioneer Walk Australian Plympton and Ray Parks, Carlingford King Parrot

WALK - 2km, duration 1hr 26min return Running along the upper reaches of , the Pioneer Walk passes from Carlingford Oval to Cheltenham Oval along an earthen track.

VEGETATION Although much of Ray Park was heavily logged and then farmed, a rich mix of Blue Gum High Forest, Sydney Turpentine – Ironbark Forest and Coastal Enriched Sandstone Moist Forest have regenerated due to the sustained efforts local volunteer Bushcare groups have put into caring for this much-loved park.

HISTORY Traditionally managed by ‘fire stick farming’, the Terramerragul First introduced by the incoming settlers, and the area quickly became Australians would have taken advantage of this elevation vantage one of the key food bowls for the young colony. Farmers carted point to keep watch over the vast landscapes below including their produce to the Carlingford railway siding for transport to the Burramattagul and Wanngul clan lands. The local fertile shale soils markets of Parramatta and Sydney. Today’s Carlingford Produce is were well suited to growing a variety of orchards and vegetables housed in the old railway goods store was established in 1896. L a L k e e n g

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WALK - 4.3KM DURATION, A 2HR LOOP This circuit loop through 75 hectares of pristine remnant bushland runs around the 11-hectare man-made Lake Parramatta. The Lake Icon species: Circuit Walk track, including sections of natural earth and rock Sugar Glider shelves, crosses two creek tributaries and is impassable in wet Petaurus weather and after heavy rain. breviceps VEGETATION The track passes through a diverse mix of trees, shrubs, wildflowers Parramatta to negotiate and trade with the Europeans. James and grasses that make up the Sydney Sandstone Gully Forest. Pye masterminded the construction of the Hunts Creek dam, Scattered throughout, Smooth-barked Apple (Angophora costata) commissioning a state of the art convex wall construction. The wall and Blackbutt (Eucalyptus pilularus) contain nesting hollows for Sugar was raised twice and large sand filters were built along Bourke Street, Gliders while root buttresses provide habitat for echidnas. with the historic dam providing safe drinking water for the Parramatta district until 1909. From the 1920s, in the absence of a controlling HISTORY body, trees were cut down and the water quality suffered. In 1960 the Before the dam was built in 1855, Darug clans to the North would reserve was declared a Fauna Sanctuary and more recently Council’s meet along the southern ridge of Hunts Creek valley (now Bourke bush regeneration programs have restored the bushland and water Street) for dance ceremony corroborees before heading into quality to the point where Lake Parramatta is swimmable again. V i n 0 e y a r d 1

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Icon species: Vineyard Creek Walking Track Oatlands, Telopea Ninox strenua

WALK - 2.5KM, DURATION OF 1HR 50MIN RETURN Characterised by open vistas and closed native forests this track traverses the Vineyard Creek catchment and passes through Oatlands and Telopea. It runs from Wesley Street, Telopea through to Kissing Point Road, Dundas and is impassable in wet weather.

VEGETATION Vineyard Creek passes through a number of forest types including Coastal Enriched Sydney Sandstone Moist Forest, Coastal Sydney Sandstone Gallery Rainforest, Coastal Shale-Sandstone Forest and Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest. tranquil and pristine environment and popular childrens’ swimming HISTORY holes. James Bell ran a dairy on the north side off Kissing Point Road The Darug Burramatta clan no doubt were drawn to this natural from the late 1800s and it extended up the hill to the so-called Bird amphitheatre and the shelter and abundant resources on offer. In Sanctuary. Lower down, Phillip Schaeffer’s property, ‘The Vineyard’, turn, European settlers highly regarded the higher tracts of Vineyard contained 900 grape vines before they were impacted by disease Creek catchment, known as the ‘Bird Sanctuary’, for its beautiful, and management issues. T h L e e DUNDAS

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Icon species: Ponds Walk Common Ring tailed Carlingford down to Rydalmere (See The Ponds Walk Brochure) Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus WALK - 7.2KM, DURATION OF 5HR 20MIN RETURN Primarily traversing mown parkland, this path has creek crossings over large stones and is impassable in wet weather. The walk runs from Eric Mobbs Lookout, Carlingford to Jim Crowgey Reserve, Rydalmere.

VEGETATION the traditional lands of the Burramattagal whose territory included The track runs through the Ponds Creek Catchment, ranging from Blue the where tidal salt water merged with fresh Gum High Forest which dominates the upper ridgeline and gives way water. In 1791, 14 former convicts were given land grants along a to Sydney Turpentine Ironbark Forest and Shale-Sandstone Transition chain of ponds forming a small settlement called Pennant Hills. Forest as it passes through Dundas Valley. Sydney Coastal River- This pioneering group cleared land and established orchards, flat Forest grows along the lower reaches of Subiaco Creek. These spearheaded by William Cox who for a time resided at . important pockets of remnant bushland are listed as Endangered Courtesy of a large 200 and 250 million years old volcanic Ecological Communities under the NSW Threatened Species formation, the area was quarried from the 1832 to 1902 for its Conservation Act 1995. hard wearing basaltic ‘blue metal’ which was widely used for road surfacing. Well know scientists including Charles Darwin and HISTORY Douglas Mawson studied the volcanic pipe. Over time the area The Ponds Walk follows the larger of two creeks running through became known as Dundas and in 1848 a Benedictine Convent in the a large natural amphitheatre. This locality may have formed part of area was named ‘Subiaco’. MOBBS LANE

Terrys Creek Walking Track Length 2.0 km

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Terrys Creek Walk Carlingford to Eastwood

WALK - 2km, duration 1hr 30min return Terrys Creek Walk runs from Marsden Road, Carlingford to David Hamilton Reserve, Terry Road, Eastwood. This easy grade bushland track includes sections of earthen path, mown parkland and creek crossings.

VEGETATION Icon species: Satin Bower Bird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus The track passes through a unique form of Sydney Blue Gum High Forest which is a Critically Endangered Ecological Community the flatlands. Early settler William Rutledge was equally impressed by under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity the moist rich soils and purchased land east of Brush Farm in 1835 Conservation Act 1999. Remnants of this vegetation type are which he named Eastwood. typically found around St Ives and Pymble but extend south as far as So fertile was the soil that he was able to grow crop types that would Carlingford and Denistone. not have flourished on surrounding ridges or in the sandstone gullies. In 1863 Rutledge sold his land to Edward Terry, hence the name HISTORY Terrys Creek. Soon after, Maria Smith’s Granny Smith apple seedlings The First Australian clans inhabiting tracts of land from Carlingford to sprouted from her compost heap and took out first prize for Cooking Eastwood, in all likelihood the Wallumattagal or Terramerragal, must Apples at the 1891 Castle Hill Agricultural Show. To this day Eastwood have cherished the towering forests supported by the fertile soils of Village still holds the Granny Smith Festival in October. ESSEX ST T e r r y 0

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WALK - 1.9KM, DURATION OF 1 HR 24 MIN RETURN A mix of earthen path and rocky stretches interspersed with wooden steps, this section of the walk runs from Vimiera Park, Epping along Terrys Creek to Lucknow Park, Marsfield. It continues on the Lucknow Park side of the creek to the National Park.

VEGETATION Over time Terrys Creek has cut a channel by eroding the overlying shales down to the underlying sandstone so typical of . A diverse variety of vegetation, supported by shale Icon species: Lyre Bird Menura novaehollandiae and sandstone derived soils, inhabit the gully carved out by the creek. Different vegetation types include Coastal Sandstone Gully have been the traditional lands of the Darug Terramerra clan. Natural Forest, Coastal Enriched Sandstone Moist Forest, Coastal Enriched resources on offer from the local ‘supermarket’ would have included Sandstone Dry Forest, Sydney Turpentine–Ironbark Forest, as well as rock wallabies, reptiles and dryland tubers. In the 1830s, the first Blue Gum High Forest. road connecting the rapidly expanding port township of Sydney to settlements in the Hunter Valley ran past this area. The grassed area HISTORY of Vimiera Park was reputedly used by travellers to rest and feed their The deep sandstone gullies of the upper Lane Cover catchment may horses on their first night’s journey out of Sydney. BRIENS RD

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Redbank Track 0 100 200 400 Metres Length 5.0 km Redbank Track Northmead, Winston Hills and Old Toongabbie

WALK - 3.5KM, DURATION 2HR 35MIN RETURN This track follows Toongabbie Creek through Northmead and Wentworthville. This central section of the greater Toongabbie Creek walk runs from Hammers Road to the Governor Philip Camp. Icon species: Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata VEGETATION The Redbank Track passes through a unique blend of Cumberland and Northmead (‘north meadow’). For untold generations the First River Flat Forest marked by large stands of the Swamp She-oak Australians collected aquatic types of food along Toongabbie Creek (Casuarina glauca), Roughed-barked Apple (Angophora floribunda) and sharpened their stone tools on the wide sandstone rock shelves. and Forest Red Gum (Eucalyptus tereticornis). A raised boardwalk Their Darug descendants still remember their roots and have adapted provides access over a flood plain that is characterised by Bracken to the evolving Australian way of life. The meadows have long gone Fern and rich in birdlife. and the area has transformed from its origins as Australia’s first Government precinct (Old Government House, Parramatta Park) HISTORY and industrial precinct to a state of the art medical, research and This track runs from Westmead (originally known as ‘west meadow’) manufacturing hub. DARCY RD

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Governer Phillip Walk Length = 3.5 km

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Icon species: Governor Phillip Walk Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus Parramatta to Westmead Hospital

WALK - 3.8KM, DURATION IS 3HR RETURN Governor Phillip Walk winds through some of Australia’s oldest Government owned lands. The walk completes the last leg of the greater Toongabbie Creek walk and runs from the confluence of Toongabbie and Darling Mills creeks which forms the head of Parramatta River. The walk follows the river through Parramatta Park and along the river foreshore of the Parramatta CBD to the Charles Street Wharf Ferry Terminal. Burramattagal land. While not sighting any First Australians, they did notice old camp fires and other signs of the Darug inhabitants. VEGETATION Unaware that the Darug may have lived here for more than 40,000 Along its route, the thin strip of Cumberland River-flat Forest gives years, Philip set aside surrounding areas as government land in 1790 way to stately parklands and historic Government establishments. to be farmed under the care of Henry Dodd. The same country is now public land and contains the World Heritage listed Old Government HISTORY House and the Female Factory. The track travels through the vibrant On 22 April 1788 Governor Arthur Philip headed up an exploratory heart of Parramatta which remains home to some of the oldest expedition that rowed up the Parramatta River and set foot on surviving examples of Australia’s colonial architecture.

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Parramatta Valley Shared Cycleway 0 250 500 1,000 Length 8.0 km

HISTORY Parramatta Valley Shared Cycleway The Parramatta to Meadowbank stretch of river Parramatta to Medowbank has seen many changes over time. What began as an WALK - 8.2KM, DURATION 6HR 10MIN RETURN important source of food for This walk commences at the Parramatta Charles Street Ferry Wharf the Wallumatta First Australians and continues east into Ryde Council’s walking and cycleway network became an important transport along the banks of Parramatta River, taking in the Baludarri Wetland route linking the European and Ermington Bay sections of the shared cycleway. settlements of Sydney Cove and Parramatta and ensuring VEGETATION the survival of the fledgling The main tributary of Sydney Harbour, the Parramatta River is European colony. This stretch tidal, with saltwater mingling with fresh water at the high tide mark of the river which became of Parramatta, a congregating destination for eels. A range of heavily industrialised over important estuarine vegetation communities line the river, including time is now transforming into the endangered Coastal Saltmarsh and a mangrove community, a recreational and residential Icon species: White-bellied Sea- comprising River Mangrove (Aegicerus corniculatum) and Grey riverfront haven for urban Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster Mangrove (Avicennia marina). dwellers.

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Homebush Bay Walk Length 8.3 km OLYMPIC 0 250 500 1,000 Metres PARK STATION

Icon species: Homebush Bay Walk Green and Gold Bell Frog

WALK - 9.3KM, DURATION IS 6HR 52MIN RETURN This walk travels from Silverwater Road bridge, Silverwater to Homebush Bay Drive, Concord West. It passes through the Blaxland Riverside Park, the historic Newington Armory, The Brick Pit and Bicentennial Park Wetlands. The flat, sealed all-weather surface is ideal for walking, bike riding and other forms of outdoor exercise. Wann (see also Wanngal) clan of the Darug peoples heaped up vast quantities of discarded shells along the shore lines. Realising VEGETATION their potential in a limestone poor environment, the early European Homebush Bay is a biodiverse-rich coastal wetland fringed by settlers ‘mined’ the shell middens and roasted the shells to make Estuarine Mangrove Forest and Estuarine Swamp Oak Forest along the quick lime so vital for making a binding building mortar. A naval the river banks, Estuarine Saltmarsh in areas subject to King tides, and explosives storage and inspection facility was established in 1875 on Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest further away from the rivers/creeks. the western side of Homebush Bay while a variety of heavy industries concentrated on the eastern shore in the vicinity of the current day HISTORY suburb of Rhodes. In readiness for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, The Homebush Bay area provided the First Australians with a rich much of the area was remediated and is now a bustling community supply of fish and shellfish. Over time and many generations, the facility and destination. CITY OF PARRAMATTA WALKING TRACKS

Walking Track Name & Length Settlers Walk 3.0 km Pelmulwuy Loop Walk 5.4 km Water-dragon Way 2.3 km Murru Yanna Walk 3.7 km Waterfall Walk 3.4 km Pioneer Walk 2.0 km Lake Circuit Walk 4.2 km Vineyard Creek Walking Track 2.5 km The Ponds Walk 7.2 km Terrys Creek Walking Track 2.0 km Terrys Creek Walk (Epping) 1.9 km Redbank Track 5.0 km Governor Phillip Walk 3.5 km Parramatta Valley Share Cycleway 8.0 km Homebush Bay Walk 9.3 km Secondary Access Track 0 750 1,500 3,000 Metres

City of Parramatta Council Ackowledgements 126 Church Street, Parramatta NSW 2150 Cover Artwork - Burramatta Swirling Eels by Darug artist Aunty Kerrie Kenton PO Box 32, Parramatta NSW 2124 Photos - Fauna images supplied by Carrie Jeffers, Amanda Monaco, Peter Telephone: 98065050 Ridgeway and Wildlife Photographer Mark Fuller Website: cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au Cover Artwork - Burramatta Swirling Eels by Darug artist Aunty Kerrie Kenton, and above: Eels with Boats supplied by artist Leanne Tobin in collaboration with Peter Day