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Med 230 210 Mostly shaded bushland track Mangroves, Lane Cove River views along the tidal river bank 3 North Ryde Fairlands Circuit 2.5 6.9 Medium 200 200 Mix of shaded bushland and parkland, Fairlands, River views, Picnic areas, Boat shed some street walking 4 Roseville to Macquarie Park 3.5 8.8 Medium 290 340 Moslty dry shaded forest, side Lane Cove river views, sandstone caves, Blue hole of valley, some street walking 5 Macquarie Park to Thornleigh 4.5 11.5 Medium 410 300 Creek crossings, moist valleys Upper Lane Cove River, Conscript Pass, fern trees longer sections of trail 6 Thornleigh to Hornsby 4 10.2 Medium 520 510 Creek crossings, mostly walking plesent Zig Zag railway history, Walking alongside Berowra mostly dry forest, some steep sections and Waitara Creeks, sandstone caves 7 Hornsby to Galston Gorge 3.5 8.2 Med – Hard 440 590 Creek crossings, steep hills, mostly Fishponds, Steele Bridge, Depression era stairs, open dry forest sandstone caves, Galston Gorge 8 Galston Gorge to Mt Kuring-gai 5.5 12.6 Medium 840 660 Some creek crossings, mostly walking Berowra Creek, Galston Gorge, Crosslands on narrow track through shaded forest area, Sandstone caves, plenty of good camping near valley floor, some hills 9 Mt Kuring-gai to Berowra 4.25 9.7 Hard 550 550 Some creek crossings, mostly walking Calna Creek, sandstone caves, water views, on narrow track through shaded forest Salt marsh near valley floor, some steep hills 10 Berowra to Berowra Waters 2.75 5.7 Med - hard 280 490 Some creek small crossings, mostly Naa Badu and other view points, water views, walking on narrow track through shaded wildflowers, Berowra Waters forest and more open ridge tops 11 Berowra Waters to Cowan 3.5 7.2 Hard 600 420 Several steep hills, creek crossings, Wide valley views, pleasant creeks, exposed rock platforms Scribbly gums, wildflowers 12 Cowan to Brooklyn 5.5 13.4 Hard 600 780 Several steep hills, creek crossings, Jerusalem Bay, Large Angophera’s, Brooklyn dam, exposed rock platforms Brooklyn township 13 Patoonga to Wondabyne 7.5 19.5 Hard 860 860 Several steep hills, creek crossings, Warrah Lookout, Campsites, Mt Wondabyne, many exposed rock platforms, long Kariong Brook, Wondabyne section with no shade 14 Wondabyne to Mooney 4.25 10 Med - hard 480 460 Several steep hills, creek crossings, Large rock platforms, Scopas Peak, Piles Creek Mooney Creek trackhead many exposed rock platforms, long (suspension bridge), Mooney Mooney Creek section with no shade 15 Mooney Mooney Creek 6 16.1 Med - hard 680 420 Some creek crossings, mostly walking Mooney Mooney Creek, campsites, F3 bridge, Trackhead to Somersby on narrow track through shaded forest Lower Mooney Dam, Somersby Store near valley floor, some steep hills $ % EOZYaObOUZO\QS EOZYaObOUZO\QS EOZYaObOUZO\QS Walk Walk Walk KM Grade Ascent Decent Conditions Highlights No time (hrs) 16 Somersby to Ourimbah 2.5 6 Med - hard 190 400 Partly on road, some creek crossings, Palm Grove forest, pleasant creeks, Valley Trackhead mix of rainforest and dry bushland large fig trees 17 Ourimbah Valley Trackhead 5.5 15 hard 730 425 Partly on dirt road, some creek crossings, Secluded valley farmland, Ourimbah Creek, to Greta Rd mix of rainforest and dry bushland Dead Horse Creek 18 Brumble Hill Dray Track 2.75 5.6 Medium 280 580 Partly on country road, mix of moist and dry Historic dray track, pleasant rock walls, mostly (Greata Road to Yarramalong) forest, steep section following powerlines shaded forest, Yarramalong village 19 Yarramalong to Cedar Brush 3.5 11 Easy 240 200 Following rural roads, mostly sealed Pleasant rural valley 20 Cedar Brush to Basin Campsite 4.5 9.7 Hard 590 480 A few long sections of management trail, Wollombi Brook, Basin Campsite, mossy valleys some steep hills and small creek crossings 21 Basin Campsite to Watagan 6 13 Hard 780 790 Section of narrow track through shaded Wollombi Brook crossing, mossy valleys, filtered Creek Road shaded forest, long sections of management views from ridge, Watagan Valley farming area trail, several steep hills and creek crossings 22 Watagan Creek Rd to 2 4.1 Med - hard 380 100 Steep climb, and section of walking Views from Flat Rock Lookout, pleasant farming Flat Rock Lookout along remote dirt road area and valley at start 23 Flat Rock Lookout to Congewai 5 13.8 Medium 340 650 Long section of rural roads, steep descent Views from Flat Rock Lookout, pleasant remote Valley East trackhead farming valley, wetlands 24 Congewai Valley East trackhead 7 17.1 Med - hard 970 650 Steep climb, and long section of walking Barraba campsite, loggers hut, Views from. to Watagan HQ along remote dirt road and trail cliffs along ridge top 25 Watagan HQ to Heaton Lookout 4 8.1 Hard 570 640 Creek crossings, moist valleys, Good lookouts, Wallis and other mossy reek very steep sections crossings, rock walls 26 Heaton Lookout to Heaton Gap 2 4.3 Medium 150 400 Mostly on remote dirt road and trail, Good views, grass trees wildflowers, motel/shop some steep sections 27 Heaton Gap to Teralba 6 14.8 Med - hard 460 590 Long section of roads and trails, some Sugarloaf Range, filtered views from ridge tops very steep sections of track, mostly dry forest 28 Teralba to Charlestown 4.5 13.3 Easy 220 130 Mostly walking on footpaths and roads with Lake Macquarie, Various parklands, icecream some sections through pockets of bushland. 29 Charlestown to Merewether 2.75 7.9 Easy-Med 180 270 Pleasant track through dry forest, exposed Glenrock Lagoon, Leichhardt’s Lookout, ocean rock platform and sandy beach, Burwood Beach, Mereweather Baths small creek crossings 30 Merewether to Newcastle 1.5 4.4 Easy 100 100 Footpaths, road crossings, minimal shade. Ocean Views, Strzelecki Lookout, King Edwards Park, Obelisk, shops, The End 0]`]\WO>O`Y 0]`]\WO>O`Yb]<]`bV@gRS EOZYRW`SQbW]\a b]<]`bV@gRS From Boronia Park track and a large green another GNW arrow post. (at the intersection Great North Walk signpost. Follow the track as it leads of Boronia Ave and Ryde down between the rocks, Turn right, following BVWaeOZY]TTS`aOQVO\QSb]Sf^Z]`SbVSPcaVO\ReSbZO\RaOZ]\UaWRSbVS Road), walk down along offering a filtered view to the Buffalo Creek :O\S1]dS@WdS`T`][0]`]\WO>O`Yb]bVS\Sec\RS`U`]c\Rb`OW\abObW]\ Boronia Avenue for just the water, and veer right Park arrow. After about 50 over 250 metres to the again at another GNW Ob<]`bV@gRS 7bdWaWbaaSdS`OZ[O\U`]dSeSbZO\Raa][SR`gScQOZg^b metres, veer right to follow end of the road. Veer left, arrow post before heading T]`SabaO\RW\QZcRSa]^^]`bc\WbWSab]`SabO\R¿ZZeObS`P]bbZSaObOTSe the wide track through following the GNW arrow gently down between some eSZZ[OW\bOW\SR^O`Ya BVWaeOZYT]ZZ]eabVS5 0]`]\WO>O`Yb]<]`bV@gRS 0]`]\WO>O`Yb]<]`bV@gRS bends right then continues information sign on the – Sugarloaf Point sign to a straight past the signposted friends of Buffalo Creek. T-intersection. Turn right, Access to Barons Crescent The boardwalk winds following the Sugarloaf track to follow the clear, among the paperbark trees Point sign along the flat, GNW track. This flat, and turns right onto the rocky and sandy track. The rocky track leads through dirt track. Follow this dirt track bends left around the the forest for about 300 track for about 50 metres side of the hill, passing a metres before heading up before heading up the few rock platforms along some steps to a boulder timber ramp and turning the way. Soon after heading outcrop with good views right onto Pains Road. down some stone steps over the river. Continue Continue straight to follow is a T-intersection with a for another 100 metres a GNW arrow along the wide, sandy trail. There is to a small clearing and a wide, grassy track. After a Buffalo Creek Reserve sign timber viewing platform about 120 metres, walk up pointing back up the steps. on the right. This platform a grassy hill to find a large (If you turn right here, is near the confluence of open parkland: Buffalo you can walk 120 metres the Lane Cove River and Creek Reserve. (To find down to a pleasant open Buffalo Creek. The river the toilets, car park and area beside Lane Cove is tidal, so the view of the playground, turn left here.) River.) Turn left, following mangrove community and Turn right and follow the the Pittwater Road sign up eroded sandstone ruins is Great North Walk sign along the wide trail, which constantly changing. across the grass, passing a soon becomes sealed. The picnic table and fireplace trail passes a large, fenced, The track bends to come to the Buffalo Creek high-tension powerline left and heads up # Track Head signpost. concrete tower then heads the valley, keeping the around a locked gate to Buffalo Creek mangroves Turn right and an intersection just before on the right. Duck under follow the Newcastle $ Pittwater Road, marked a fallen tree and meander sign down three sets of with a Great North Walk along the flat for about timber stairs, then follow track sign. (There is also a 120 metres to follow a the timber boardwalk small car park on Pittwater short section of timber as it winds through the Road about 30 metres on boardwalk. The track now mangroves to a viewing the left.) leads up some steps to pass area. Walk across Buffalo under a small sandstone Creek on the bridge then Turn right, following overhang and along the climb up the stone steps % the Great North Walk base of a sandstone wall. to veer left at a faint sign past the picnic table Walk over a short section intersection at the top of and down the timber steps, of timber boardwalk and the steep climb, marked keeping Pittwater Road onto a much longer section with a GNW arrow. The through the trees to the which winds through rocky track leads more left. The track soon passes the wetlands, over a gently up past the Lane a Lane Cove National Park small creek and past the Cove River National Park sign and heads down some ! 0]`]\WO>O`Yb]<]`bV@gRS 0]`]\WO>O`Yb]<]`bV@gRS timber stairs, continuing Turn right, following the main bridge span for an information sign on just below the road and & the GNW arrow across another 100 metres to find Aboriginal uses for plants. beside the mangroves for a the car park and through yet another set of stairs. Continue up the stone little over 400 metres and the gap in the fence, Turn left to follow the steps, following a wire crossing several timber turning left to walk over GNW arrow post down fence for almost 100 metres platforms. The track heads the grass to the concrete the stairs and under the (behind the Honeywell up and down a few steps footpath at the base of the bridge. On the other side building) to take one of to reach a coastal wetlands large transmissions tower. of the bridge, walk up a the tracks that continue information sign. It then Turn right, following the few steps and veer right straight to the sealed road. heads away from the Newcastle sign down along following the Lane Cove Cross the road then road, following a timber the concrete footpath, National Park – Fairyland turn right to follow boardwalk as it winds then cross the Lane Cove Track sign down along the the footpath alongside the through the mangroves River using the 150-metre dirt track. This track soon road for about 150 metres and wetlands to cross Kitty footbridge. On the other leads down some timber before turning left onto Creek on a bridge. On the side of the bridge, the steps, past a short rock Richardson Place. Follow other side of the bridge footpath leads past the wall and across two short, this footpath uphill and is a T-intersection. Turn National Starch factory, flat timber bridges. The cross Julius Avenue to right, following the GNW winding around the edge walk continues up some 5`SOb\]`bVeOZYSOab]T3^^W\U@]OR the footpath on the other arrow along the wide track of the fenced car park steps and across a timber side. (About 80 metres which almost immediately to come to the footpath bridge with a handrail. to the left is the Village, a bends left and follows the beside Epping Road, just The rocky track then leads small shopping complex bank of the Lane Cove beside the traffic lights downhill for about 100 open Monday to Friday.) River through a casuarina at Mowbray Road. (If metres before going gently Turn right and follow the forest. Here, the track you’re peckish, there’s a up past the high-tension footpath gently up along starts edging away from McDonalds about 250 transmission tower to a Julius Avenue, leaving the river and enters more metres along Epping Road signposted intersection just the Riverside Corporate dense vegetation before at the Shell service station.) after the powerlines. (For Park and turning left opening up and coming the main spine of the Great Continue downhill onto the footpath beside to a Lane Cove National North Walk , continue along the footpath Delhi Road. Follow the Park – Sugarloaf Point sign. ' straight here, following the towards the road bridge, footpath (past a bus stop) Continue up along the notes from waypoint 4 in crossing the factory and cross the other end grass and past the playing walk 3.) driveway. A little over 100 of Julius Avenue at the fields to find a GNW arrow 0`WRUS]dS`0cTTOZ] metres past the driveway, Turn around traffic lights. 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