Sydney's Best Bush, Park & City Walks

by Veechi Stuart

Cover of Sydney's Best Bush, Park & City Walks
Publisher
Woodslane Press
Published
2008 · edition 1
ISBN
9781921203145
Format
Paperback · 212 pages
Cover price
$29.95 AUD
Size
400 g · 22 cm tall
Covers
Sydney
Publisher website
Trails - New South Wales - Sydney Region - GuidebooksHiking - New South Wales - Sydney Region - GuidebooksSydney Region (N.S.W.) - Guidebooks

About this book

Includes parkland and city street walks

Our review notes

Tracknotes

Level of detail
Detailed route information
Walk summaries
Yes
Grade system explained
Yes
Ascent/descent info
Yes
Driving directions
Yes
Review dates given
No
Alternate routes
Many walks
Interpretive info
Plenty

Maps & photos

Maps for walking
Yes - reasonable detail
Map type
Sketch
Map colour
Multicolour
Map size
1/4 page
Regional map
Yes
Map comment
Maps are varied in size, appropriate to walk
Photos
Colour
Photo comment
Photos on most pages

List of walks in this book

Walk NameLengthTimeGradePage
Bushland gardens of Cooper Park2 km1 HrEasy12
Lachlan Swamp and Busbys Pon2.3 km1 HrEasy15
Forts and Tiger cages at Middle Head3.2 km1 hr 30 minsEasy18
Discovering The Rocks3.6 km1 hr 30 minsEasy21
Curl Curl Creek to Manly Dam3 km1 hr 15 minsEasy26
Discovering Mowbray mangroves4.3 km2 hrsEasy29
Northbridge to Cammeray via Flat Rock Creek6 km2 hrs 45 minsEasy32
Manly Dam Wildflower circuit7.2 km3 hrs 20 minsMedium36
Fullers Bridge to Thornleigh13 km5 hrsMedium39
Exploring Garigal National Park19 km7 hrsHard43
Views of America Bay2 km1 HrEasy50
Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden4 km2 hrsEasy52
Fint & Steel to White Horse Beach3.8 km2 hrsMedium56
Crabbing at Jerusalem Bay5 km3 hrsMedium60
Darri rack to the Sphinx via Warrimoo Track7 km3 hrs 30 minsMedium64
Highlights of Berowra Valley Regional Park9.7 km4 hrsMedium68
The history of Cowan Creek10.7 km4 hrs 30 minsMedium72
Bairne Track to the Basin10.8 km4 hrs 30 minsMedium76
Sphinx to Gibberagong, Cowan and Cockle12 km5 hrsMedium/Hard80
Cowan and Cockle Creek Grand Circuit18 km7 hrsHard84
Cowan to Brooklyn11 km6 hrsHard86
Native arboretums and forest trails2.5 km1 hr 30 minsEasy92
Hangmans Cave and the Convict Trail3.9 km1 hr 30 minsEasy95
Lake Parramatta foreshores4 km1 hr 45 minsEasy98
The forest of Cattai National Park4.8 km2 hrs 15 minsEasy102
Whale ROck and Devlins Creel6.2 km2 hrs 30 minsEasy105
Creeks and forest at Bidjigal Reserve7.2 km3 hrs 15 minsMedium109
Parramatta, the cradle of the nation7.3 km4 hrsMedium112
Dundas Valley and The Ponds Walk8 km3 hrs 30 minsMedium117
Gullies and creeks of Thornleigh10.5 km4 hrs 30 minsMedium120
Bob Turner's track and the Colo River7 km3 hrs 30 minsMedium/Hard124
Rugged country of Dharug National Park8 km4 hrsHard126
Down the 'wire' from Bowen Mountain4.2 km3 hrsHard130
Wetlands of Bicentennial Park6.5 km2 hrs 30 minsEasy136
Mount Annan and the Cumberland Plains7 km2 hrs 45 minsEasy140
Steam engines and more at Thirlmere Lakes6.5 km3 hrsMedium144
Little Mountain and Bents Basin8.3 km3 hrsMedium147
Foreshores of the Inner West10 km4 hrsMedium150
Lookouts over Nepean Gorge13 km5 hrsMedium154
Mermaids Pool and Tahmoor Canyon8.5 km5 hrsHard158
Historic tramway and Bungoona Path1 km30 minsV easy164
Wetlands at Lime Kiln Bay and Oatley Park4.8 km2 hrs 15 minsEasy166
Secrets at Palona Cave5.2 km2 hrs 30 minsMedium169
Rainforest of Bola Creek and Forest Path6.2 km3 hrsEasy/Medium172
To hell and back via Werrong Track3 km1 hr 15 minsMedium/Hard176
Bottlebrish Forest to Karloo Pool6.8 km3 hrsMedium178
Waterfall to Heathcote via the Bullarring Track12.2 km5 hrsMedium182
Otford to Garie Beach9.7 km5 hrsMedium186
Garie Beach to Wattamolla via Curra Moors8 km3 hrsMedium190
Along the cliffs from Wattamolla to Bundeena10.3 km4 hrsMedium194
The Coast Track (Otford to Bundeena)28 km11 hrsHard198