The Beaten Track : A Guide to the Bushland Around Sydney

by Alan Fairley

Cover of The Beaten Track : A Guide to the Bushland Around Sydney
Publisher
Alan Fairley
Published
1972 · edition 1
ISBN
0959903208
Format
Paperback · 106 pages
Size
165 g · 21 cm tall
Covers
Sydney, Blue Mountains, Southern Highlands
Hiking - New South Wales - Sydney regionSydney Region (N.S.W.) - Guidebooks

Our review notes

Tracknotes

Level of detail
General route description
Walk summaries
No
Grade system explained
No
Ascent/descent info
No
Driving directions
Yes
Review dates given
No
Interpretive info
Plenty

Maps & photos

Maps for walking
Yes - limited detail
Map type
Sketch
Map colour
Black and White
Map size
Full page
Regional map
No
Photos
Black and White
Photo comment
There are a number of regional photographs throughout the book, and pictographs of wildflowers.

List of walks in this book

Walk NameLengthTimeGradePage
Bobbin Head - Kalkari - Bobbin Head6.5 km2 hrs 30 mins13
Bobbin Head - Sphinx - Bobbin Head4 hrs15
Lovett Bay - West Head Road - Salvation Creek - Elvina Bay4 hrs17
West Head Road - Towler Bay Lookout5.6 km2 hrs 30 mins19
Prince Henry Cliff Walk - Federal Pass3 hrs 30 mins37
Scenic Railway - Ruined Castle5 hrs39
Wentworth Falls - National Pass - Valley of the Waters3 hrs42
Glenbrook Creek - Red Hands Cave3 hrs44
Glenbrook Creek - Mt. Portal4 hrs44
Bundanoon - Glow Worm Glen - Dymocks Creek3 hrs 30 mins70
Gambell's Rest - Fairy Bower - Nicholas Pass - Amphitheatre2 hrs 30 mins72
Gambell's Rest - Tooth's Lookout - Cliff Climb - Bundanoon Creek3 hrs73
Fitzroy Falls: Western Trail1 hr 30 mins74
Fitzroy Falls: Eastern Trail2 hrs 30 mins74
Fitzroy Falls: Bridgeman's Lookout2 hrs74
Bundeena - Marley - Wattamolla - Garie17.7 km6 hrs90
Bundeena to Little Marley6.4 km2 hrs90
Little Marley to Wattamolla3.2 km1 Hr90
Wattamolla to Garie8 km3 hrs90
Bundeena Road - Marley3.2 km45 mins90
Marley - Little Marley Return4 km1 Hr90
Wattamolla - Curra Moors - Garawarra - Otford Station17.7 km5 hrs 30 mins94
Wattamolla to Garie Beach Road9.7 km3 hrs94
Garie Beach Road - Otford8 km2 hrs 30 mins94
Garie - Figure 8 Pool - Otford Station12.9 km4 hrs96
Bundeena Road - Deer Pool - Marley Beach - Little Marley - Bundeena Road7.2 km1 hr 45 mins98