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Short Walks
- Circuit Flat Bridge and Old Great North Road (Yengo NP)
- From the back of the Mogo Camping Area a pleasant winding track leads to Circuit Flat Bridge on the Old Great North Road, an impressive example of colonial engineering. Allow 2 hours return.
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- Old Great North Road (Dharug NP)
- See drystone walls with blocks of up to 600 kg placed by convicts. The 1829 Devines Hill ascent is 2 hours return, starting from Settlers Road 0.5 km west of Wisemans Ferry. The first attempted ascent via Finch's Line (1828) is a full days' return walk with wide views over the Hawkesbury River. The two walks can be combined for a 9 km circuit (including 2 km along Wisemans Ferry Road).
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- Bob Turners Track (Wollemi NP)
- The only easy way into the Colo Gorge - reputedly the longest in Australia. A long but gradual descent (4 hours return) leads to a large pool on the Colo River. The walk is signposted just west of Colo Heights, on the southern side of the Putty Road. A 2WD dirt road leads 3 km to the start of the track.
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- Crawfords Lookout (Wollemi NP)
- From the end of the Culoul Range Trail, an easy ridge-top stroll leads to a spectacular viewpoint above the junction of Wollemi Creek and the Colo River, deep in the heart of very wild country. Allow 3 hours return.
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- Burralow Creek (Blue Mountains NP)
- A steep, half-hour descent takes you from the Burralow Trail near Kurrajong Heights to the flat (camping area) on Burralow Creek. From the flat, the one-hour return Bulcamatta Falls Track explores a narrow gorge with a small waterfall.
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- The Gorge (Blue Mountains NP)
- If you're picnicking at Waratah Gardens, this one-hour return walk takes you into a mossy tributary of Hungerfords Creek.
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- Mount Tomah Botanic Garden (Bells Line of Road)
- You can stroll for a few minutes or hours on a network of paths, many with informative signs, through the very diverse gardens and native vegetation of the mountain-top.
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- Mount Banks (Blue Mountains NP)
- A steep, one-hour return walk ascends from the picnic area, through heathland to tall forest on the basalt summit of Mount Banks - named in 1804 by English explorer George Caley for his mentor Sir Joseph Banks. Or follow the fire trail around the side of the mountain for an 11 km return walk to cliff-edge views over the Grose Valley from Banks Wall.
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- Walls Lookout (Blue Mountains NP)
- A one-hour return walk through heath leads to a cliff-top vantage point over the Grose Valley. Starts from the carpark at the top of Pierces Pass Road. Stay back from the unfenced cliff-edge.
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- Rigby Hill (Blue Mountains NP)
- From the picnic area at the end of Pierces Pass Road, a steep track leads to the top of Rigby Hill, another heathy, windswept viewpoint over the Grose Valley.
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- Pierces Pass (Blue Mountains NP)
- This long and steep descent, an old Aboriginal pass and then a bridle route, is still the easiest way into the Grose Valley and Grose Wilderness. Allow 3 hours return, or continue overnight to Blue Gum Forest or Burra Korain.
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- Mount Wilson
- Several walks of varying length from the Cathedral of Ferns Reserve and nearby will take you in amongst warm temperate rainforest and tall open eucalypt forest. A longer track (2 hours return) descends to the Wollangambe River.
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