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20 May, Sun 8:00AM | Byangee Walls | ||||
Grade:5/6 | Length | 13km | Milton Branch | ||
Leslie R. | |||||
Led by Herbert Frey & Leslie Reddacliff. Park at Long Gully car park. Walk up to gap east of Castle and ascend Byangee Walls - rope assist available. Lunch at top near visitor’s book and return same route. Great views if weather is kind. Location: Morton NP Map: Corang 89273N Limit: 10. View |
20 May, Sun 12:45PM | Ku-ring-gai Matters: Time for World Heritage | ||||
Branch | |||||
Janine K. | |||||
FOKE (Friends of Ku-ring-gai Environment) Event. This fundraising luncheon for EDO, NSW opens with the question about whether it might be time to consider world heritage listing Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park - the second national park in NSW in 1894, and one of the first in the world. Madi Maclean, President of the Blue Mountains Conservation Society will highlight the achievement of World Heritage Listing the Greater Blue Mountains in 2000. Bob Crombie from the Sutherland Shire Environment Centre will talk about their current campaign calling to World Heritage list Royal National Park. When Royal was reserved in 1879 it was the first time the words ‘national park’ had ever been used to describe a protected park area. When Yellowstone was formed in the USA in 1872 it was named a national park in the sense that the park was under federal, not State, jurisdiction. In 2017 the English Lake District’s World Heritage status was changed to include the role it played in the development of the conservation movement. This new initiative now opens the door for Royal National Park to be world heritage listed. If this is achieved, then it is timely to call for Ku-ring-gai Chase be World Heritage listed as well. After all Ku-ring-gai was one of the first parks to be formed because of the intrinsic values of nature. Eccleston Du Faur (1832-1915) the driving force behind the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park had no doubts about this when he used these words for the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park seal - Natura Ars Dei or ‘Nature is the Art of God’. Enjoy a light lunch and coffee at the heritage Café Pecorino to raise funds for EDO NSW (Environmental Defenders Office) who continue to provide legal advice to those communities fighting to defend their environment. View |
21 May, Mon 9:22AM | Ruined Castle | ||||
Grade:3/6 | Length | 13km | 400m | Sydney Branch | |
(Mal’s Group) Allan P. | |||||
Scenic World to Golden Stairs on Narrowneck. Descend stairs and walk to Ruined Castle. Return to Scenic World. Plenty of uneven stairs. Location: Katoomba Map: Katoomba Limit: 20. View |
22 May, Tue 9:00AM | Burrill Lake | ||||
Grade:3/6 | Length | 30km | Milton Branch | ||
Peter F. | |||||
Ride from Canberra Crs mainly on bush tracks. Mountain bikes recommended. View |
22 May, Tue 9:29AM | Forestville to Manly Vale | ||||
Grade:3/6 | Length | 10km | Sydney Branch | ||
Shirley H. | |||||
Walk from Forestville via Engraving Track to Seafroth Oval then to Upper Manly Dam Reserve to Manly Vale. B-line bus return to city. Carry morning tea, lunch and water for a full day walk. Steep sections, rough and rocky bushtracks, steps, fire trails. Location: Garigal NP View |
22 May, Tue 9:37AM | Springwood – Birdwood Gully – Springwood | ||||
Grade:3/6 | Length | 5km | Sydney Branch | ||
(Jean’s Group) Judith H. | |||||
Rough eroded track in places. Down and up. Spectacular wave rock and pleasant creek. Train return to Sydney. View |
22 May, Tue 9:30AM | Walls of Camelot & Rocky Waterholes LO | ||||
Grade:4/6 | Length | 13km | 450m | Southern Highlands Branch | |
David W. | |||||
Walls of Camelot. The track branches off the Nattai Ridge Road to follow a fence line to a track leading to magnificent sandstone cliffs. The track then continues on to join the Rocky Water HolesTrack which provides a lookout over Rocky Waterholes Creek. Return by this track back to the car park. Rough track, slippery creek crossings and scrambling up loose scree slopes. Location: Nattai NP Map: Hilltop 8929-2N Limit: 16. Map: Hilltop 8929-2N View |
23 May, Wed 10:00AM | Cockatoo Island 21st Sydney Biennale Walking Tour | ||||
Grade:1/6 | Length | 6km | 100m | Sydney Branch | |
Esther | |||||
On Cockatoo Island, 20 artists will present works echoing the history of the UNESCO World-Heritage-listed site around movement, migration, production and participation, including works that grow or morph over the course of the Biennale. http://www.cockatooisland.gov.au/whats/21st-biennale-sydney
We shall meet at Circular Quay Wharf 5 for ferry to Cockatoo Island, in time for morning tea. We shall then join the free guided tour at 11:30am (45 minutes) starting from Superposition Studio.
After the tour, we will explore historic Cockatoo Island at leisure and meet back at the wharf at 2pm for the 2:13 pm ferry, arriving Circular Quay at 2:40 pm.
No need to RSVP but contact leader by email is appreciated. Location: Sydney Harbour Map: Sydney View |
23 May, Wed 8:00PM | FOKE Public Meeting | ||||
Branch | |||||
Janine K. | |||||
David Vs Goliath, Defending the Environment at a time of crisis. Join Friends of Ku-ring-gai Environment’s (FOKE) public meeting to listen to David Morris who recently joined EDO NSW as its new CEO in October 2017. Hear about David’s vision for EDO NSW in defending the environment at a time of crisis. Admission is free and all are welcome. More information: facebook.com/friendsofkuringgai and foke.org.au View |
23 May, Wed 10:05AM | Grand Canyon, Blackheath | ||||
Grade:3/6 | Length | 10km | Sydney Branch | ||
Sophie A. | |||||
Bush tracks, hundreds of steps up and down, beautiful scenary, creek crossing. View |
23 May, Wed 10:22AM | Watsons Bay to Neilson Park | ||||
Length | 3km | Sydney Branch | |||
Bob S. | |||||
Level ramble Watsons Bay to Neilson Park. View |
25 May, Fri 8:46AM | Faulconbridge & Kariwoga Ridges | ||||
Length | 16km | 450m | Sydney Branch | ||
Allan P. | |||||
(Fully Booked) Not going to Faulconbrige Point. This means more time to check out Kariwoga Ridge. Faulconbridge Ridge is a fire trail. Kariwoga Ridge is rough. Some rock scrambling. Location: Faulconbridge Map: Springwood and Kurrajong Limit: 15. View |
25 May, Fri | South West Mount Airly | ||||
Grade:5/6 | Length | 8km | Sydney Branch | ||
Yuri B. | |||||
Park vehicles at Airly Gap, GR 238 326. Walk south and then west following the alignment of the former tramway/self-actuated incline to the transfer station site then the double track skip haulage to the high level tunnel through the SW end of Mount Airly; climb the spur to the top of the SW corner of Mount Airly, inspect the crest /edge of cliff line before heading north to descend into a tributary of Gap Creek and hence back to the vehicles. Exploratory for the leader. Scrambling and exposure. Location: Mugii Murum-ban SCA Map: Glen Alice 89314N View |
26 May, Sat 9:38AM | Denistone East to Eastwood | ||||
Grade:2/6 | Length | 6km | Sydney Branch | ||
(Jean’s Group) Dianne E. | |||||
Walk via Denistone via streets, parks, ups & downs, tracks, some lovely bush including remnant Blue Gum High Forest. Coffee at Eastwood, train return to city. View |
26 May, Sat | Mt Victoria | ||||
Grade:3/6 | Length | 15km | 400m | Illawarra Branch | |
Adrian J. | |||||
Experience great walks and areas of Mt Victoria. Historic sites and caves and plenty more. Some steep sections. Cliff edges and slippery loose surfaces. Location: Blue Mountains NP Map: Mt Wilson and Hartley 89304N View |
26-27 May, Sat (08:30AM)-Sun (16:00PM) | Splendour Rock Pack Walk | ||||
Grade:3/6 | Length | 25km | 600m | Sydney Branch | |
Richard T. | |||||
The annual trip to Splendour Rock in the Blue Mountains, this time with a nearly full moon. A wonderful experience! This is a lovely trip with an unforgettable view from the campsite. Location: Blue Mountains NP Limit: 15. Best Walk: Splendour Rock View |
26 May, Sat | West of Pagoda Road | ||||
Grade:4/6 | Length | 9km | 200m | Sydney Branch | |
Peter F. | |||||
The Bicentennial National Trail – Pagoda Road – West of Pagoda Road – Fire trail - Bike Track back to vehicles. This is not the classic Pagoda Road walk, we will explore the country further to the west. Spectacular pagoda country under threat from mining, see it while you can. Off-track, bike track, minor scrambles and a little mild scrub. Map: Cullen Bullen 89313N Limit: 12. View |
27 May, Sun 9:00AM | Lost World & Coles Creek Caves | ||||
Grade:4/6 | Length | 10km | Milton Branch | ||
Fiona S. | |||||
Walk from end of Martins Ridge Road on fire trails & rough track to explore secret jungle gardens hidden between jumbles of fallen slabs. Some spectacular and interesting rock formations, magnificent temperate rainforest. Optional visit to the Aboriginal art site at Coles Creek after lunch, depending on time and participants. Map: Tianjara 89271S Limit: 10. View |
28 May, Mon 8:14AM | Penrith River Loop | ||||
Grade:2/6 | Length | 11km | 100m | Sydney Branch | |
(Mal’s Group) Allan P. | |||||
Walk the Emu Plains side of the Nepean River. Cross the Freeway Bridge and walk to the Weir. Finish walk at Penrith Station. Mostly shared paths. Location: Emu Plains Map: Penrith Limit: 20. View |
28 May, Mon 8:24AM | Wombat walks | ||||
Grade:3/6 | Length | 11km | 300m | Sydney Branch | |
Theo H. | |||||
Red Hand Cave, Glenbrook. Steep road to and from Glenbrook Creek, creek crossing. Easy pace and time for viewing. Limit: 8. View |
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