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19 Apr, Fri 10:20AM				Suburbs series ” Katoomba to Leura” Brad’s birthday walk
Grade:3/6		Length	10km	380m	Sydney Branch
(SWAG) Sophie A.
Come celebrate Brad's birthday on this beautiful walk from Katoomba to Leura via Prince Henry Cliff Walk. It is about the best walk in the Blue Mountains. Great views. Waterfalls. Good tracks but muddy at times, steps, some street walking. Be rewarded with a coffee at one of the great cafes of Leura. You would not want to come home after this out of the world walk. No booking is required so just turn up on the day View

20 Apr, Sat 8:00AM				Devils Throat, top and bottom
Grade:5/6		Length	8km	350m	Sydney Branch
Mark G.
(Fully Booked - Ask leader about waiting list) Following Camp creek we will visit the incredible Devils Throat, a narrow, deep short canyon with several spectacular waterfalls, sculptured walls and plunge pools. We will view this natural marvel from the top and bottom. Expect lots of scrambling and the odd tricky bit! Rock hopping and off-track. Location: Newnes SF Map: Cullen Bullen 89313N Limit: 12. View

20 Apr, Sat 9:54PM				Popes Glen to Braeside Walk
Grade:3/6		Length	10km	350m	Sydney Branch
Allan P.
(Changed Transport Details) Classic Blue Mountain's views to Govetts Gorge and Grose Valley. Kilometres of sandstone cliffs with waterfalls dropping 150m to the forest below. Visit Popes Glen, Boyds Beach, Cripps Lookout, Govetts Leap Lookout, Barrow Lookout and back to Blackheath via Braeside Walk. Well tracked but with lots of steps. Location: Blackheath Map: Katoomba and Mt Wilson Limit: 20. View

21 Apr, Sun 8:06AM				A cultural tour & Drummoyne Bay walk
Grade:2/6		Length	13km	35m	Sydney Branch
Geoffrey.L
We will do the popular Drummoyne Bay walk loop first & finish at the now closed-down notorious Callan Park Psychiatric Hospital. We will then walk along the Glebe foreshore to the earliest Chinese historic Sze Yup Taoist Temple. Then we will visit the soon-to-be rebuilt Sydney fish market. On the way to visit the White Rabbit Chinese contemporary art gallery we will pass the famous Central Park complex where plants were first used extensively on the front of high-rise buildings. Nearby Chinatown Market City food court would be a nice place for lunch. Hopefully an interesting Sunday outing. All admissions free. Location: City of Sydney Map: City of Sydney Limit: 20. View

21 Apr, Sun 8:30AM				Comerong Island Nature Reserve
Grade:1/6					Milton Branch
Helen M.
Car ferry to island ($11 EFTPOS only). Circular walk - migratory birds, spectacular views, optional swim, rainforest, amazing fungi. This walk has it all. View

22 Apr, Mon 10:00AM				Bundeena to Marley Headland via Wedding Cake Rock
Grade:3/6		Length	11km	274m	Sydney Branch
John H.
A circular walk through a wonderful bush, heath and over rock shelves with spellbinding views. Beginning at Bundeena, we walk along the Coastal Track, past the Balconies and Wedding Cake Rock to Marley Headland, before returning via the inland track. This takes us to places where we can see some interesting wildlife. Booking essential, giving your mobile, emergency phone and NPA numbers, if I don't already have them. The walk is fairly exposed and there are stairs and trip hazards. The tracks are mostly very good but there is one muddy and badly eroded track that we take. Location: Royal National Park Map: Port Hacking 91294N Limit: 16. View

22 Apr, Mon 9:00AM				Callan Park
Grade:1/6		Length	6km	50m	Southern Sydney Branch
Brian E.
Another in the theme of heritage walks during this month. A "walk", but also a meander around some amazing historical sites with importance in the history of health in NSW (indeed, in Australia) Limit: 12. View

22 Apr, Mon 10:10AM				Ropes Crossing to Rooty Hill
Grade:2/6		Length	14km	150m	Sydney Branch
Allan P.
Follow Ropes Creek through Tregear and Whalan Reserves. Follow Great West Walk to Rooty Hill Station. Location: Ropes Crossing Map: Riverstone and Prospect Limit: 20. View

23 Apr, Tue 9:30AM				Mt Jellore (#730)
Fully inside Wingecarribee Shire Council
Grade:4/6		Length	9km	400m	Southern Highlands Branch
(SH Tuesday Walks) Margie
A fairly short but steep climb to Mt Jellore. Access to the start of this walk requires passing through private land and locked gates.  Permission and access has been granted by the land owners on this occasion. Steep climb outward bound and steep descent on return. Loose rocks. Location: Jellore Flora Reserve Limit: 20. View

24 Apr, Wed 9:00AM				Granite Falls and Rainforest Walk
Grade:3/6		Length	5km		Milton Branch
Paul B.
From carpark walk to Granite Falls Lookout and return. Drive up to the picnic area for the rainforest walk under the escarpment and up to Boyd Lookout. BYO refreshments for your preferred beverage and munchies under the trees back at the parking area. View

24 Apr, Wed 8:35AM				Martins Lookout and Sharks Head Cave
Grade:3/6		Length	13km	450m	Sydney Branch
Bandula G.
(Fully Booked - Ask leader about waiting list) Meet at Valley Heights Station and walk to Martins Lookout, walk down towards Glenbrook Creek Track with a diversion to a climbing area and Shark Head Cave ,then to Perch Pond and up Magdala Gully Track to Springwood Station passing Martins Falls and Magdala Falls. Steep and slippery sections, creek crossings. Location: Springwood Limit: 15. View

24 Apr, Wed 9:30AM				Two Valley Trail
Grade:2/6		Length	10km		Sydney Branch
John M.
This trail explores two very different inner-city valleys and their waterways. From Canterbury Station we walk to the Cooks River Valley and follow this on a shared bicycle path through parklands and playing fields close to the river. At Tempe we leave the river and cross over to the Wolli Creek Valley and follow this along easy bush tracks to our finish at Bardwell Park. Bookings only from the week before the walk please. Limit: 15. View

26 Apr, Fri 10:00AM				The Suburb series : Meadowbank, Parramatta
Grade:2/6		Length	12km	100m	Sydney Branch
(SWAG) Marilyn C.
We do the Kokoda Track from Meadow Bank to Cabarita. Limit: 15. View

26 Apr - 3 May, Fri-Fri				Urunga – Coffs Harbour – Dorrigo
Grade:4/6		Length	12km	370m	Sydney Branch
Tony T.
(Fully Booked) A series of varied day walks based at Urunga and covering a range of ecosystems in and around Urunga, Coffs Harbour and Dorrigo. There will be walks in Bandageree rainforest; we will walk sections of the Solitary Islands Coastal Walk, as well as having a ranger-guided rainforest and Aboriginal cultural tour in Dorrigo. Some steep and slippery areas. Accommodation in cabins. Car sharing required. Some walks grade 3, others grade 4. Location: Urunga, Bongil Bongil NP, CoffsHarbourRP, Muttonbird Island NR, and Dorrigo NP Limit: 20. View

27 Apr, Sat 8:00AM				Bungonia Gorge – Mt Ayre – Shoalhaven River – Long Point
Grade:4/6		Length	9km	550m	Sydney Branch
Mark G.
(Fully Booked - Ask leader about waiting list) A spectacular walk visiting 2 stunning lookouts with a river inbetween! Of course you have a big hill descending from Bungonia Lookout, down to the Shoalhaven River via Mt Ayre as the first section of the walk. Then a leisurely stroll along this most beautiful of rivers, before tackling the zig zag track that takes you up to Long Point. Steep sections of track. Location: Morton NP Map: Caoura 1: 25 000 Limit: 20. View

29 Apr - 3 May, Mon-Fri				Barrington Getaway
Grade:3/6		Length	30km		Sydney Branch
(Mal’s Group) John H.
(Fully Booked - Ask leader about waiting list) We will be based in Gloucester in huts and make day trips to Gloucester Tops, Barrington and the Williams River parts of Barrington Tops National Park. Public transport is available to and from Gloucester, but daily travel will be by car pooling. Normal bushwalking hazards including a lack of mobile phone coverage. Location: Barrington Tops NP Map: Gloucester Tops 92334N View

29 Apr, Mon 10:10AM				Hills of Manly
Grade:3/6		Length	11km	180m	Sydney Branch
Renate W.
If you think of Manly only as a beach, come along and change your mind. This walk climbs the hills around Manly. Starting at Manly Wharf, it heads up and over to Little Manly Beach, then crosses the ridge to Fairy Bower Beach via St Patricks College. After a long flat stretch along the promenade from Steyne to Queenscliff beaches, it climbs towards Freshwater. From the top, the walk descends to Manly Creek. It finishes with a climb to the Kangaroo statue, returning via Ivanhoe Park and Tower Hill Park to Manly Cove. Steps. Map: manly Limit: 14. View

29 Apr, Mon 9:18AM				Leura, Lone Pine, WWF INCLUDING A SECTION OF NEWLY OPENED GRAND CLIFF TOP WALK
Grade:3/6		Length	12km	338m	Sydney Branch
Janet R.
(Updated Details) To commemorate Anzac Day. Walk from Leura Station to the Lone Pine. Walk Lyre bird Dell track then to Golf Links Lookout. Road to the Fairmont Hotel (unavoidable). Track around golf course to Lillians Bridge then on towards the Conservation Hut. Short cut track to Wentworth Falls. Newly opened sections of Darwin's Walk back to WWF Station. Steep, rough sections, muddy. Map: Katoomba 89301S Limit: 15. View

29 Apr, Mon 6:11AM				Skylight Cave and more
Grade:6/6		Length	8km		Sydney Branch
Yuri B.
Park at the locked gate on Bowen Hill Trail, GR 689 967. Head north on an old fire trail, then continue on the ridge till GR 682 987. Descend northwards under the cliffs and traverse north east till GR 690 993. Turn south and scramble to Skylight Cave and then two more caves above. From here, traverse north east and investigate a few cliff lines along the way. Climb out on the main ridge and walk back to cars. Mainly exploratory. About 8 km. Scrambling and exposure. Location: Wollemi NP Map: Mountain Lagoon 90313S View

30 Apr, Tue 9:30AM				Mt Penang & Baldy Billy Peaks (#806)
Fully inside Wingecarribee Shire Council
Grade:4/6		Length	8km	400m	Southern Highlands Branch
(SH Tuesday Walks) Neil O.
(Updated Details) Two separate walks to two peaks in different areas of the beautiful Guula Ngurra NP, with a minor car shuffle. The Baldy Billy Peak walking track is an out-and-back walk with spectacular views from the summit down into the Wollondilly valley below. The Mt Penang loop walk follows a pleasant, well-formed track up to the summit of Mt Penang with its panoramic views. Steep climbs & descents, uneven surfaces, unfenced cliff edges, slippery in places (walking poles recommended). Location: Guula Ngurra NP (Canyonleigh) Map: Hansworth 8929-3S Limit: 20. View

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