60 Best Walks

1. Wyrrabalong NP

Grade 2

Lillipilli Loop and Burrawang Tracks. Beautiful Redgum (Angophora costata) forest saved from sand mining.

2. Bouddi NP

Grade 3

Dingledei Picnic Area - Mt Bouddi Lookout - Maitland Bay - Bullimah Spur Lookout - Strom Track. beautiful and historic Maitland Bay Beach.

3. Bouddi NP

Grade 3

Bouddi NP and Central Coast Reserves. Wagstaffe - Ettalong - Blackwall Mountain - Daleys Point Ridge - Strom Lookout - Hardys Bay - Wagstaffe. Flannel Flowers, great views of Brisbane Water, Aboriginal rock engraving site.

4. Brisbane Water NP

Grade 3

Wondabyne Station – Pindar Cave – Pindar Brook Waterfall and return. Wildflowers, views of Hawkesbury River.

5. Brisbane Water NP

Grade 3

Mooney Mooney Creek - Piles Creek - suspension bridge - Girrakool Circuit and return. Majestic Sydney Bluegums.

6. Brisbane Water NP

Grade 3

Pearl Beach - Waterfall - Warrah Lookout and Trig - Elephant Rock - Patonga Beach - Crommelin Arboretum - Green Point - Pearl Beach. Beautiful beaches. Panorama ocean and Hawkesbury River views.

7. Garigal NP

Grade 2

Belrose - Narrabeen. Deep Creek, Moon Rock Aboriginal engraving site, Slippery Dip fire trail, Morgan Road, Narrabeen Lagoon.

8. Sydney Harbour NP

Grade 3

Manly to the Spit; Taronga Park Zoo to the Spit; Manly to North Head, Sydney Harbour. Wildflowers, harbour views, colonial history.

9. Botany Bay NP

Grade 3

Kurnell - Cape Solander - Cape Baily. Spectacular coastal views and vegetation.

10. Royal NP

Grade 4

Coast Track from Otford to Bundeena via Burning Palms Beach, Garie Beach, Eagle Rock, Curracurrang, Wattamolla. Iconic coastal walk, spectacular views and vegetation.

11. Royal NP

Grade 3

Engadine Station to Bundeena via Engadine track crossing Kangaroo Creek, Audley, Winifred and Anice Falls, Cabbage Tree Basin. Historic tracks.

12. Royal NP

Grade 3

Walk from Engadine Station via Audley along Uloola Ridge to Karloo Pool.

13. Gardens of Stone NP

Grade 4

Sunnyside Ridge – Number 8 Lookout – Wombat Canyon – Sonntag Retreat – Fern Gully Ridge – Fire Trail No 8. A great introduction to canyons.

14. Gardens of Stone NP

Grade 4

Newnes SF & Gardens of Stone NP. Birds Rock Trail No 2 – Peregrine Point – Amphitheatre Creek – Middle Ridge – Birds Rock Trail No 1. Fabulous views, creek walking with canyon like features.

15.

Grade 4

Birds Rock Trail – Birds Lookout – The Pagoda Walls – Birds Creek - 1029 – Fire Trail No 4 – Bird Rock Flora Reserve - Birds Rock Trail. Spectacular pagoda country.

16.

Grade 4

Wollangambe Trail – Subsidence Row – Pagoda Gully – Snake Hill – Bungleboori Creek – Coopers Ridge – Waratah South Fire Trail – Bungleboori Creek – Holts Heaven. Fabulous scenery.

17. Wollemi NP

Grade 4

Milbrodale. Baiame Cave art site - 3 Poles Lookout - Old Bulga Road. 0ne of the great indigenous art sites of Eastern Australia. Follow one of the original convict-built roads.

18. Blue Mountains NP

Grade 3

Splendour Rock. The view is one of the best in the Blue Mountains.

19. Blue Mountains NP

Grade 3

Faulconbridge to Springwood. Riparian rainforest; fungi.

20. Blue Mountains NP

Grade 3

Wentworth Falls to Katoomba via Conservation Hut, Lillian Bridge, Fairmont Resort, Federal and Prince Henry Walks, Leura Forest and Furber Steps. Good views and forest walking. Historic tracks.

21. Blue Mountains NP

Grade 4

Blackheath - (Popes Glen - Govetts Leap - Cliff Walk) - Grand Canyon - Braeside Walk.

22. Blue Mountains NP

Grade 3

Glenbrook to Faulconbridge: Crossing Glenbrook and Sassafras Creeks, Saint Helena Ridge fire trail, Lost World and Bunyan Lookouts, Perch Ponds and Clarinda Falls.

23. Blue Mountains NP

Grade 2

Fortress Ridge. Views of Grose Valley.

24. Blue Mountains NP

Grade 4

Mt Solitary Traverse via Kedumba Valley road, Mt. Solitary, Koorowall Knife Edge, Ruined Castle Ridge Track and Golden Stairs; Katoomba - Mt Solitary. Stunning ridge climb.

25. Illawarra Escarpment SCA

Grade 4

Illawarra Escarpment Traverse. Stanwell Park - Forest Track - Austinmer. Great views of the Illawarra coast. The vegetation is varied along the walk including sections of rainforest. Iconic ladders and steps down the escarpment to finish.

26. Illawarra Escarpment SCA

Grade 3

Mt Keira Ring Track. Illawarra landmark, rainforest and spectacular views.

27. Illawarra Escarpment SCA

Grade 3

Mt Kembla Summit Track. Marvellous views of the southern Illawarra.

28. Macquarie Pass NP

Grade 2

A creeks and cascades walk through rainforest.

29. Barren Grounds NR

Grade 3

Drawing Room Rocks. Magnificent rock formations and beautiful lookout over the coast.

30. Barren Grounds NR

Grade 3

Griffiths Trail Loop Walk to a great lookout. A classic wildflower (seasonal) walk.

31. Morton NP

Grade 3

McPhails Fire Trail - Pipeline Lookout - around Mt Carrialoo - Kangaroo Valley. Historic track.

32. Morton NP

Grade 5

Long Gully - Kaliana Ridge - Castle Saddle - Monolith Valley via Nibelung Pass. Chain ascent to explore the valley: Natural Arch, Green Room and Seven Gods pinnacles. Spectacular views of the Budawang Range.

33. Morton NP

Grade 3

Mt Bushwalker and on to Gadara Point (side trips down Gaol House Pass and Beehive Pass).

34.

Grade 3

Murrays Beach - Governor Head then south through heathland and forest to the ruins of Cape St George Lighthouse and return via Hole in the Wall.

35.

Grade 2

Coastal tracks north and south-east of Ulladulla, including Warden Head and the One Track for All.

36. Murramarang NP

Grade 4

From Pretty Beach carpark, ascend Durras Mountain along forest tracks. Descend to coast via the east trail and return via coast.

37. Murramarang NP

Grade 3

Return walk from Lake Tabourie to Nuggan Point, along beaches and behind the dunes.

38. Ben Boyd NP

Grade 3

Light to Light Walk; Boyds Tower - Green Cape. Perhaps the best bit of coast walking in the state. Colourful rocks, beaches, bushland, scenery, campsites and the whales!

39. Bournda NP

Grade 4

Kangarutha Track. Can be divided in to sections.

40.

Grade 1

Bundian Way. Part of an ancient 265km Aboriginal pathway from Mt Kosciuszko to the coast.

41. Coffs Coast RP

Grade 4

Solitary Islands coastal walk which can be done in sections from Red Rock to Sawtell.

42. Dorrigo NP

Grade 2

Dorrigo Rain Forest Centre. Wonga Walk; Lyrebird Link Track

43. Killabakh NR

Grade 5

Killabakh Mountain. According to the NPA website this is one of the 60 best walks in NSW. On a clear sunny day that may well be true. The changes in scenery and vegetation are amazing, no way anyone could get bored on this "black-hands" walk. killabakh-mountain_2022-05-04_photos by John Southcott.

44. Crowdy Bay NP

Grade 0

Diamond Head.

45. Barrington Tops NP

Grade 5

Lagoon Pinch to Careys Peak via The Corker. Long sustained climb to the Barrington Plateau. Altitudinal sequence from subtropical rainforest to cool temperate beech forest and subalpine woodland. Panoramic views from Careys Peak (1,534 m). The protection of this area from logging was a major impetus to NPA’s formation.

46. Barrington Tops NP

Grade 3

Polblue. Mount Carson Trail - Kholwha Creek. Subalpine woodland and cool temperate beech forest.

47. Glenrock SCA

Grade 2

Yuelarbah Track. Kahibah to Merewether (optional return). Wildflowers, mining heritage and coastal geology.

48. Mount Royal NP

Grade 5

Mt Royal. Steep, mostly untracked ascent of Mt Royal in the southern Barrington Tops. Possibly the Hunter Valley's most spectacular day walk with panoramic views and varied rainforest. Follow in explorer Ludwig Leichhardt’s footsteps.

49. Wallarah NP

Grade 2

Catherine Hill Bay. Wildflowers, mining heritage and coastal geology.

50. Sugarloaf SCA

Grade 2

Sugarloaf Range.

51. Goulburn River NP

Grade 2

The Drip. Short walk and boulder hop along riverbed through sandstone gorge. The Drip is a unique curtain of dripping ferns fed by natural seepage. The gentle patter of fine droplets provides a very tranquil setting. Recently protected from mining.

52. Towarri NP

Grade 4

Mt Tinagroo. Middle Brook along the Cedar Trail, with a side trip to Mt Tinagroo on the summit of the Liverpool Range (1230 m). Steady climb through eucalypt forest, ancient grass trees, tree ferns, snow gums and snowgrass. An abundance of wildlife.

53.

Grade 4

Short but extremely steep walk to the summit of Wallabadah Rock. Wallabadah Rock is a volcanic plug, and claimed to be the ‘biggest rock' in NSW.

54. Goobang NP

Grade 3

Goobang Creek. Interesting rock platforms and creek environs. Excellent bird watching.

55. Conimbla NP

Grade 2

Ironbark Track. Varying geological interest and a spectacular lookout into Cherry Creek Gorge.

56. South West Woodland NR

Grade 5

Black Range. Rough off track climb up a steep, boulder strewn escarpment. Outstanding view of western plains from western precipice.

57. Kosciuszko NP

Grade 4

Main Range Circuit; starting at Charlotte Pass or Thredbo. Australia's highest mountain (2,228 m) and the largest area of glaciated landscape on the mainland. Summer alpine flowers.

58. Ku-ring-gai Chase NP

Grade 4

Pittwater Track. West Head - Elvina Bay. Walk the full length of the western Pittwater shoreline crossing 6 beaches, 1 youth hostel, 1 campground and 5 lookouts plus 2 water crossings. Rainforest to ridgetop heath, pristine creeks, wildlife (goanna and wallaby) and constant great water views.

59. Blue Mountains NP

Grade 3

Walk the 100 year old National Pass walking track along the cliffs and waterfalls. NOTE: NPWS has closed the National Pass track from 31 Aug 2017 for safety reasons.

60. Kosciuszko NP

Grade 4

Kiandra-Mt Jagungal-Round Mountain.