Lake ParramattaA popular picnic, swimming and fishing hole with families and nature lovers in the area, the lake also hosts the Arrunga Bardo Bush Food Garden
Short Walks: 2 hours
Mossman Gorge River Circuit
Location Port Douglas to Cape Tribulation, QueenslandWhat it lacks in length it makes up for with it’s towering rainforest and easy access to the fast-flowing Mossman River
Echo Point to Scenic Railway via the Giant Staircase
Location Blue Mountains, New South WalesThe railway – the world’s steepest – is fantastic fun, a rattling ascent across the valley walls through lush ferns.
Prince Henry Cliff Walk (Leura to Echo Point)
Location Blue Mountains, New South WalesHaving crossed these inhospitable ranges the British settlers surveyed (with awe) the abundant pastoral plains of Bathurst that sustained NSW from infancy to it’s adolescence.
Erith Coal Mine Track
Location New South Wales, Southern HighlandsThe mine area, now sealed, is incredibly peaceful – lush and still, bar the gentle rain of water floating from the rockface to rocky pond belw.
Fairy Dell to Lawson’s Lookout
Location Blue Mountains, New South WalesLess than one hour long, this rewarding stroll follows a trickling creek to a fern grove and up to a rocky lookout over Magdala Gully
Crater Lake Circuit
Location Cradle Mountain, TasmaniaFollowing raised boardwalks above the forest floor, the track climbs up the side of the creek, taking you within a few metres of moss-covered waterfalls and rockpools at Crater Falls.
Dove Lake Circuit
Location Cradle Mountain, TasmaniaThe Ballroom Forest, an enchanted stand of moss-covered myrtle-beech trees, is the stuff of folk stories, and it is easy to picture magical creatures playing amongst its leaves.
Glenbrook Gorge
Location Blue Mountains, New South WalesThe descent ends at the water’s edge – take a left and you can head downstream towards the Nepean River. Take a right and you’re heading towards Jellybean Pool.
Mt Ku-ring-gai to Apple Tree Bay and Bobbin Head
Location New South Wales, SydneyEasily accessed from the city, and with the opportunity for a coffee at the halfway point, this is another great walk for a weekend afternoon.
Wollomombi Falls
Location Armidale, New South WalesCrossing the river, ascend to the southern rim, and continue along the rim until Chandler Lookout, which offers fantastic views of the gorges.
Dangar Falls
Location Armidale, New South WalesAbove the falls, the river is broad and rocky, and full of birds, frogs, fish and other creepy-crawlies, making it irresistible to kids.
The Bay Run, Iron Cove
Location New South Wales, SydneyNever more than 20 metres from the water, this flat, breezy walk is also bicycle, pram and dog friendly.
Taronga Zoo to Chowder Bay
Location New South Wales, SydneyA ferry ride across Sydney Harbour is a great way to start any short walk, and this walk offers a great excuse to enjoy the much-loved ride from Circular Quay to Taronga.
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