Disaster Bay Lookout
Download & Print Map and Notes10 mins
52 m Return
11 m
Easy track
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Disaster Bay LO car park
(0km) Disaster Bay LO car park → Disaster Bay Lookout
30 m
1 mins
0m
-11m
Easy track
From sheltered information sign in the Disaster Bay lookout car park, this walk heads downhill across the dirt car park towards the water view. After about 10m the walk leads over some tree root steps then comes to the timber boardwalk. The walk follows the fenced timber board walk to come to the lookout, a seat and spectacular views.
Disaster Bay Lookout
Disaster Bay Lookout is found in Ben Boyd National Park and provides spectacular views over Disaster Bay and Nadgee Nature Reserve & wilderness area. There is a seat and a 1.1m high fence[5] around the lookout. Midway along Disaster Bay beach is the mouth of Wonboyn River and Bay Cliff. On the far side, you can also see the mouth of Merrica River. There have been at least 27 ships that have been lost from Merimbula to Disaster Bay , suggesting the name is apt. The ‘City of Sydney’ is the first recorded ship to run aground in this bay (at City Rocks). It was an iron steamer, built at Glasgow,
hit the shoreline in fog whilst under steam from Melbourne to Sydney on 6 October 1862.
Maps for the Disaster Bay Lookout walk
You can download the PDF for this walk to print a map.These maps below cover the walk and the wider area around the walk, they are worth carrying for safety reasons.
Sydney Heads | 1:25 000 Map Series | 91302N SYDNEY HEADS | NSW-91302N |
Kiah | 1:25 000 Map Series | 88231S KIAH | NSW-88231S |
Sydney | 1:100 000 Map Series | 9130 SYDNEY | 9130 |
Eden | 1:100 000 Map Series | 8823 EDEN | 8823 |
Cross sectional view of the Disaster Bay Lookout bushwalking track
Analysis and summary of the altitude variation on the Disaster Bay Lookout
Accessibility summary information for the Disaster Bay Lookout
Parking: There are 0 designated accessible parking areas on this walk.
Toilets: There are 0 designated accessible toilets on this walk.
Seats: There are 1 places to sit on this walk.
Hazards: There are 1 specific noteable accessability related hazards on this walk.
Trip Hazard Two tree root trip hazards with a 7cm step. There is an 80cm gap between the end of the roots and edge of the track. Found about 10m into the walk.
Toilets: There are 0 designated accessible toilets on this walk.
Seats: There are 1 places to sit on this walk.
Hazards: There are 1 specific noteable accessability related hazards on this walk.
Trip Hazard Two tree root trip hazards with a 7cm step. There is an 80cm gap between the end of the roots and edge of the track. Found about 10m into the walk.
Accessibility Details
Overview of this walks grade – based on the AS 2156.1 – 2001
Under this standard, a walk is graded based on the most difficult section of the walk.
Length | 52 m | ||
Time | 10 mins | ||
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Grade 2/6 Easy track |
AS 2156.1 | Gradient | Flat, no steps (1/6) |
Quality of track | Clear and well formed track or trail (2/6) | ||
Signs | Clearly signposted (1/6) | ||
Experience Required | No experience required (1/6) | ||
Weather | Weather generally has little impact on safety (1/6) | ||
Infrastructure | Generally useful facilities (such as fenced cliffs and seats) (1/6) |
Some more details of this walks Grading
Here is a bit more details explaining grading looking at sections of the walk
Gradient
This whole walk, 25m is flat with no steps.
Quality of track
This whole walk, 25m follows a clear and well formed track or trail.
Signs
This whole walk, 25m is clearly signposted.
Experience Required
This whole walk, 25m requires no previous bushwalking experience.
weather
This whole walk, 25m is not usually affected by severe weather events (that would unexpectedly impact safety and navigation).
Infrastructure
This whole walk, 25m is close to useful facilities (such as fenced cliffs and seats).
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Plan your trip to and from the walk here
The Disaster Bay Lookout walk starts and ends at the Disaster Bay LO car park (gps: -37.23571, 149.99435)Your main transport option to Disaster Bay LO car park is by;
Car. Parking fees apply in the area.
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Fire Danger
Each park may have its own fire ban, this rating is only valid for today and is based on information from the RFS Please check the RFS Website for more information.Weather Forest
This walk starts in the South Coast weather district always check the formal BOM forecast or pdf before starting your walk.Forecast snapshot
Park Information & Alerts
Short URL = http://wild.tl/dbl
Gallery images
There are other downloads I am still working on.
You will probably need to login to access these — still all free.
* KML (google earth file)
* GPX (GPS file)
Special Maps/ brochures
* A3 topo maps
* PDF with Lands Topo map base
* PDF with arial image (and map overlay)
I wanted to get the main site live first, this extra stuff will come in time.
Happy walking
Matt 🙂
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