Alma Road to Padstow along Salt Pan Creek
Download & Print Map and Notes1 Hr
52 m
Moderate track
(0km) Corner of Alma Road and Wainwright Avenue → Bottom of Alma Road track
60 m
1 mins
2m
-4m
Very easy
(0.06km) Bottom of Alma Road track → Salt Pan Creek picnic area
260 m
5 mins
5m
-4m
Moderate track
Salt Pan Creek picnic area
(0.32km) Salt Pan Creek picnic area → Picnic area at base of Pipe Bridge
390 m
7 mins
5m
-6m
Moderate track
Continue straight: From the bottom of the steps, this walk follows the boardwalk as it winds alongside the river (keeping the river on the right), through mangroves for a short while. Soon the boardwalk becomes a bush track and continues to the picnic area under the large pipe bridge.
Pipe bridge picnic area
(0.71km) Picnic area at base of Pipe Bridge → Davies Reserve
280 m
6 mins
10m
-6m
Very easy
Davies Reserve
(0.99km) Davies Reserve → End of Bridge Street
700 m
13 mins
14m
-12m
Very easy
Continue straight: From the intersection, the walk continues along the short board walk (keeping the power lines above to the right). Soon the boardwalk joins onto a hardened footpath, which continues along through the grass clearing, running parallel to Salt Pan Creek. The track passes behind a number of houses, and then passes a couple of transmission towers as the footpath tends left to the end of Meager Avenue.
Veer right: ###This section of the track is closed for End of 2010 to sometime in 2011. Please walk along Meager Ave to Davies Rd as an alternate route### From the end of Meager Ave, the walk follows the footpath lined with wooden posts (with the white house at no.2 initially on the left) into the bush and down the gentle hill. After a short distance, the footpath joins a board walk and continues through some mangroves and out to the creek edge. The boardwalk then turns left, crossing under the railway bridge to the intersection with the Salt Pan Creek footbridge on the right.
Turn left: From the intersection, this walk follows the boardwalk around the creek’s edge (keeping the train line on the left) and through some mangroves for a short distance, until coming to a concrete footpath. This path continues past a transmission tower to the end of Bridge Street.
(1.7km) End of Bridge Street → Padstow Railway Station
1.1 km
19 mins
16m
-4m
Very easy
Continue straight: From the intersection, this walk heads south (away from the trail line) along Davies Road, along the footpath. After a short while, the walk turns right into Ryan Rd, crossing at the traffic lights. This walk follows the footpath through the suburbs to cross, straight ahead at the roundabout, onto Howard Road. The road then passes a few shops and comes to the Padstow railway station on the right.
Howard Road shops
Maps for the Alma Road to Padstow along Salt Pan Creek 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.
Botany Bay | 1:25 000 Map Series | 91303S BOTANY BAY | NSW-91303S |
Sydney | 1:100 000 Map Series | 9130 SYDNEY | 9130 |
Cross sectional view of the Alma Road to Padstow along Salt Pan Creek bushwalking track
Analysis and summary of the altitude variation on the Alma Road to Padstow along Salt Pan Creek
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 | 2.8 km | ||
Time | 1 Hr | ||
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Grade 3/6 Moderate track |
AS 2156.1 | Gradient | Gentle hills with occasional steps (2/6) |
Quality of track | Formed track, with some branches and other obstacles (3/6) | ||
Signs | Directional signs along the way (3/6) | ||
Experience Required | Some bushwalking experience recommended (3/6) | ||
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
Around 2.2km of this walk is flat with no steps, whilst the remaining 650m has gentle hills with occasional steps.
Quality of track
2.2km of this walk follows a smooth and hardened path and another 390m follows a clear and well formed track or trail. The remaining (260m) follows a formed track, with some branches and other obstacles.
Signs
Around 2.4km of this walk is clearly signposted, whilst the remaining 480m has directional signs at most intersection.
Experience Required
Around 2.6km of this walk requires no previous bushwalking experience, whilst the remaining 260m requires some bushwalking experience.
weather
This whole walk, 2.8km is not usually affected by severe weather events (that would unexpectedly impact safety and navigation).
Infrastructure
This whole walk, 2.8km 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 Alma Road to Padstow along Salt Pan Creek walk starts at the Corner of Alma Road and Wainwright Avenue (gps: -33.962739, 151.03949)Your transport options to Corner of Alma Road and Wainwright Avenue are by;
Bus. (get details)
Car. There is free parking available.
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The Alma Road to Padstow along Salt Pan Creek ends at the Padstow Railway Station (gps: -33.951899, 151.03197)
Your transport options to Padstow Railway Station are by;
Train. (get details)
Bus. (get details)
Car. There is free parking available.
(get details)
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 Metropolitan weather district always check the formal BOM forecast or pdf before starting your walk.Forecast snapshot
Park Information & Alerts
Short URL = http://wild.tl/artpaspc
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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