Continue straight: From the clearing at Jerusalem Bay, this walk follows the ‘Great North Walk’ sign
[42], keeping the water to your right. The track bends left then leads down some sandstone steps
[43] (with a handrail). The track soon becomes fairly rough and follows the shoreline
[44] for about 200m before crossing a rocky and mossy gully
[45]. On the other side of this gully, the track tends right, following the GNW arrow post
[46] past a sandstone overhang
[47], and over a small flat timber bridge
[48]. Just past this bridge, the track bends left and starts to climb steeply
[49] up the particularly rocky track
[50]. After about 300m of climbing, the track passes a small clearing with a small seat
[51] (on your right). Over the next 400m, the rocky track still heads up, but is generally less steep
[52][53]. The walk then comes to a large rock outcrop
[54], where the track turns right to head up through a rocky gully
[55]. About 60m after this climb, the track leads up another short climb
[56] to a rock platform
[57], then a third consecutive climb
[58] leads up through a crack in a rock
[59] to find a much welcomed bench seat
[60] and ‘Great North Walk – Track Register’ log book box
[61][62]. From here, the walk follows the the track gently uphill for another 60m to a ‘Jerusalem Bay’ sign
[63] pointing back along the track, at the top of the ridge.
Continue straight: From the top of the ridge, this walk follows the ‘Brooklyn Dam’ sign
[64], gently uphill, heading north through the tall heath. The mostly flat track leads through the forest
[65], with an occasional glimpse
[66][67] to the freeway and down to Brooklyn. after about 400m, the track bends left and leads through a long cleft in the rock
[68]. Here the track start to head more and more steeply down
[69] for the next 350m, until heading down some timber steps
[70] which lead to Campbells Creek. The walk steps over the small (orange, polluted
[71]) creek to find a flat sandy clearing
[72] a few metres past the creek.
Continue straight: From the small clearing
[73], this walk follows the clear track away from the creek, and soon bends left then begins to climb. The rocky track climbs steeply for about 200m, passing among the grass trees and eucalyptus
[74]. The track flattens out and passes alongside a rock wall
[75], then resumes the climb up the hill. At the top of this climb, the track passes a couple of small rock overhangs
[76] then climbs about halfway up a section of rock
[77] to follow the longer section of rock platform
[78] to the right. The track then gently undulates along the side of the hill, passing a section of hand rail
[79] after about 70m. The track then follows a series of small rock walls
[80] (on your left) for about 250m before climbing up onto a flat, sandy track. This soon leads to a faint intersection
[81] (with a track on your right, which goes to a large rock platform
[82]). From here, the sandy track stays mostly flat
[83] for about 300m before veering left at a GNW arrow post, leading up a more rocky section of track
[84] and then climbing up some steel pegs
[85] in the rock wall at the next GNW arrow post
[86]. Here the track leads up the short hill and comes to a T-intersection with a wide management trail, where a ‘Jerusalem Bay’ sign
[87] points back down the hill.
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