Turn around: From the office of the ‘Lane Cove Tourist Park’
[462], this walk heads down the internal road, past the boom gates
[463] for about 50m to turn left just past the laundry
[464]. The walk then continues along this road as it bends right after about 100m, then leads down to a T-intersection
[465]. Just on the other side (and to the left) of this intersection, there is a set of steps beside the large ‘Lane Cove National Park’ sign
[466].
From this concreted section between sites 152 and 151, this walk follows the sign
[467] down the stone steps
[468] for about 60m, where the track then leads gently down to a T-intersection marked with a timber signpost
[469] (beside a large scribbly gum).
Turn right: From the intersection, the walk follows ‘Lane Cove River Weir’ sign
[470] south down the hill. The track leads gently down the side of the hill for about 80m to pass a ‘Native Flora’ information sign
[471][472], then about 90m later passes a ‘Bush Regeneration’ information sign
[473] among the ferns. Just 30m past this sign, the track leads over a small metal bridge
[474] beside the tall fern trees
[475] and ‘Native Fauna’ information sign
[476]. Here the track continues for a short distance to come to an intersection with Riverside Drive, where a ‘Tourist Park’ sign
[477] points back up the hill.
Continue straight: From the intersection, this walk follows the ‘Riverside walk’ arrow post down the steps
[478] and then follows the road down past the ’12 Blackbutt’ picnic area
[479]. Soon the road leads to a Y-intersection
[480] and veers right down to the car park
[481] beside ’13 Cottonwood Glen’ picnic area
[482] and the Lane Cove River.
Turn right: From the car park on the south side of ‘Cottonwood Glen’, this walk follows the NPWS arrow post
[483] along the track into the bush, keeping the river to your left. The track leads along side the river for about 300m, first through a lovely she-oak stand
[484], then through a re-vegetating tall gum forest
[485] before heading down a sealed footpath
[486] to come to a car park (beside the toilet block
[487]) at Carters Creek picnic area.
Continue straight: From in front of the toilets at Carters Creek picnic area, this walk heads across the grass clearing
[488] and across the small timber bridge
[489] to come to the car park
[490]. After crossing the car park, this walk continues over the grass
[491], beside the road, keeping the river to your left, and then veers left and follows the NPWS arrow post
[492] down around the locked gate. Here the walk follows the narrow trail for about 60m to come to an intersection
[493] with a footpath on your right, just before the ‘8 Ironbarks’ sign
[494] and picnic area.
Continue straight: From the intersection
[495] just west of ‘8 Ironbarks’
[496], this walk follows the track through the picnic area, keeping the river on the left. On the far side of the picnic area, this walk follows the NPWS arrow post
[497] for about 180m up over a rocky outcrop
[498] to then head down a metal staircase
[499]. The track winds down alongside the river for another 70m to come to the edge of another large grassy clearing. Here, this walk heads across ‘7 Moola’ picnic area (with toilets
[500] and water), crossing a small flat timber bridge
[501] in the middle. The track soon leaves this clearing and continues for another 80m to come to the shop-front side of the sandstone boatshed building
[502].
Continue straight: From the shop front of the boatshed
[503], this walk follows the concrete path keeping the river to the left to walk to the end of the building. Here, the walk follows the wide dirt track, past the large picnic table
[504]
, keeping to the lower main (but narrowing) track for about 60m to pass through a notably narrow
then short rough steep
section of track in the acacia grove. About 15m later the walk leads below a large brick picnic shelter[505] and 50m later comes to a ‘Riverside Walking Track’ sign[506] at the edge of the ‘Illoura’[507] picnic area.
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