Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park

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Cowan Creek, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park

Ku-ring-gai Chase is a national park in New South Wales (Australia), 25 km north of Sydney located largely within the Ku-ring-gai, Hornsby, Warringah and Pittwater municipal areas. Ku-ring-gai Chase is also officially classed as a suburb by the Geographical Names Board of NSW.

The park is one of the most accessible in Australia, and this combined with its beautiful river and bushland setting make it one of the most popular. It has numerous excellent picnic, boating, fishing and walking possibilities.

Contents

• 1 Facilities
• 1.1 Bobbin Head
• 1.2 Appletree Bay
• 1.3 The Basin
• 1.4 West Head
• 1.5 The Sphynx
• 1.6 Cottage Point
• 2 Entry Points
• 2.1 By Road
• 2.2 On Foot Trail
• 2.3 By Boat
• 3 Entry Costs
• 4 Walks
• 5 References
• 6 See also
• 7 External links

Facilities

Bobbin Head

Located on Cowan Creek, this is a large and popular family picnic area. It is good for fishing, and is the starting point for walks.

• Extensive Parking
• Shop
• Kiosk
• Flush Toilets
• Childrens Play Equipment
• Barbeques
• Picnic tables including some under shelters
• Jetty
• Boat hire

Appletree Bay

• Paved parking area, including trailer parking
• Boat launch ramp & jetty
• Flush Toilets
• Picnic Tables
• Barbeques

The Basin

A popular camping/picnic site with a small beach Pittwater. This is the only place in the entire National Park where camping is allowed. Access is either via The Basin Track or on a ferry from Palm Beach Wharf. Camping is $10 per person per night for adults and $5 for children

• Flush Toilets
• Camp sites for 400 people
• Public Phone
• Drink vending machine
• Cold showers
• Picnic Tables
• Electric/Gas/Wood Barbeques

West Head

West Head Lookout.

West Head is a headland at the north eastern tip of the National Park. A lookout, with views of Barrenjoey, Palm Beach and Broken Bay, has been built on West HeadGregory's Street Directory, 59th Edition 1995, Map 109.

The Sphynx

Cottage Point

Entry Points

By Road

Ku-ring-gai Chase Road - near F3 Freeway Mt Colah Exit. Bobbin Head Road - near Lady Davidson Hospital and Ku-ring-gai High School West Head Road - from McCarrs Creek Road off Mona Vale Road

On Foot Trail

Jerusalem Bay Track (The Great North Walk)

Cross the F3 Freeway into the park on a footbridge next to Cowan Station

Unnamed Track, Cowan

An unnamed track starts at the Old Pacific Highway, near the Cowan Works Depot, a tower and a nursery, just south of the 'Pie in the Sky' Cafe. Track goes to locked gate, then through an underpass for the F3 Freeway, then joins the Jerusalem Bay Track

The Great North Walk, Brooklyn

Tracks from End of Bridge Street???? and Brooklyn Road on the south east side of the rail bridge

By Boat

Entry Costs

Walks

The view from West Head Lookout.

References

See also

• Protected areas of New South Wales (Australia)
• Lion Island, New South Wales

External links

• [New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service]
• [A comprehensive list of short bushwalks in Ku-Ring-Gai National Park]

 

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