Lane Cove National Park is a protected national park located within metropolitan Sydney, It includes areas of land which are part of Ku-ring-gai, Ryde, and Hornsby local government areas as welk as small areas in Willoughby, Lane Cove and Hunter’s Hill local government areas. The park is surrounded on all sides by developed suburban areas.
A somewhat uninspiring but pleasant bushwalk between Gordon and Thornleigh, which is mostly along the Lane Cove Valley Walk (which is part of the Great North Walk).
Water channels that appear to be of Aboriginal origin, below the STEP Track in South Turramurra.
The Lane Cove River Loop walk does a circuit from Browns Waterhole along both sides of the Lane Cove River, using some of the less-busy tracks in the Lane Cove National Park..
An unusual Aboriginal engraing site in Lane Cove National Park, which contains only emu and kangaroo tracks.
Blaxlands Falls or Buckham Falls is a waterfall along Shrimptons Creek. Above the waterfall is a series of small cascades.
Kikkiya Waterfall along Shrimptons Creek is a small but picturesque tiered waterfall. It’s a bit tricky to reach.
Three Aboriginal engravings of indeterminate figures on a rock platform above Blackbutt Creek.
Aboriginal engraving of a platypus, carved in an unusually simple style.
Over 40 sites have been recorded within the park; many were located along the river bank and were flooded by the building of the weir in 1938.
A large rock located in the Lane Cove National Park, which has both Aboriginal and European engravings.