NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is part of Department of Planning, Industry and Environment. NPWS manages more than 870 NSW national parks and reserves, covering over 7 million hectares of land.
A short bushwalk along Gundah Ridge, with some nice views over Berowra Creek
Four interrelated sites around the America Bay track at West Head, depicting different scenes. Two are easily accessed from the America Bay Track.
Above the Gosford Railway Dams in Narara is an Aboriginal engraving site which includes a speared man, eel and fish.
The Narara Dam bushwalk through Darkinjung Land in Gosford crosses Fountain Creek and descends to the Narara Railway Dams.
An off-track walk from Dargan (on Chifley Road) to Goochs Crater in the Blue Mountains. This is a longer and more scenic route to an enormous natural crater (and doesn’t require a 4WD).
A small but deep cave in Mt Ku-ring-gai has four clearly-stencilled hand prints in ochre.
A guide to discovering the trig stations hidden in national parks across Sydney.
The trig stations in and around Garigal National Park in Sydney’s north are generally easy to access – unlike many of the nearby Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park trig stations that demand serious navigation and off-track skills.Â
A newly-discovered site in Mt Ku-ring-gai, the Crawford Road Shelter has multiple charcoal motifs.
The Myall Trail is a short firetrail that leads to the end of a ridge in the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, with views over the park.