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.
Hornsby Shire – which is the largest LGA in the Greater Sydney Metropolitan region – contains approximately 600 recorded Aboriginal rock art sites (and over 1,200 Aboriginal heritage sites). These date back from thousands of years to post-European contact art.
A spectacular and distinctive Upper Blue Mountains waterfall, Victoria Falls is popular (despite a steep walk down) as a swimming spot and a waterfall you can scramble behind.
A steep descent takes you down to the Silver Cascades, a picturesque waterfall and swimming hole.
Located just off the Horse Track, the Horse Track Lookout (which has no official name and is not signposted) offers some great views over the Grose Valley and Govett Gorge,
Victoria Falls to Blackheath can be done as a long day-walk or an overnight bushwalk. Dropping into the Grose Valley via Victoria Falls, the walk passes through the Blue Gum Forest before entering Govett Gorge and climbing up to Evans Lookout along the Horse Track (past an unexpected lookout).
More of a stop along the Victoria Falls walking track than a destination, the Grose Valley Lookout delivers some impressive views over the Grose Valley.
An Aboriginal engraving of an eel and several grinding grooves on a rock platform next to the Hawkesbury Track in Berowra.
An Aboriginal rock art site with a small wallaby drawn in red ochre, near the Hawkesbury Track in Berowra
A small Aboriginal engraving site with a row of three fish near the Tommos Loop trail.
An rock platform above Tommos Loop, which has Aboriginal rock engravings of a man,canoe and emu.