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.
Offering some of the best surf around Sydney and patrolled swimming on weekend, Garie Beach in the Royal Natonal Park is easily by car or bushwalking trails.
One of the more remote beaches in the Royal National Park, Werrong Beach is reached via a steep trail down from Otford. An official nudist beach, it’s not great for swimming.
Next to a waterhole is a single Aboriginal engraving of a man, described as a Ghindarring or “hairy man” figure. Two kangaroos are nearby.
The Fagan Trig along the Peebles Trail is partly damaged, despite the stone cairn being cemented.
One of the last trig stations constructed in Sydney’s north, Djarra Trig in still in fairly good condition despite being damaged by bushfires.
Charles Trig is fairly easily reached from the Bells Line of Road in the Blue Mountains. There are panoramic views from the trig station.
A small number of trig stations within Marramarra National Park in Sydney’s north.
Marramarra National Park is located on the Hawkesbury River, to the north of Sydney. Although most of the bushwalks are along firetrails, it has a few interesting trails that are never busy.
Emu Cave (also known as Shearwoods Cave) has hundred of emu prints carved into the western wall, and axe grinding grooves above the shelter.
An Aboriginal engraving site near Collingridge Point has three motifs and a number of axe grinding grooves – as well as a non-Aboriginal (European) dinosaur carving,