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.
One of the more remote trig points in the Kosciuszko National Park, the Jagungal Trig (on Mount Jagungal) is reached via a 2-day bushwalk. It offers spectacular views on a clear day.
A guide to discovering the trig stations hidden in national parks across Sydney.
Three shelters along a low cliff line near the Hungry Trig station contain one or two Aboriginal red ochre hand stencils
The Kosciuszko Trig is on top of Mount Kosciuszko – the highest peak in Australia. Reached via an easy 13km return walk from the top of the Thredbo chairlift, the summit offers some great views on a clear day.
Southerly Ramshead Trig is an unofficial trig station, which is on top of one of the Ramshead Range peaks. Spectacular views from the top of the rocky summit.
The Thredbo River Cascades is the largest of hundreds of cascades along the river. The small waterfall has a viewing platform and wooden bench.
First recorded by the 1st Hornsby Scout Group, this Aboriginal engraving site depicts a man and his pregnant wife.
Recorded during a field survey conducted prior to the construction of the Sydney to Newcastle freeway through Cowan, this Aboriginal engraving site was determined as being of significant anthropological significance.
An Aboriginal engraving site above Campbell Creek, depicting two men, fish and a shield, in what may be a fishing scene.
Aboriginal engraving sites located near the Cowan to Brooklyn (Great North Walk) trail. Some of these sites were documented over a hundred year ago by W.D. Campbell, and others only recently “discovered”.