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.
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”.
A scarred tree along the Neverfail Fire Trail (Coba Ridge) in Marramarra National Park.
An easy walk along Coba Ridge via the Neverfail Fire Trail to Collingridge Point, which has nice views over Berowra Creek. A more challenging side-trip visits an Aboriginal rock art site and the Coba trig station.
A small Aboriginal engraving site with a kangaroo and Daramulan figure, on a small rock platform near the Coba Ridge in Marramarra National Park.
Coba Trig in Marramarra National Park is reached via a route that’s partly on a firetrail, and partly off-track. Only the stone cairn remains.
The second of three trig stations along Govett Ridge, Edwards Trig Station is accessed from Cowan Station via the track to Taffys Rock.
A relatively easy-to-reach trig station, Cole Trig is on a ridge accessible from Cowan Station. An informal trail continues past Edward Trig to Taffys Rock.
A pair of waterfalls along Frenchs Creek in Garigal National Park, Frenchs Creek Falls is very picturesque – especially after heavy rain. It’s reached by a short and partly rough walking track.
Partly covered by silt, an Aboriginal engraving of a kangaroo is on a small outcrop with a view of Mount Wondabyne.
Duffy Trig is a well-preserved trig station in Duffy’s Forest, accessible via an informal walking track from Booralie Road.