West Head, part of the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and only 90min from Sydney, has a variety of short walks… secluded beaches, off-track routes and rocky outcrops with views over Pittwater. Within West Head are many Aboriginal engravings sites and remains of WWII fortifications,
The America Bay Waterfall is at the head of America Bay, where the creek drops off a tall cliff onto the rocks below.
The Elvina Waterfall tumbles 25m down a sheer cliff. At the base of the falls is a sandy area surrounded by lush vegetation.
The Lovett Pool Falls is a very small waterfall that drops into a natural pool near the Elvina Track (at West Head).
An Aboriginal engraving of a “dancing man”, axe grinding grooves and a water channel on a long rock platform below the Waratak Trail.
A small Aboriginal engraving site in thick scrub, which includes a fsh and an emu in an unusual pose.
Described as a “sacred site for whales”, this large Aboriginal engraving stie near the Waratah Track includes two whales (one with a man inside it) and a deity figure.
Very weathered engravings of echidnas on a platform next to the Waratah Track.
An interesting-looking Aboriginal engraving (most recently described as a gecko)on a ridge off the Waratah Track
Two echidnas and a leaping wallaby on a rok platform near the Waratah Track,
An easy walk along the Salvation Loop & Wallaroo Track, with the last 200m to the Wallaroo Trig being a scramble through light scrub to the top of the hill.