Start | (-33.7431484,151.1761651) |
Mode | Bus Car (There is free parking available.) |
Directions | From Eastern Arterial Road
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Turn map | Directions & comments |
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The starting point of an optional sidetrip. An optional side trip to Int of Gov. Phillip and Bungaroo tracks. To start this optional side trip turn sharp left here. On returning from this side trip turn sharp right when you get back to this intersection. Details below.
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After 50 m find the "Pipeline" (on your left).
This pipeline is unearthed at Hunter Street, St Ives, and travels through Garigal National Park, across Middle Harbour Creek to John Oxley Drive, Sorlie. The pipe carries water under pressure From Ryde to Pymble to the reservoir at Beacon Hill. The old smaller-capacity pipe can still be seen running parallel to the larger pipe.
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About 20 m past the end is "Bungaroo".
Governor Arthur Phillip (first governor of NSW) described this section of the river as where "the flowing of the tide ceased". Phillip and his party of nine camped here in 1788 whilst looking for land suitable for farming. John White (Surgeon General) described the the area as "the most desert, wild and solitary seclusion that the imagination can form any idea of". Over the past 200 years the river has changed, but somewhere not far upstream of the stepping stone is Bungaroo.
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Class 3/6 Moderate track |
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Length | 3 km |
Time | 1 h 15 min to 1 h 30 min |
Quality of track | Clear and well formed track or trail (2/6) |
Gradient | Short steep hills (3/6) |
Signage | Directional signs along the way (3/6) |
Infrastructure | Generally useful facilities (such as fenced cliffs and seats) (1/6) |
Experience Required | No experience required (1/6) |
Weather | Weather generally has little impact on safety (1/6) |