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After 55 m pass the car park (10 m on your left).

After another 40 m find the "Rumbalara Reserve Flora and Fauna" (20 m on your left).
The reserve is home to a wide range of flora and fauna. The vegetation types range from the relatively dry 'Coastal Narrabeen Ironbark Forest' to pockets of 'Coastal Warm Temperate Rainforest'. Commonly seen birds include Kookaburras, Eastern Rosellas and Magpies. Rarer birds such as the Glossy Black Cockatoo and Swift Parrot are sometimes sighted here as well. Sugar Gliders, Brush-tailed possums, Blue-tounged lizards and Tree snakes can be seen in the reserve if you are patient and lucky enough.

Then come to the "Yaruga Lookout" (40 m on your left).

Then find the "Yaruga Picnic Area" (70 m on your left).
This picnic area is right beside Dolly Ave, within the Rumbalara Reserve, Gosford. The facilities include free electric BBQs, picnic tables, toilets and garbage bins. There are information boards with details of the walking tracks and other features of the reserve. There are a couple of lookout points at the edge of the picnic area with great views out across Gosford and the surrounding areas.

Then pass the toilet (15 m on your right).
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After another 210 m (Very Steep Rocky path) continue straight, to head along Flannel Flower walk.
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After another 160 m continue straight, to head along Flannel Flower walk.
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After another 245 m turn left.

After another 120 m find the "Flannel Flower" (10 m on your right).
Actinotus helianthi, popularly known as the Sydney flannel flower, is frequently spotted by spring-time bushwalkers in the Sydney region. Generally growing up to 50 cm, the stem, branches and leaves of the plant are a pale grey in colour, covered in downy hair (rather like flannel in texture).
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Turn right.

After another 25 m pass the "Statue" (140 m on your left).
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After another 170 m turn left.
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After another 60 m continue straight.

After another 160 m pass the "Statue" (9 m on your left).

After another 50 m come to the "Nurrunga Point" (30 m on your left).

Then find the "Sculptures in Rumbalara" (10 m on your left).
There are four bronze figurative sculptures in the Rumbalara Reserve that were 'commissioned in the series "Salute to Famous Australians", which includes Captain Charles Sturt, Edward Eyre, and Sir Charles Kingsford Smith.' Matthew Flinders is the fourth in the series. They were 'commissioned by Sara Lee Kitchens (Australia) Pty Ltd and Gosford City Council for the State Bicentennial Celebrations 1987.'. Smith and Flinders are the most easily reached, at the Nurrunga picnic area.

Then pass the "Statue" (15 m on your left).

After another 105 m pass the toilet (8 m on your right).
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After another 85 m continue straight.
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After another 25 m turn left.
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After another 30 m continue straight.

After another 25 m find the "Rumbalara Reserve" (7 m on your right).
Rumbalara Reserve lies just to the east of the Gosford CBD and is part of Gosford's Coastal Open Space System (COSS). There is an extensive set of well marked walking tracks within the reserve. Yaruga Picnic Area has free electric BBQs while both Yaruga and Nurrunga picnic areas have toilets, picnic tables, nearby lookouts and proximity to walking tracks. The picnic areas are accessed via Dolly Ave, Springfield, with the gate being locked at 8pm each evening. The Rumbalara Environmental Education Centre, at the end of Donnison St, Gosford, is one of several good access points to the walking tracks in the lower section of the reserve.
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After another 140 m veer right, to head along Fire Trail.
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After another 135 m continue straight, to head along Fire Trail.
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After another 240 m turn right.
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After another 40 m turn right, to head along Rumbalara Lookout Road.
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After another 85 m continue straight, to head along Rumbalara Lookout Road.
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After another 2 m come to the end.
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