Resolute Loop Trail - Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park

Resolute Loop Trail, also known as Aboriginal Heritage Walk, is one of the most popular walking tracks in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, located 25 km north of Sydney Central Business District. This 4.4 km, grade 4 circuit track passes through ancient Aboriginal rock arts and engravings, amazing views over West Head Lookout and two secluded beaches.

We started the walk from Resolute Picnic area where there is plenty of parking, toilets, picnic tables and electric barbecues. 

Start of the walk from Resolute Picnic Area

After walking for about 50 meters, we took a left turn to follow Red Hands Track towards West Head Lookout.  Walking along the dirt road and some well-maintained stone steps for about 5 minutes took us to Red Hands Cave.

Red Hands Cave Track

Red handprints in the cave, dated approximately 2000 years back, are made by ancient Aboriginal Garrigal people, the local clan which occupied the area, by blowing red ochre over their hands.

Red Hands Cave

Just after the cave, Red Hands Cave Track meets the Resolute Track which leads to West Head Lookout. We had to climb and descend more steps before one of the best lookouts in Sydney greeted us with breathtaking views.

Towards West Head Lookout ...

Towards West Head Lookout ...

We were lucky to see a Kookaburra and a friendly Australian Brush Turkey along the way.




West Head Lookout offers impressive vistas of Broken Bay to the left, Pittwater to the right and Barrenjoey Headland and Lighthouse in front. 

Views of Barrenjoey Headland and Lighthouse

Views of Lion Island and Broken Bay

We rested for a few minutes absorbing the wonderful views, before continuing on Resolute Track towards West Head Beach.

Unmarked Lookout

Breathtaking views along the way

Resolute Loop Track provides the opportunity to visit two secluded beaches. We followed the signage from West Head Lookout towards Resolute Beach and about 15 minutes walk took us to the first, West Head Beach. However, we had to leave exploring West Head Beach to a later date as we were running out of time. After crossing a small creek and descending the steps following the path of the creek, we arrived at Resolute Beach.



First glimpses of the Resolute Beach

Resolute Beach is a small secluded beach which is about 60m in length and can be reached by either the Resolute Track or by boat. It has its own little waterfall and plenty of rocks and shades, providing us with a comfortable setting to have a snack and recharge while enjoying the beautiful views of Barrenjoey Headland.

The Resolute Beach

The Resolute Beach


Enjoying a cuppa


From Resolute Beach, the track climbs steeply uphill until there is a signposted large cave which has been an Aboriginal occupation site. 



Aboriginal occupation site

Shortly after we reached this site, the track became a comfortable 4WD trail.  As we continued towards Resolute Picnic area, we came across a signposted Aboriginal engraving site to our right.


We Continued along the track to reach the Resolute Picnic Area to complete the loop which took us around 3 hrs.

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Anonymous said…
I would like to try this track. Looks beautiful.
1 June 2020 at 03:04
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