Our Weekend Getaways

After doing a few back to back bushwalks, we wanted to do a coastal walk for a change and decided to visit Bouddi National Park which is renowned for its magnificent beaches and breathtaking views. Bouddi Coastal Walk from Putty Beach to MacMasters Beach is said to be one of the best walks in Central Coast which is 8 km one way. Our challenge was to find a loop walk that covers the best parts of the park and of a reasonable distance. We started from Maitland Bay Information Center and headed to Putty beach, then traced our steps back and continued to Maitland Bay. Then, we followed Mount Bouddi walking track, Bouddi Spur walking track, Mount Bouddi road and Stroms trail to get back to the car park. This loop was approximately 12 km and a tricky one to name as it was a combination of many tracks. Below is the path we followed. Start of the Walk at Maitland Bay Information Center We followed Maitland Bay track, a dirt track through the bush that slopes downhill. After a few m

Red Hands Cave in Glenbrook where many  Aboriginal Hand Stencils and Prints could be found  is  considered to be one of the best-preserved sites of Aboriginal rock art in the Blue Mountains area .  We love hiking in the beautiful  Blue Mountains National Park and the track leading to something as important as Red Hands Cave was an added bonus.  The track has multiple starting points and you could make the walk as short 20 minutes or as longs as 4+ hours depending on where you decide to park. The closest car park is the Red Hands Cave car park and a  brief ten minute walk will get you to the cave. If you park at the Campfire Creek car park and  take the longer loop track via Red Hands Cave car park, the walk would be  around 8.3 km. However,  If you turn back from the Red Hand Cave and trace the steps back, you could get away with about 6 km of walking. As we wanted to visit Blue Pool,  Jellybean Pool and the Red Hands Cave, we parked at the NPWS information centre and followed the

Manly Dam Park Circuit Walk is a 7.3 km, medium grade  track around the Manly Resovoir in Manly Vale.  Manly Reservoir was built by constructing the 250 meter Manly Dam across the Curl Curl Creek.  The walk starts from the  Manly Warringah War Memorial Park, a 74-acre urban bushland reserve, situated less than 20 km from the Sydney CBD. Manly Warringah War Memorial Park  is c omplete with a swimming area, boat ramp, parking area, an abundance of picnic tables and wood barbecues making it an ideal place for a family to enjoy the day.   Beautiful views of Manly Resovoir from Manly Warringah War Memorial Park Start of the walk from the Memorial Park There are a few memorial monuments in the park. One is the granite plaque in the picture above.  Then there is a  sphere near the water with the inscriptions,  "World Peace, forgiveness, harmony, trust, co-operation, caring, understanding, happiness"  and another which is dedicated to the fallen and has one  fallen and  two stand