Lane Cove cabins are located in Lane Cove National Park on Plassey Road, North Ryde/Macquarie Park, NSW 2113. 

Please note, you won't be able to reach the cabins via Riverside Drive. Get driving directions.

GPS info
If you’re travelling by car, please load your GPS destination as Plassey Road, Macquarie Park. Alternatively, enter the following decimal degrees as your destination: -33.78952666, 151.14316666. 

Road quality

• Sealed roads

Vehicle access

• 2WD vehicles

Weather restrictions

• All weather

Parking

Parking is restricted to one vehicle per site. Additional vehicles must be parked outside the holiday park.

By public transport

There are many public transport options to get to Lane Cove Holiday Park. 

• North Ryde train station is a short 900m walk from the holiday park.
• Turn right out of the train station on Delhi Road, and walk down a slight hill.
• Turn left into Plassey Road.
• The holiday park entrance is 700m on the right.

For further public transport information, please visit Transport Info.

• Each cabin is fully self-contained and furnished with a full kitchen including appliances, crockery, cutlery and glassware.
• There is a bathroom with a separate toilet, TV and DVD player, ironing board, ceiling fans and reverse cycle air-conditioning.
• Bedding configuration: Studio cabins: 1 queen room. Family cabins: 1 queen. 3 single beds (2 are bunks). Linen, blankets and towels are provided.
• The holiday park has a swimming pool and paddling pool.
• There are 2 camp kitchens with cooking facilities, instant hot water on tap, fridge (please label food), a microwave and toaster. Barbecue facilities are adjacent. 
• Irons are available from reception.
• The shared recreation room includes a large screen TV and 2 computers with wireless internet.
• There is a young children’s play area.
• Please leave all cabins clean and tidy with all kitchen items washed and put away. Additional cleaning fees may apply.
• Rubbish bins are available, please use recycling bins where appropriate.
• There is mobile reception available at the holiday park, however there is limited mobile phone reception in Lane Cove National Park. You'll need mobile reception to call Triple Zero (000) or use the Emergency + app.

Amenities

There are 4 shared amenities blocks with laundry facilities, including (coin-operated) washing machines and dryers, ironing boards and drying lines, hot showers and toilets.

Toilets

• Flush toilets

Picnic tables

Barbecue facilities

• Gas/electric barbecues (free)

Cafe/kiosk

A small kiosk is located at reception.

Drinking water

Public phone

A coin-operated public pay phone is available at the holiday park entrance on Plassey Road.

Showers

• Hot showers

Wireless internet

The holiday park has its own wireless internet network within a limited area.

Electric power

• Lane Cove cabins factsheet
• Lane Cove cabins map (3.5MB pdf)
• Lane Cove Discovery Park site map (3.5MB pdf)

Disability access level - no wheelchair access

• Forest therapy walk in Lane Cove National Park Slow down and immerse yourself in nature on this peaceful guided forest therapy walk in Sydney’s Lane Cove National Park.
• Great North walk - Lane Cove National Park Passing through Lane Cove National Park, this multi-day hike offers stunning scenery across Sydney, the Hunter Valley and Newcastle. Tackle part of the track for an easy day walk.
• Great North walk stage 1: City to Fullers Bridge Make the Great North walk your fitness challenge for 2025. Stage 1 kicks off at Macquarie Place, Sydney. On this 8hr, 15km walk, you'll journey north to Lane Cove National Park.

• Carter Creek picnic area Book Carter Creek picnic area for your next celebration. There are shaded picnic tables and gas barbecues. Plus it's right by the river.
• Pennant Hills West Pymble fire trail Ride the Pennant Hills to West Pymble fire trail for scenic views of Sydney and bushland. There's plenty of variety with technical parts and steep sections.

Animals

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  Australian brush turkey (Alectura lathami)

  The Australian brush turkey, also known as bush or scrub turkey, can be found in rainforests along eastern NSW. With a striking red head, blue-black plumage and booming call, these distinctive Australian birds are easy to spot while bird watching in several NSW national parks.

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  Eastern water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii)

  The eastern water dragon is a subaquatic lizard found in healthy waterways along eastern NSW, from Nowra to halfway up the Cape York Pensinsula. It’s believed to be one of the oldest of Australian reptiles, remaining virtually unchanged for over 20 million years.

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  Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)

  Of the 2 species of kookaburra found in Australia, the laughing kookaburra is the best-known and the largest of the native kingfishers. With its distinctive riotous call, the laughing kookaburra is commonly heard in open woodlands and forests throughout NSW national parks, making these ideal spots for bird watching.

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  Lace monitor (Varanus varius)

  One of Australia’s largest lizards, the carnivorous tree-dwelling lace monitor, or tree goanna, can grow to 2m in length and is found in forests and coastal tablelands across eastern Australia. These Australian animals are typically dark blue in colour with whitish spots or blotches.

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  Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)

  One of only 2 egg-laying mammals in the world, the short-beaked echidna is one of the most widespread of Australian native animals. Covered in spines, or quills, they’re equipped with a keen sense of smell and a tube-like snout which they use to break apart termite mounds in search of ants.

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  Superb fairy wren (Malurus cyaneus)

  The striking blue and black plumage of the adult male superb fairy wren makes for colourful bird watching across south-eastern Australia. The sociable superb fairy wrens, or blue wrens, are Australian birds living in groups consisting of a dominant male, mouse-brown female ‘jenny wrens’ and several tawny-brown juveniles.

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  Swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)

  The swamp wallaby, also known as the black wallaby or black pademelon, lives in the dense understorey of rainforests, woodlands and dry sclerophyll forest along eastern Australia. This unique Australian macropod has a dark black-grey coat with a distinctive light-coloured cheek stripe.

Plants

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  Grass tree (Xanthorrea spp.)

  An iconic part of the Australian landscape, the grass tree is widespread across eastern NSW. These Australian native plants have a thick fire-blackened trunk and long spiked leaves. They are found in heath and open forests across eastern NSW. The grass tree grows 1-5m in height and produces striking white-flowered spikes which grow up to 1m long.

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  Smooth-barked apple (Angophora costata)

  Smooth-barked apple gums, also known as Sydney red gum or rusty gum trees, are Australian native plants found along the NSW coast, and in the Sydney basin and parts of Queensland. Growing to heights of 15-30m, the russet-coloured angophoras shed their bark in spring to reveal spectacular new salmon-coloured bark.

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  Old man banksia (Banksia serrata)

  Hardy Australian native plants, old man banksias can be found along the coast, and in the dry sclerophyll forests and sandstone mountain ranges of NSW. With roughened bark and gnarled limbs, they produce a distinctive cylindrical yellow-green banksia flower which blossoms from summer to early autumn.

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  Flannel flower (Actinotus helianthi)

  The delicate flannel flower is so named because of the soft woolly feel of the plant. Growing in the NSW south coast region, extending to Narrabri in the Central West and up to south-east Queensland, its white or pink flowers bloom all year long, with an extra burst of colour in the spring.

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  Scribbly gum (Eucalyptus haemastoma)

  Easily identifiable Australian native plants, scribbly gum trees are found throughout NSW coastal plains and hills in the Sydney region. The most distinctive features of this eucalypt are the ‘scribbles’ made by moth larva as it tunnels between the layers of bark.

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  Wonga wonga vine (Pandorea pandorana)

  The wonga wonga vine is a widespread vigorous climber usually found along eastern Australia. A variation of the plant occurs in the central desert, where it resembles a sprawling shrub. One of the more common Australian native plants, the wonga wonga vine produces bell-shaped white or yellow flowers in the spring, followed by a large oblong-shaped seed pod.