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View from Bradleys Head – Booraghee Amphitheatre across Sydney Harbour. Photo credit: John Yurasek © DPIE

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Bradleys Head – Booraghee Amphitheatre

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People looking out over the ocean from the whale watching platform at Cape Solander. Photo: John Spencer © DPE

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Cape Solander

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Maddens Falls lookout, Dharawal National Park. Photo: John Yurasek © OEH

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Maddens Falls

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Aerial photo of a cliff with a large safety fence around a section of land to prevent visitors being injured on Wedding Cake Rock. Photo: DPIE © DPIE

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Wedding Cake Rock

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The view from West Head lookout, looking east to Palm Beach and Barrenjoey Head. Credit: Drew Elliot © DCCEEW

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West Head lookout

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Aerial view of South Head, Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: David Finnegan/DPIE

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South Head

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People walking around Middle Head – Gubbuh Gubbuh's military fortifications in Middle Head, Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: John Spencer, © DCCEEW

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Middle Head – Gubbuh Gubbuh

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Yiningma lookout, aerial view of Bluefish Point from North Head. Photo: John Spencer © DCCEEW

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North Head

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Figure Eight Pools headland near Burning Palms Beach, Royal National Park. Photo: David Croft/OEH

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Figure Eight Pools

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Governor Game lookout, Royal National Park. Photo: Andy Richards/NSW Government

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Governor Game lookout

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Platform, Illawarra Escarpment State Conservation Area. Photo: John Spencer

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Robertson lookout

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Dobroyd Scenic Drive, Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: David Finnegan/OEH

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Arabanoo lookout at Dobroyd Head

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Barnetts lookout. Photo: John Yurasek

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Barnetts lookout

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View across Sydney Harbour and out to South Head from Burragula lookout, Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: John Spencer © DPE

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Burragula lookout

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Yiningma lookout view of Bluefish Point, North Head, Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: John Spencer © DPE

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Yiningma lookout

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Hawkesbury lookout, Yellomundee Regional Park. Photo: John Yurasek

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Hawkesbury lookout

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O'Hares Creek lookout, Dharawal National Park. Photo: Victor Harnadi © OEH

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O'Hares Creek lookout

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Turkey's Nest picnic area, William Howe Regional Park. Photo: John Yurasek © OEH

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Turkeys Nest picnic area and lookout

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View from Yellow Rock lookout, Yellomundee Regional Park. Photo: John Yurasek/OEH

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Yellow Rock lookout

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Skylight cave is located on a dangerously narrow, slippery rock edge with pounding waves below, Kurnell area, Kamay Botany Bay National Park. Photo: Jeremy Malgras © DCCEEW

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Skylight cave

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Aboriginal heritage walk, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo: Andrew Richards/OEH

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Aboriginal Heritage walk

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Barrenjoey Lighthouse, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo: David Finnegan

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Barrenjoey Lighthouse

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A father and son go fishing next to a marina at Bobbin Head in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo: David Finnegan/OEH

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Bobbin Head

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Bradleys Head to Chowder Bay walk, Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo credit: John Spencer © DPIE

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Bradleys Head to Chowder Bay walk

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View to the ocean from Bundeena Drive to Marley walking track, Royal National Park. Photo © Natasha Webb

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Bundeena Drive to Marley walk

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Site of Captain Cooks landing place. Photo: Andy Richards

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Captain Cooks landing place

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d'Albora Akuna Bay, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo:

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d'Albora Akuna Bay

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A family and a group of friends at picnic tables in Davidson Park picnic area and boat ramp, Garigal National Park. Photo: John Spencer/DPIE

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Davidson Park picnic area and boat ramp

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View towards Empire Marina, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo: Darren Vaux

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Empire Marina Bobbin Head

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Girl walks along a mossy log in a shady forest setting. Photo: Natasha Webb

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Forest path

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Rainforest and bridge, Illawarra Escarpment State Conservation Area. Photo © Jamie Erskine

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Forest walk to Sublime Point track

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Goat Island, Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: David Finnegan

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Goat Island

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Bushland beside the Benowie walking track. Photo: John Yurasek © OEH

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Great North walk - Berowra Valley National Park

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Jerusalem Bay to Brooklyn Track, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo © Andrew Richards

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Great North walk – Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park

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Trees and ferns beside a walking track. Photo: Debby McGerty © OEH

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Great North walk - Lane Cove National Park

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Friends walking on Hermitage Foreshore track in Nielsen Park. Photo: Simone Cottrell © OEH

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Hermitage Foreshore track

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Bushwalker on the Karloo walking track. Photo © Natasha Webb

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Karloo walking track

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Lady Carrington Drive, Royal National Park. Photo: David Finnegan/NSW Government

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Lady Carrington Drive

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Bike riding on the Loftus Loop cycling trail. Photo: Andy Richards

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Loftus loop trail

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Aerial view of the NYE firework display over Clark Island, Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: Rob Mulally © DPE

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NYE Clark Island

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The view of the NYE fireworks from Shark Island, Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: John Spencer © DPE

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NYE Shark Island

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Cycle from Pennant Hills park to West Pymble, Lane Cove National Park. Photo: Debby McGerty.

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Pennant Hills West Pymble fire trail

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The Coast track, Royal National Park. Photo: David Finnegan © OEH

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The Coast track

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Oyster shells on Towra Beach in Towra Point Nature Reserve. Photo: John Spencer © OEH

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Towra Spit Beach

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Uloola Track, Royal National Park. Photo © Andrew Richards

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Uloola walking track

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Aerial view Wattamolla picnic area, Royal National Park. Photo: Andrew Elliot © DPE

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Wattamolla picnic area

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Werrong Beach Track, Royal National Park.

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Werrong Beach track

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Park sign pointing to Cape Baily lighthouse, set against a vista of ocean, rugged rocky coastline and bushland. Photo: Natasha Webb/DPIE

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Cape Baily Lighthouse

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Fort Denison – Muddawahnyuh, Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo credit: John Yurasek © DPIE

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Fort Denison – Muddawahnyuh

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View of the fireworks display at its height, Goat Island, Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: Jennifer Mitchell © DPE

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NYE Goat Island

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Cape Banks headland, La Perouse, Kamay Botany Bay National Park. Photo: Elinor Sheargold © OEH

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Cape Banks walking track

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The view of the fireworks from Bradleys Head Amphitheatre, Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: Grant Wolz © the photographer

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NYE Bradleys Head: The Amphitheatre

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View of the NYE fireworks from the Mast Precinct, Bradleys Head, Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: Kelly Hulme © DPE

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NYE Bradleys Head: The Mast Precinct

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The Sydney Harbour fireworks, Athol Lawn, Bradleys Head, Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: John Spencer © DPE

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NYE Bradleys Head: Athol Lawn

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View of the NYE fireworks from Strickland Estate in Vaucluse, Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: Jenny Huang © the photographer

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NYE Strickland Estate

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Greater Blue Mountains drive, Blue Mountains National Park. Photo: Hamilton Lund/Destination NSW

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Greater Blue Mountains drive

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Harbour view from North Head on a sunny day, looking over the South Head and the city in the distance, Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: David Finnegan/DPIE

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NYE North Head

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Wide view of grassy parkland dotted with mature trees and picnic tables. Photo credit: Natasha Webb © Natasha Webb

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Commemoration Flat picnic area

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An overhanging rock next to Lyrebird Gully track in Berowra Valley National Park. Photo: Jennifer Roberts © DPIE

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Lyrebird Gully circuit

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Akuna Bay Marina, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo: d'Albora Akuna Bay

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Akuna Bay

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Walker on Cascades trail. Photo: Shaun Sursok

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Cascades trail

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View across the harbour from Clark Island. Photo: Kevin McGrath © DPIE

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Clark Island

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Uncle Dean Kelly using traditional methods during a ceremony to connect to Country by the river near Bobbin Head. Credit: Elise McCarthy &Copy; DPE

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Connecting to Country at Bobbin Head

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Couranga Track, Royal National Park. Photo © Andy Richards

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Couranga walking track

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Curra Moors loop track, Royal National Park. Photo: David Finnegan © OEH

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Curra Moors loop track

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Garie Beach, Royal National Park. Photo: David Finnegan/NSW Government

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Garie Beach picnic area

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Family walking beneath the trees at Nielsen Park. Photo: John Spencer/DPIE

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Nielsen Park

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Raised boardwalk track surrounded by palms and tall forest. Photo: Natasha Webb

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Palm Jungle loop track

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NPWS staff and visitors using the computers at Royal National Park Visitor Centre, Royal National Park. Photo: Simone Cottrell © OEH

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Royal National Park Visitor Centre

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A couple enjoy a picnic on Shark Island – Boowambillee, Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: John Spencer/OEH

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Shark Island – Boowambillee

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South Head Heritage trail, Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: David Finnegan © OEH

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South Head Heritage trail

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Views of Cowan Creek from the Sphinx Memorial to Bobbin Head loop track, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo © Natasha Webb

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Sphinx Memorial to Bobbin Head loop track

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People inside The Nielsen cafe in Nielsen Park. Photo: Simone Cottrell/DPIE

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The Nielsen

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Hornby Lighthouse and harbour view. Photo: Kevin McGrath

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Hornby Lighthouse

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America Bay track, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo: David Finnegan © OEH

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America Bay walking track

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Apple Tree picnic area, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo © Andy Richards

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Apple Tree picnic area

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Bairne track, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo: Andrew Richards/NSW Government

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Bairne walking track

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Basin Aboriginal Art site, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo © Andrew Richards

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Basin Aboriginal art site

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Bellbird walking track, Leacock Regional Park. Photo: John Spencer © OEH

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Bellbird walking track

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Birrawanna walking track, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo: Elinor Sheargold © OEH

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Birrawanna walking track

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Bobbin Head Visitor Centre and the scenic rocky cliff and rainforest surrounds in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo: John Spencer © DCCEEW

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Bobbin Head Visitor Centre

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A couple enjoying the view from a picnic table at Bonnie Vale picnic area in Royal National Park. Photo: Simone Cottrell/OEH

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Bonnie Vale picnic area

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Two people walking on the Bungoona Path. Photo © Andy Richards

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Bungoona lookout and path

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Burrawang Reach picnic area, Georges River National Park. Photo credit: David Whitaker © DPIE

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Burrawang Reach picnic area

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Shady tree, Illawarra Escarpment State Conservation Area. Photo: John Spencer.

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Byarong Park picnic area

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A picnic and barbecue shelter surrounded by trees with carpark in the foreground at Carter Creek picnic area, Lane Cove National Park. Photo: Nathan Askey-Doran © DPIE

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Carter Creek picnic area

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A gravel trail surrounded by eucalyptus trees on Centre trail, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Credit Alegria Reyes/DPE © DPE

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Centre trail

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Commandment Rock picnic area shelter, Lane Cove National Park. Photo: Nathan Askey-Doran © DPIE

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Commandment Rock picnic area

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Picnic shelter and barbecue at Currawong Flat picnic area in Royal National Park. Photo: Nick Cubbin © OEH

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Currawong Flat picnic area

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Fibrosa Pavilion, Rouse Hill Regional Park. Photo: John Yurasek

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Fibrosa and Crebra Pavilions

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Fitzpatrick Park picnic area, Georges National Park. Photo: John Spencer

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Fitzpatrick Park

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Mountain bike rider on Serrata trail, Garigal National Park. Photo: Flow Mountain Bike

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Gahnia and Serrata mountain bike trails

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Gibberagong track, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo © Andrew Richards

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Gibberagong walking track

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Gunjulla Flat picnic area, Royal National Park. Photo © Andrew Richards

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Gunjulla Flat picnic area

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Heath and Bare Creek trails, Garigal National Park. Photo: Kim McClymont/NSW Government

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Heath and Bare Creek trails

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A wide shot of Ironbark Flat picnic area in Royal National Park with trees and people in the distance. Photo: Nick Cubbin © OEH

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Ironbark Flat picnic area

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A visitor stands at the info desk talking to a volunteer at Kalkari Discovery Centre, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo: Johny Spencer © DCCEEW

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Kalkari Discovery Centre

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Close up of the white star-shaped flowers of the threatened Haloragodendron lucasii plant. Photo: Chantelle Doyle © UNSW

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Kalkari discovery self-guided audio tour

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Two women sit on a timber bench while enjoying views at Kalkari lookout in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo: Johny Spencer © DCCEEW

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Kalkari discovery trail

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Kellys Falls picnic area, Garawarra State Conservation Area. Photo: Nick Cubbin © OEH

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Kellys Falls picnic area

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Kingfisher Pool picnic area, Heahtcote National Park. Photo: Nick Cubbin

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Kingfisher Pool picnic area

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Longneck Lagoon walking track. Photo: John Spencer © OEH

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Longneck Lagoon walking track

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Shelter tree, Illawarra Escarpment State Conservation Area. Photo: John Spencer © OEH

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Mount Keira Ring track

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Hiking, Illawarra Escarpment State Conservation Area. Photo: John Spencer

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Mount Kembla Ring track

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A person walking along the track, Mount-Ku-ring-gai track to Berowra, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo: Andy Richards

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Mount Ku-ring-gai track to Berowra Station

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Boats in the water. Photo © Shaun Sursok

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Natural Bridge track to Davidson Park

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Perimeter trail in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo: Andy Richards

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Perimeter trail

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Pool Flat, Royal National Park. Photo: Andy Richards/NSW Government

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Pool Flat picnic area

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Red Cedar Flat picnic area, Royal National Park. Photo: Andy Richards/NSW Government

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Red Cedar Flat picnic area

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Reids Flat picnic area, Royal National Park. Photo: Andy Richards/NSW Government

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Reids Flat picnic area

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Resolute picnic area. Photo: Andy Richards

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Resolute picnic area

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Ridge walking track, Georges River National Park. Photo: John Spencer

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Ridge walking track

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Rouse Hill estate walk, Rouse Hill Regional Park. Photo: Helen Ord

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Rouse Hill Estate walk

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Family picnic and adventure playground area overlooking a toddlers' play space in Rouse Hill Regional Park. Photo: John Yurasek © OEH

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Rouse Hill picnic area and playground

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Salvation loop, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo © Andrew Richards

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Salvation loop trail

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Restored Heritage Building, Scheyville National Park. Photo: John Spencer

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Scheyville Camp precinct

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Scheyville National Park, Horseriding trails. Photo: John Spencer/NSW Government

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Scheyville horse riding trails

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Sphinx Memorial, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo: Andy Richards/NSW Government

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Sphinx Memorial

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Stepping Stone Crossing to Cascades trail, Garigal National Park. Photo © Shaun Sursok

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Stepping Stone Crossing to Cascades trail

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People walking up the grand lawn to Carrara House on Strickland Estate in Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: E Sheargold/OEH

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Strickland Estate

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An eastern pygmy-possum curled up asleep in a nest of eucalypt leaves. Photo: Sue Brookhouse © Sue Brookhouse

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Sydney native habitats in 360

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Children looking for soldier crabs on the sand at The Basin, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo: David Finnegan © OEH

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The Basin picnic area

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Two people walking on the Basin and Mackerel track. Photo: Andy Richards

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The Basin track and Mackerel track

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Enjoy glimpses of water views at the end of Topham walking track in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo © Natasha Webb

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Topham walking track

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Upper Causeway picnic area, Royal National Park. Photo: Andy Richards/NSW Government

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Upper Causeway picnic area

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Wallaroo track, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo © Andrew Richards

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Wallaroo walking track

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Waratah track, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo © Andrew Richards

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Waratah walking track

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Warumbul picnic area, Royal National Park. Photo: Andy Richards/NSW Government

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Warumbul picnic area

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Waterfall Flat picnic area, Royal National Park. Photo: Andrew Richards

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Waterfall Flat picnic area

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Wattle Forest picnic area, Royal National Park. Photo: Andy Richards/NSW Government

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Wattle Forest picnic area

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Willunga Trig walk, Ku-ring-gai Chase Natioanl Park. Photo: Andy Richards/NSW Government

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Willunga Trig walking track

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View of flat grassy area with picnic table and rugged coastline in the distance. Photo: Natasha Webb/DPIE

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Yena picnic area

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Yeramba Lagoon loop track, Georges River National Park. Photo: John Spencer

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Yeramba Lagoon loop track

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Rainforest species and a paved path and flat timber bridge along Banks-Solander track. Credit: Natasha Webb/DCCEEW © Natasha Webb

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Banks-Solander track

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Views of Little Congwong Beach from Henry Head walking track. Photo: Natasha Webb © OEH

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Henry Head walking track

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A group of people looking through their binoculars on an Eagle-Eye Tours birdwatching trip. Credit: Scott Roberts © Eagle-Eye Tours

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17-day birding tour in eastern Australia

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Two men share the Aboriginal cultural tradition of fire starting with visitors. Photo credit: Flash Point Labs © Tribal Warrior

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Aboriginal cultural cruise in Sydney Harbour

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Guringai Tours' Laurie Bimson with a family group of tour guests on an Aboriginal cultural tour. Photo © Guringai Tours

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Aboriginal cultural tours at The Basin

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People walking through along the raised path on Artillery track. Photo: John Spencer © DPE

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Artillery track

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Varneys Bridge, a historic wooden bridge that crosses the Hacking River in Royal National Park. Photo: Simone Cottrell © OEH

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Audley heritage tour

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Bare Island in La Perouse, Kamay Botany Bay National Park. Photo: E Sheargold/DPIE

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Bare Island and Cape Banks ultimate day tour

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Aerial view of Bare Island and the fort, Kamay Botany Bay National Park. Photo: S Cohen/OEH

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Bare Island Fort guided tour

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Barrenjoey Lighthouse, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo: David Finnegan

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Barrenjoey Lighthouse tour

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Clapsticks. Photo: Tanja Bruckner

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Blak Markets at Bare Island

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Blue Mountains National Park. Photo: Jeremy Little/OEH

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Blue Mountains Aboriginal culture experience

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Mountain gum, Blue Mountains bushfire recovery tour. Photo: Adam Klumper/DPIE

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Blue Mountains bushfire recovery tour

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A group of people at a lookout in the Blue Mountains. Photo © Damien McClellan

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Blue Mountains private eco tour

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The Three Sisters in Blue Mountains National Park. Photo © Get Lost Travel Group

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Blue Mountains sunset and wilderness tour

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A family exploring the shoreline near Bonnie Vale campground in Royal National Park. Credit: Simone Cottrell/DCCEEW

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Bonnie Vale guided nature walk

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A group treks along a sandy beach with their EcoWalks Tours guide, with the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the distance. Photo © EcoWalks Tours

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Bradleys Head guided walking tour in Sydney

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View of Wattamolla with coastal bushland and sandy beach in the Royal National Park, near Sydney. Photo © M8 Explorer

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Bundeena to Wattamolla guided coastal walks

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Kids looking through binoculars during a Bush Play School activity. Photo: Jodie Cooper © Bush Play School

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Bush playgroup activities in Sydney’s south

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Ocean view along the Coast track in Royal National Park, showing grassy vegetation and coastal shrubland under a partly cloudy sky. Photo credit: Brian Lichi © Youthworks Christian Outdoor Education

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Coast track adventurous journey for youth

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View of grass tree spikes above Berowra Creek, Coba Ridge, Marramarra National Park. Photo: Tegan Burton

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Coba Ridge to Collingridge Point walking track

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Camplete camping set up with dining area and hammock. Photo: Clement Chan © Camplete

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Complete camping experience in the Blue Mountains

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Gentle waves lap Congwong Beach, with Bare Island in background. Photo: Kevin McGrath/OEH.

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Congwong Beach

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Composite image of Indigenous man. Photo: Erin Brown © Natcha Tong Nong Ga

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Connect to Country in Ku-ring-gai National Park

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Historic grave surrounded by old wooden fence, on flowering heath with coastal bushland and ocean in the background. Photo: Kevin McGrath © OEH

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Dharawal Resting Place track

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View of a bushwalker with a back pack in forest surrounds. Photo credit: Simone Cottrell © DPIE

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Disability inclusive adventure tours

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An Eco Sailing Cruises boat on the river with shoreline and trees in the background. Photo: © Eco Sailing Cruises

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Eco cruises at Pittwater and Broken Bay

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Group of people on stand up paddle boards in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo: Katie Brady © Pittwater Eco Adventures.

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Explore Pittwater guided tour

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2 visitors following Fairfax walk along the coast, Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: John Spencer © DPE

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Fairfax walk

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Aerial view of rock shelf with Figure Eight Pools, and rugged coastline in the distance. Photo credit: John Spencer © DPIE

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Figure Eight Pools adventure with M8 Explorer

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Flint and Steel track in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo credit: Luke McSweeney © DPIE

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Flint and Steel track

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Travelling Barista food truck. Photo © Travelling Barista

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Food truck in Kamay Botany Bay

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Group of people in bush. Photo © Forest Minds

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Forest therapy walk in Lane Cove National Park

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A group of people on a Sydney Harbour Tall Ships guided tour, with the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the background. Photo: © Sydney Harbour Tall Ships

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Goat Island convicts, castles and champagne tour

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Steps up a bush track along the Great North walk, Lane Cove National Park. Photo: Debby McGerty © DPE

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Great North walk stage 1: City to Fullers Bridge

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Red rowboats for hire lined up at the river ramp, Lane Cove National Park. Photo: Kevin McGrath © DPE

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Great North walk stage 2: Valley exploration

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An overhanging sandstone rock cavern, Great North walk, Berowra Valley National Park. Photo: Nick Cubbin © DPE

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Great North walk stage 3: Across the watershed

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The Galston Gorge Creek bed and bridge in the Berowra Valley National Park. Photo: Nick Cubbin.

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Great North walk stage 4: Into the gorge

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A female walker stands on a wooden pathway that crosses the delicate salt marsh in Berowra Valley National Park. Photo: Nick Cubbin.

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Great North walk stage 5: Hidden valleys part 1

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Greycliffe House exterior, an elegant mid 19th-century Gothic-style house in Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: John Yurasek/DPIE

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Greycliffe House and Nielsen Park heritage tour

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View of the Grose Valley with cliff in background. Photo © Andrew Mitchell

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Grose Valley wild wander tour

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A group of hikers gather around tour guide perched on tree stump. Photo credit: Alex Musgrove © Nature Being Australia.

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Guided forest therapy walk in Royal National Park

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View of man and boy paddling an orange double kayak, with more kayakers in the background. Photo © Manly Kayak Centre

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Guided kayak tours at Manly Beach

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Trip slow tour Sydney Harbour National Park Photo: Caroline Rutherford © Trip Slow

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Guided walks in Sydney's national parks

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View of chairs and table set for fine dining, against a backdrop of a sandy beach and sheltered bay. Photo © Andriana Papandreau

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Hawkesbury farm-to-plate oyster tasting tours

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Birrawanna walking track, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo: Elinor Sheargold © OEH

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Hawkesbury to harbour walk: Stage 1

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Bobbin Head, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo: Andy Richards

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Hawkesbury to harbour walk: Stage 2

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Two people enjoying the bush views on Cascades trail in Garigal National Park. Photo: John Spencer/OEH

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Hawkesbury to harbour walk: Stage 3

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Boat jetty, Garrigal National Park. Photo: Kevin McGrath

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Hawkesbury to harbour walk: Stage 4

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The southern exterior of Jenkins Kitchen, Lane Cove National Park. Photo: Ryan Siddons © DPIE

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Jenkins Kitchen

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People sitting down on a timber bench with their pram in La Perouse area, Kamay Botany Bay National Park. Photo: John Spencer © OEH

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Jennifer Street boardwalk

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2 people kayaking on a Bundeena Kayaks guided tour. Photo: Paul Robbins © Monde Photo

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Kayak tours of Bundeena and Royal National Park

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A bush trail kids will explore on an Aussie Wild Nature Discovery tour in Royal National Park. Photo © Ricki Coughlan

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Kids nature discovery tour in Royal National Park

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A woman in a wetsuit riding on a e-foil board across water with a blue sky in the background. Photo: Fliteschool Manly © Fliteschool Manly

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Ku-ring-gai Chase electric hydrofoil experience

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View of 2 sailing boats on the blue waters of Pittwater estuary, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo credit: M Bryant © Go Beyond Tours

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Ku-ring-gai Chase guided bushwalks

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The Gone Bush Adventures team. Photo: Andy Richards © Gone Bush Adventures

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Ku-ring-gai corporate leadership experiences

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Alfresco dining area at Lane Cove National Park Cafe. Photo: John Spencer © DPIE

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Lane Cove National Park Cafe

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Military relics at Bradleys Head

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Minerva Pool walking track in Dharawal National Park. Photo: Rowena Morris

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Pere Receveurs Tomb

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Rodd Island, Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: Kevin McGrath/NSW Government

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Rodd Island

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Bushwalkers with backpacks walk along a pristine beach at sunrise in the Royal National Park. Photo credit: Mark Coulter © Collaroy Centre

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Hornby Lighthouse and harbour view. Photo: Kevin McGrath

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Aerial view of Strickland House in Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: Gareth Pickford/DPIE

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A Sydney Seaplanes plane flying over Bondi Beach. Photo: © Sydney Seaplanes

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A waterfall cascades over a steep sea cliff into the ocean in the Royal National Park. Photo credit: Greg Sommers © Sydney Nimble Tours

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2 women walking The Coast track in Royal National Park with the ocean in the background. Photo: © Women’s Fitness Adventures

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Youth trekking along The Coast track in Royal National Park. Photo: Alex Brown © Ausjourney

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NPWS rangers on West Head army track steps. Photo: Lee de Gail

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A woman on a guided tour with Serotonin Running at a cave entrance in Blue Mountains National Park. Photo: Elouise Peach © Serotonin Running

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Women trek along a rocky river bed using hiking poles. Photo credit: Michele Michel © Diamonds in the Rough Adventures

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Bakers Flat picnic area, Lane Cove National Park. Photo: Debbie McGerty © OEH

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Bakers Flat picnic area

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A large picnic shelter next to trees at Casuarina Point picnic area in Lane Cove National Park. Photo: Nathan Askey-Doran © DPIE

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Casuarina Point picnic area

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Cattle Duffers Flat picnic area, Georges River National Park. Photo: John Spencer

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Cattle Duffers Flat picnic area

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Spacious, grassy Cottonwood Glen picnic area with a picnic shelter and picnic table in the background, in Lane Cove National Park. Photo: Nathan Askey-Doran © DPIE

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Cottonwood Glen picnic area

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Fiddens Wharf walking track, Lane Cove National Park. Photo: John Spencer © OEH

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Fiddens Wharf walking track

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Remains of military fortifications at Georges Head, Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: Andrew Elliot, © DCCEEW

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Georges Head

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Halfway Point picnic area, Lane Cove National Park. Photo: John Spencer

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Halfway Point picnic area

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Happy Valley camp

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Grassy Haynes Flat picnic area with a picnic shelter in the distance, in Lane Cove National Park. Photo: Nathan Askey-Doran © DPIE

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Haynes Flat picnic area

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Illoura picnic area, Lane Cove National Park. Photo: John Spencer

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Illoura picnic area

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Koonjeree picnic area, Lane Cove National Park. Photo: OEH

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Koonjeree picnic area

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Kurnell Visitor Centre, Kamay Botany Bay National Park. Photo: Natasha Webb/DPIE

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Kurnell Visitor Centre

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La Perouse Museum, Kamay Botany Bay National Park. Photo: E Sheargold © OEH

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La Perouse Museum

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Moola picnic area, Lane Cove National Park. Photo: Natalie Jenkins

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Moola picnic area

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Path through sun-dappled coastal woodland, with tree branches arching overhead. Credit and © Natasha Webb/DCCEEW

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Muru and Yena tracks

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Riverside walking track, Lane Cove National Park. Photo: Kevin McGrath © OEH

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Riverside walking track

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Shakespeare Point, Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: John Yurasek/NSW Government

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Shakespeares Point

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Sublime Point walking track, Illawarra Escarpment State Conservation Area. Photo: Nick Cubbin © OEH

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Sublime Point walking track

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Stairs down to Maroubra Beach, from Western Escarpment walking track, Malabar Headland National Park. Photo: E Sheargold © OEH

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Western Escarpment walking track

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Family walking near whale bones sculptures on foreshore of Burrawang walk. Photo credit: Natasha Webb © Natasha Webb

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Burrawang walk

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Apple Tree Bay, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo © Andy Richards

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Berowra track to Apple Tree Bay

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A red-browed firetail in a tree. Photo © Rosie Nicolai

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Birds of Providential Point self-guided audio tour

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Aerial of walkers on the Boora Point walking track platform. Photo: John Spencer © DPE

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Boora Point walking track

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The International Fleet Review at Bradleys Head in Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: John Spencer © OEH

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Bushland secrets at Bradleys Head self-guided tour

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Cape Baily walking track, winding over the Kurnell cliff tops with spectacular views of the ocean, Kurnell area, Kamay Botany Bay National Park. Photo: Jeremy Malgras © DPE

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Cape Baily walking track

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Elvina trail in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo credit: Luke McSweeney © DPIE

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Elvina trail

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Check the 'wave risk forecast' and read the signage and maps before setting off from Garrawarra Farm carpark. Credit: Natasha Webb © DPIE/Natasha Webb

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Garawarra Farm carpark

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Beautiful clear Mirang pool in Heathcote National Park. Credit: Natasha Webb © DCCEEW/Natasha Webb

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Mirang Pool picnic area

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A New Holland honeyeater. Photo: David Croft © OEH

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Wattamolla to Curracurrang self-guided audio tour

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10B cycling trail, Dharawal National Park. Photo: Nick Cubbin

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10B cycling trail

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Audley Dance Hall Cafe, Royal National Park. Photo: Simone Cottrell © DPIE

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Audley Dance Hall Cafe

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Walker on Bellamy fire trail. Photo: John Yurasek © OEH

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Bellamy fire trail

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Under the shade of the trees at Bottle and Glass Point, Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: John Spencer/OEH

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Bottle and Glass Point

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Browns Forest loop trail, Dalrymple-Hay Nature Reserve. Photo: John Spencer © OEH

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Browns Forest loop trail

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Bullawarring walking track, Heathcote National Park. Photo: Nick Cubbin

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Bullawarring walking track

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Cawleys Road trail, Garawarra State Conservation Area. Photo: John Spencer © OEH

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Cawleys Road trail

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Netted swimming enclosure Chowder Bay – Gooree, Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo credit: K McGrath © DPIE

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Chowder Bay – Gooree

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Cobblers Beach, Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: John Yurasek

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Cobblers Beach

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Collins Flat Beach, Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: John Yurasek/NSW Government

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Collins Flat Beach

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Walk alongside Middle Harbour Creek on Lyrebird trail in Garigal National Park. Photo: Natasha Webb

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Davidson Park to Stepping Stone Crossing walk

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Girawheen picnic area, Wolli Creek Regional Park. Photo: John Spencer

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Girrahween picnic area

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Signposts point the way to Grotto Point Aboriginal engravings off Manly scenic walkway. Photo: OEH/Natasha Webb

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Grotto Point Aboriginal engraving site

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Grotto Point lighthouse at sunset overlooking Sydney Harbour. Photo: OEH/Natasha Webb

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Grotto Point Lighthouse

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Harbour Bridge to The Spit Bridge walk, Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: John Yurasek © OEH

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Harbour Bridge to The Spit Bridge walking track

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Playground near Jenkins Hill picnic area. Photo: John Spencer © DPIE

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Jenkins Hill picnic area

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Jingga walking track, Dharawal National Park. Photo: Nick Cubbin © OEH

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Jingga walking track

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Lady Bay Beach, Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: John Yurasek/NSW Government

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Lady Bay Beach

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Lake Toolooma trail, Heathcote National Park. Photo: John Spencer © OEH

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Lake Toolooma trail

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Picnic bench, Leacock Regional Park. Photo: John Spencer © OEH

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Leacock picnic area

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Loop trail, William Howe Regional Park. Photo: John Yurasek © OEH

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Loop trail

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A field officer and park visitor walking along the rocks on Manly scenic walkway with a view of Middle Head in the background in Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: Simone Cottrell © OEH

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Manly scenic walkway

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Migrant Heritage walk, Scheyville National Park. Photo: John Spencer

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Migrant Heritage walk

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Family bushwalking on Mooray track near ferns and gymea lillies. Photo credit: Natasha Webb

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Mooray walking track

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Boat and jetty in Georges River National Park. Photo: John Spencer

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Morgans Creek picnic area

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Mount Colah Station to Pymble Station cycle route, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo: Andy Richards

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Mount Colah Station to Pymble Station cycle route

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O'Hares Creek lookout walking track, Dharawal National Park. Photo: V Harnadi

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O’Hares Creek lookout walking track

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Pipeline and Bungaroo tracks to Stepping Stones Crossing, Garigal National Park. Photo: John Spencer © OEH

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Pipeline and Bungaroo tracks to Stepping Stones Crossing

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Place of Winds walk, Berowra Valley National Park. Photo: John Yurasek © OEH

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Place of Winds interpretive trail

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Red Hands Cave, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo: Andrew Richards

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Red Hands Cave walking track - Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park

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Reef Beach, Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: John Yurasek/NSW Government

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Reef Beach

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Seaforth Oval Natural Bridge track, Garigal National Park. Photo © Shaun Sursok

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Seaforth Oval to Natural Bridge track

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Second Ponds Creek walk, Rouse Hill Regional Park. Photo John Yurasek © OEH

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Second Ponds Creek walk

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Picnic shelters and trees at Tunks Hill picnic area in Lane Cove National Park. Photo: Nathan Askey-Doran © DPIE

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Tunks Hill picnic area

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Wallumatta loop trail, Wallumatta Nature Reserve. Photo: John Spencer © OEH

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Wallumatta loop trail

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Wolli Creek track, Wolli Creek Regional Park. Photo: John Spencer

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Wolli Creek walking track

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Water flows over concrete Battery Causeway against a backdrop of bushland in Heathcote National Park. Photo: Nick Cubbin/DPIE

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Battery Causeway picnic area

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Audley Boatshed Royal National Park. Photo: Andrew Elliot © DPE

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Audley boatshed

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Common wombat. Photo: Steve Townsend

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Bents Basin wombat program

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Man fishing in Blue Mountains National Park. Photo: Grant Hilder © Reel Fly Fishing

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Blue Mountains fly fishing

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Bushcare, Kamay Botany Bay National Park. Photo: David Finnegan

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Botany Bay Busy Bees

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A group of volunteers weeding and doing bush regeneration work on a sunny day in Kamay Botany Bay National Park. Photo: Samuel Woodrow © DPE

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Bush regeneration at Kamay Botany Bay

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Volunteers participating in Discovery tour, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo: D Finnegan

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Chase Alive Discovery program

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A volunteer with weeds she's removed, helping to restore native wildlife habitat. Credit: Remy Brand/DCCEEW © the photographer

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Corporate volunteer program: La Perouse

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A corporate volunteer doing bush regeneration work, Lane Cove National Park. Credit: Zain Kruyer/DCCEEW © the photographer

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Corporate volunteer program: Lane Cove

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Volunteers and NPWS Discovery rangers work together on weeding and clean up at Middle Head, Sydney Harbour National Park. Credit: Remy Brand/DCCEEW © the photographer

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Corporate volunteer program: Middle Head

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Silver gulls nesting on Big Island, Five Islands Nature Reserve. Photo: Rowena Morris © DPIE

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Five Islands seabird habitat restoration project

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Volunteers at work doing bush regeneration, Garigal National Park. Photo: Bettina Tuerk-Rochl © DPE

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Garigal bushcare

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Burrawang walk, Kamay Botany Bay National Park. Photo © Andy Richards

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Itinerary: Sydney's cultural heritage

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An NPWS ranger shows junior rangers how to read a map of a national park. Photo: John Spencer © DPIE

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Junior ranger: Bobbin Head

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Bare Island Fort, Kamay Botany National Park. Photo: Andrew Richards/DCCEEW

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Junior ranger: Bound for Botany Bay

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Lake Eckersley campground, Heathcote National Park. Photo: Nick Cubbin © OEH

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Lake Eckersley picnic area

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Volunteers participate in bush regeneration day, Lane Cove National Park. Photo: Michele Cooper/OEH

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Lane Cove National Park bushcare

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Nielsen Park, Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: John Spencer

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Nielsen Park bush regeneration group

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Views from Barrenjoey headland, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo: David Finnegan

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Pittwater Bush regeneration

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Volunteers doing bush regeneration on a cliff at Marley Beach, with the view of the coast behind them. Photo: David Robson © DPIE

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Royal bushies

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Volunteer participating in bush regeneration, Wolli Regional Park. Photo: John Spencer

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Wolli Creek bush regeneration

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A family enjoying the view from the balcony of Hilltop Cottage in Royal National Park. Photo: John Spencer © DPIE

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Hilltop Cottage

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Two people walking up their stairs towards their cabin at Lane Cove cabins. Photo: Caravel Content/OEH

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Caravans parked on either side of the road at Lane Cove caravan park. Photo: Claire Franklin/OEH

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The Basin campground, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Photo: David Finnegan/DPIE

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Four people walk towards Weemalah Cottage in Royal National Park. Photo: John Spencer/OEH

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Aerial view of Middle Head Officers Quarters with Sydney Harbour in the background. Photo: John Spencer/DPIE

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Middle Head Officers Quarters

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View of Steele Point Cottage from the embarkment with the Sydney Harbour skyline in the distance. Photo: John Spencer/OEH

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A couple walking out the front gate of Gardeners Cottage in Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: John Spencer/DPIE

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An aerial view of Bonnie Vale campground and parking in Royal National Park. Photo: Andrew Elliot © DPE

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Uloola Falls campground pool, Royal National Park. Photo: Andy Richards/NSW Government

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Aerial view of Q Station in Sydney Harbour National Park. Photo: Q Station

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Q Station

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Exterior of Reids Flat Cottage in Royal National Park. Photo: Rosie Nicolai/OEH

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Kingfisher Pool campground, Heathcote National Park. Photo: John Yurasek © OEH

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North Era Campground, Royal National Park. Photo: Andy Richards

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North Era campground

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A humpback whale breaches the water off the NSW coast, near Sydney. Photo credit: Wayne Reynolds &copy Wayne Reynolds
Quibray Bay viewing platform

Park info

  • in Towra Point Nature Reserve in the Sydney and surrounds region

  • Towra Point Nature Reserve is accessible by boat only. Access to the land is available on special consent for research and educational purposes only. Contact the local Area office on 9668 2000.

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