Supplement to "Discovering Gosford's Bushland on foot"
Last updated 16 Sep 2007
- Page 10: Local bushwalker and aboriginal sites enthusiast Warren Bluff informed me that the Guringgai people were the original inhabitants of the entire Gosford/Woy Woy area,
with the Darkinjung only allowed access to the coast seasonally near Wyong. He also offered alternative meanings
for some of the place names around the Central Coast: Kariong - "ear", Kincumber - "native cat or quoll", and Woy Woy - "Deep lagoon".
- Page 54: The western part of the track from the Rampart to the fire trail is shown incorrectly. It actually leaves the rock platform at the north-west corner
(AGD66: GR 412900, or GDA94: GR 413902 *).
There is also some extra information which was left off the map.
There should be an unofficial Great North Walk camp site marked at the
following location: AGD66: GR 407896 or GDA94: GR 408898 *. This camp site is down a side track and is located near a small creek and waterhole which usually contains water.
There is also a track along the top of the rock platform from The Rampart north to The Citadel. The Citadel is accessed from Lone Pine Av, Umina.
A revised copy of this map is available here.
- Page 60: Check here for continuing developments on the issue of access to the Old Railway Dams at Narara/Somersby.
- Bouddi NP: The NPWS has signposted a new walk to Strom's Lookout at the top of Wards Hill. This easy
900 metre trail follows a ridgetop to a viewing area with nice views towards Ettalong. There have been lots of mosquitoes in this area lately, so take some repellant.
Also, if you've bought the book, you can enter a code and get a bonus walk which didn't make it into the book. Click here for details.
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