Supplement to "Discovering Gosford's Bushland on foot"
Last updated Nov 2009
- 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.
Also note that there is now a sign at the access road leading to the balloon shaped water tower that warns against trespass. I contacted Gosford Council about this and they
told me the sign only pertains to the immediate area around the base of the water tower. Access to the national park via the part of this council land that is south of the water tower is still allowed.
- Page 60: Check here for continuing developments on the issue of access to the Old Railway Dams at Narara/Somersby.
- Page 72: The current recommended treatment for snake bite is to apply an elasticised pressure bandage, not a crepe bandage. The elasticised bandages are much more effective at reducing poison movement.
- 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 are sometimes lots of mosquitoes in this area, so take some repellant.
- The Great North Walk: My book covers most of the GNW from the Hawkesbury through to Somersby Falls in various walks (pages 50 thru 55). However, the section of the track from Somersby Falls through to Kulnura also passes through some very nice country with lots of rainforest and creeks which are definitely worth visiting.
Also, if you've bought the book, you can enter a code and get some bonus walks which didn't make it into the book. Click here for details.
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