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Parramatta City Council Walking Tracks
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Settlers Walk
3.0 km
Terrys Creek Walk
2.0 km
Pemulwuy Loop
5.4 k m
Ponds Walk
7.2 km
Water Dragon Way
2.3 km
Vineyard Creek Walkin g Trac k
2. 5 km
Redb ank Track
3.5 k m
Parramatta Valley Sha red Cy cleway
8.2 km
Governor Phillip Walk
3.8 km
Duc k River Walk
7.2 k m
Lake Circuit Walk
4.3 km
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Settlers Walk
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Settlers Walk
Icon Species: Eastern Long-necked Turtle (Chelodina longicollis)
Walk
Settlers Walk starts in close proximity to Toongabbie Railway Station and
continues to Oakes Road Winston Hills where it joins the Pemulwuy Loop.
Distance of 3.0 Km; 2hr 10min return.
It forms the most western section of the greater Toongabbie Creek Walk
which links Toongabbie Railway Station to Parramatta Railway Station or
the Parramatta Ferrys terminal.
Vegetation
Walking adjacent to natural creekline through Cumberland River Flat Forest.
Huge majestic red river gums (Eucalyptus tereticornis) stand as a reminder to
the height and breadth of the once mighty forests of the area. Hollows in
these remnant trees are homes to many birds, possums and native bees.
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History
Settlers Walk passes through the land once used as Tongabby Government Farm
Township. The settlement was a military and convict barracks consisting of mud
and slab wood huts. Convict accounts tell of being housed in large hollow logs.
The Hawkesbury Road linking Parramatta to the Hawkesbury was built in 1794
and later renamed Old Windsor Road in 1802 after New Windsor Road was built
which passed through Baulkham Hills.
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Pemulwuy Loop
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Pemulwuy Loop
Icon species: Rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster) meaning “water-mouse with
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Walk
The Pemulwuy Loop travels from Moxham Road in Northmead, to Edison
Avenue, Winston Hills. It crosses Toongabbie Creek at Oakes Road, Old
Toongabbie and travels along the south bank to Hammers Road, Northmead,
then back up the east bank of Quarry Branch Creek to Moxham Road
covering approximately 5.4km, (2hr 25min loop). The track surface is a
mixture of natural earth as well as rock and wooden stairs.
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Forest and SydneyTurpentine-Ironbark Forest give a good representation of
the native diversity that still exists in the gullies and reserves around the
Northmead and Winston Hills area.
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Forest Red Gums (Eucalyptus tereticornis) dominate the western reserves as
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and then give way to Sydney Blue Gums (Eucalyptus saligna) that dominate the
more fertile gully. As the trees mature they produce tree hollows which provide
homes for many birds, micro bats, possums and native bees.
History
Pemulwuy (c.1750 – 1802) was an Aboriginal leader of the Eora people who
lived in the area from Castle Hill to Botany Bay. He was regarded as a great
warrior defending Aboriginal lands at a time of European expansion and
settlement.
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Water Dragon Way
Icon Species: Water Dragon (Physignathus lesueurii)
Walk
Water Dragon Way runs between Moxhams Road, Northmead and Goodin
Road, Winston Hills along the eastern side of Quarry Branch Creek. The
distance is 2.3km and duration of 1hr 40min return. The track is a mixture
of natural earth and rocky path including some rock and wooden stairs.
Walking from south to north is a consistent incline.
Vegetation
The walk takes you through a series or stunning remnant bushland reserves
of Sydney Turpentine Ironbark Forest which supports large stands of
Smooth-barked Apple, (Angophora costata), and Black Butt (Eucalyptus
pilularis). Moxham Reserve still supports several endangered species of
plants, bats and birds.
History
Dotted through the bushland are a number historic convict quarries which
supplied much of the sandstone for Parramatta’s early buildings and civil works.
Hourigan’s and Moxham’s Quarries are two of the largest sandstone quarries in
the area and were in production from early colonial times until the 1950s.
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Redbank Walk
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Redbank Track
Icon species: Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata)
Walk
Redbank Track traverses Toongabbie Creek through the open vistas of
Northmead and Wentworthville. This central section of the greater
Toongabbie Creek walk is 3.5km from Hammers Road to the Governor Philip
Camp; 2hr 35min return. There is also a loop walk between Redbank Road
and Mons Road.
Vegetation
The vegetation is a unique blend of Cumberland River Flat Forest with large
stands of Sheoak (Casuarina glauca) Roughed-barked Apple (Angophora
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History
Travelling through Westmead and Northmead, which translates to west
meadow and north meadow of early Parramatta. The area has grown from one
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medical, research and manufacturing hub. All just a blink of the eye in context
of the large rock shelves in Toongabbie Creek used by Aboriginal people for
many thousands of years to sharpen tools and collect aquatic foods.
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Icon species: Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus)
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Governor Phillip Walk is a peaceful 3.8km walk through some of Australia’s
oldest Government lands. The walk completes the last leg of the greater
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and Darling Mills Creek which forms the head of Parramatta River. The walk
follows the river through Parramatta Park and along the river foreshore of
Parramatta CBD to the Ferry Terminal. Duration is 2hr 50min return.
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The surrounding areas have been set aside as occupied government land since
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the care of Henry Dodd in 1790. This path travels past the World Heritage listed
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into the vibrant heart of Parramatta City, which still contains some remaining
gems of colonial architecture.
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Lake Circuit Walk
Icon species: Sugar Glider (Petaurus breviceps)
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A circuit loop through 75ha of pristine remnant bushland that circles the
12ha man-made lake. The walk covers a distance of 4.3km over natural earth
and rock shelves which crosses two creek tributaries. Duration of 1hr 55min.
Impassable in wet weather.
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Gully Forest. The bushland is dappled with Smooth-barked Apple (Angophora
costata) and Blackbutt (Eucalyptus pilularus) which contains hollows for
Sugar Gliders and root buttresses for Echidnas.
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dam which started construction in 1856, Lake Parramatta was created and
became the main water supply for Parramatta. The dam was raised twice in
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drinking water until 1909. From the 1920s to the 1950s the lake surrounds were
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and water quality. In 1960 the reserve was declared a Fauna Sanctuary and is
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Terrys Creek Walk (see Terrys Creek Walk Brochure)
Icon species: Satin Bower Bird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus)
Walk
Terrys Creek Walk is from Marsden Road Carlingford to David Hamilton
Reserve, Terry Road, Eastwood. This easy grade of track is a mixture of
earthen bushland path, mown parkland and creek crossings. Distance of
2.0km and duration of 1hr 30min.
Vegetation
The vegetation is a unique form of Sydney Blue Gum High Forest which is
a critically endangered ecological community under the Commonwealth
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. This
vegetation type is typical around St.Ives and Pymble but stretches down
south as far as Carlingford and Denistone.
History
William Rutledge purchased a hill east of Brush Farm in 1835 which he
named Eastwood. The estate was purchased by Edward Terry in 1863 who
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Ponds Walk (see the Ponds Walk Brochure)
Icon species: Ring tailed Possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus)
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This track is a mixture of bushland path, often adjacent to mown parkland
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distance of 7.2km and a duration of 5hr 20min from Eric Mobbs lookout,
Carlingford to Jim Crowgey Reserve, Rydalmere. Impassable in wet weather.
Vegetation
The track runs throughout the Ponds Creek Catchment which blends from
Blue Gum High Forest dominating the upper ridgeline into Sydney Turpentine
Ironbark Forest and Shale-Sandstone Transition Forest as you walk down
stream through Dundas Valley. Along the lower reaches of Subiaco Creek ,
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History
Fourteen former convicts were given land grants in 1791 along a chain of ponds
forming a small settlement called Pennant Hills. This group of small holdings
grew to an area rich with orchards and dominated by the William Cox owned
Brush Farm. The expanded area became known as Dundas which contained
a basalt diatreme which was visited by several eminent scientists including
Charles Darwin and was quarried for Blue Metal.
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Vineyard Creek Walking Track
Icon species: Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua)
Walk
This Track traverses the Vineyard Creek catchment through the open vistas
and closed native forests of Oatlands and Telopea. It runs from Wesley
St Telopea through to Kissing Point Road Dundas. Distance of 2.5km and
duration of 1hr 50min.
Vegetation
Vineyard Creek cuts through several blends of Coastal Enriched Sydney
Sandstone Moist Forest, Coastal Sydney Sandstone Gallery Rainforest,
Coastal Shale-Sandstone Forest and Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest.
History
The higher elevations of Vineyard Creek catchment were regarded as
beautiful, tranquil and pristine environments where the water was pure and
children swam in the creek. It was known locally as the ‘Bird Sanctuary’.
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Vineyard’ contained 900 vines. By 1848 ‘The Vineyard’ was leased and sold
many times until it became a Benedictine Convent School and named ‘Subiaco’.
James Bell had a dairy from the late 1800s on the north side off Kissing Point
Road which ran up the hill to the Bird Sanctuary.
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Parramatta Valley Shared Cycleway
Icon species: White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)
Walk
The Parramatta Valley Shared Cycleway commences at the Parramatta Ferry
Wharf and continues east into Ryde Council’s walking and cycleway network
along the edges of Parramatta River. It is an easy walk which takes in the
Baludarri Wetland and Ermington Bay Nature Trail. The Parramatta City
Council’s section is 8.2km and 6hr 5min return.
Vegetation
The Parramatta River is the main tributary of Sydney Harbour. There are a
range of important estuarine vegetation communities that line the river
including the endangered Coastal Saltmarsh and the Mangrove community
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(Avicennia marina).
History
This stretch of the Parramatta River has seen many changes over time.
What began as an important meeting place for local indigenous
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communities to trade, evolved into an important transport route linking the
two European settlements of Sydney Cove and Parramatta which ensured the
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then became a heavily industrialised area and is now transforming into a
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Duck River Walk
Icon species: Superb Fairy Wren (Malurus cyaneus)
Walk
The Duck River Walk meanders along Duck River from Boundary Road,
Chester Hill to Sixth Street, Granville and is then just a short hop to the M4
cycleway covering approximately 7.5 km, 4hr 20min return. The track surface
is a mixture of natural earth as well as rock and wooden stairs.
Vegetation
Duck River Walk meanders for 7.2km along the western embankment of
Duck River through Cumberland Plain Woodland, Castlereagh Ironbark
Forest and Sydney Coastal Riparian Woodland. These forests and woodlands
support Grey Box Eucalyptus moluccana, Paper Barks Melaleuca decora
wetlands and are the home of a diverse amount of animals, reptiles and
birds including several species of micro bats. It follows the Council boundary
between Auburn and Parramatta.
History
Duck River has a rich history of Aboriginal and Colonial heritage. In February
1788, Governor Phillip entered the mouth of Duck River while exploring the
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and thinking it might be a breeding ground for ducks, Governor Phillip named
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Waddangalli Woodland Walk
Icon species: Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang)
Walk
Waddangalli Woodland Walk in Guildford starts from the far western end of
Waddangalli Woodland going east through Campbell Hill Reserve and on to
Norford Reserve to link with the Duck River Walking Track. Distance 3.3km
and duration 2hr 25min.
Vegetation
Waddangalli Woodland is one of our best representations of Cumberland
Plain Woodland. Only 6% of the original extent of Cumberland Plain
Woodland remains in Greater Sydney making Waddangalli Woodland a
haven for Western Sydney’s struggling native birds, animals and plants that
rely on this type of Bushland for habitat.
History
The vast expanse of open woodlands once covering Guildford, Sefton and
surrounding suburbs were cleared by logging and farming in the early to
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Fraser in 1823 and John Thomas Campbell in 1825. Dog Trap Road linking
Parramatta to Liverpool was often frequented by Dingos and Bush Rangers. It
was later changed to Woodville Road in 1879.
Bushwalks of Parramatta
30 Darcy Street, Parramatta NSW 2150
PO Box 32, Parramatta NSW 2124
Phone: 02 9806 5140
Fax: 02 9806 5927

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