The Great North Walk - Weekend Sampler

The Great North Walk is a walking track that runs from Sydney to Newcastle and is about 250 kilometres in length. It runs between the Obelisk in Macquarie Place in Sydney to Queens Wharf in Bicentennial Park in Newcastle passing through lots of native bushland between the two cities. Many walkers take about 2 weeks to complete this epic walk.
I’d like to spend a weekend to explore two of the most scenic sections in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park which run from Berowra to Brooklyn.

The format for the weekend I propose is as follows:-
Friday night stay at the NRMA Ocean Beach Holiday Resort at Umima Beach (next to Woy Woy). Lots of camping and cabin options to choose from…..or you can choose to stay anywhere in the Umima Beach or Woy Woy areas.

Saturday: Catch the train from Woy Woy to Berowra Station. Walk the section from Berowra Station to the Berowra Waters Ferry crossing, for fun we’ll take the short ferry ride across to Berowra Waters for lunch, then back again after lunch, then continue walking onto Cowan Station. Walking distance is about 13kms for Saturday. Catch the train from Cowan Station back to Woy Woy.

Sunday: Check out of the Umima Beach van park in the morning. Drive our cars to Brooklyn Station and park them there. Catch the train from Brooklyn to Cowan. Walk from Cowan to Brooklyn Station and finish by mid afternoon Sunday. Walking distance is about 13.5 kms.

These two days are described as perhaps some of the most scenic walking days on the Great North Walk with wonderful vantage points over the Hawkesbury River system, well formed trails, creeks, waterfalls and the unspoilt bush of Ku-ring-ai Chase National Park.

Suitable for Medium grade walkers. There is a total of approximately 500 metres of ascent and descent on each day.

Umima Beach is about a 4 hour drive from Canberra.