Bulgandry

Bulgandry is an Aboriginal rock art site in Brisbane Water National Park near Kariong on the NSW Central Coast.

  A gentle graded walk of 300-400 metres from the car park gets you to the boardwalk. 

Axe sharpening grooves around a rock pool. 

Kangaroo 

Bulgandry 

Kangaroo and smaller man/boy 

An eel. 

Fish 

McMahons to Milsons Point

After a well earned lunch at a Blues Point Cafe it was onwards to Milsons Point.

Looking over Lavender Bay to the city.

Down the stairs to Wendy's Secret Garden. 

Lavender Bay 

Luna Park 

The city on the harbour. 

Under the bridge. 

Balls Head to Berrys Bay

Following on from the last post the walk now passes HMAS Waterhen, the home of the Royal Australian Navy's Mine Countermeasure Force.

The view over HMAS Waterhen west to Berry Island and down the harbour to the Gladesville Bridge.

Next is the old Coal Loader site, now a sustainability centre run by North Sydney Council. 

The old coal loading tunnels. 

and the old wharf falling into disrepair. 

The walk the continues on to Balls Head through one of the tunnels. 

Balls Head with spectacular harbour views. 

After leaving Balls Head its through Waverton Peninsula Reserve which is the rehabilitated  BP oil storage facility. 

Berrys Bay and the city from the old oil storage facility. 

A quick side trip to Sawmillers Reserve and an old wreck, before taking to the streets up to McMahons Point and Lavender Bay.

Gore Creek and Berry Island

Part of a longer walk (10 klm all up) from Wollstoncraft station down Gore Creek Reserve, Berry Island, across to Balls Head and on to Lavender bay and back on the train at Milsons Point.

Smoothey Park is a one minute walk from Wollstoncraft Station where we head for the track under the bridge and follow the creek downhill to Gore Cove.

A small waterfall under the bridge. 

Pleasant walking on the creek under the tree ferns. 

Fig trees 

and Birds Nest ferns 

Down to the cove 

a tanker moored at Gore Cove Shell Refining Terminal. 

The western side of Berry Island looking back to Badangi Reserve 

and across to Balls Head with Sydney skyline in the background. 

Balls Head Bay 

The marina at the head of Balls Head Bay after walking through Badangi reserve