Spion Kop is the headland that divides Woy Woy Bay. On my list to do for a while. A clear autumn day and a walk close to home. A relatively easy walk of 11.5klm and I was back home after some grocery shopping for lunch. Starting from the Bambara Rd fire trail it was aquick walk down to the Koolewong fire trail before I turned off to head down to the upper reaches of the Waterfall Bay creek.
Views south across Broken Bay to Barrenjoey.
Aboriginal carvings and an easy walk down the creek.
Leaving the creek and climbing the ridge there was a huge sandstone outlier with a cave where I could stand up inside.
Tafoni or wind weathering in the cave.
A nice ramp up through the cliffs to the ridge.
i was surprised to find quite a good track to follow out to Spion Kop. One of the nicest walks through lovely bush glades and along the ridges.
Views to Wondabyne .
Then to the first lookout point over Waterfall Bay.
Another 10 minutes or so to Spion Kop with magnificent views over Woy Woy and Broken bay to Barrenjoey
Woy Woy and the Rip Bridge
Barrenjoey and Lion Island
Distinctive rock formation. You could walk out on this outcrop. (Notice I said you could and not I could)
Just superb. One of the nicest walks I have done for a long time and one to go straight into the favourites to be repeated often.
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Went out there today 20/6/21 and started from the way woy fire trail then once at end of the fire trail follow the footpad track down to the bay and along the edge of the water as it was low tide then go to back of creek and cross through the swamp grass and picked up some pink ribbons followed for a while then they disappeared and I made my own way up weaving between the cliff lines and popped out on the clear footpad track to Skoin Kop , where I pick dup the track on the ridge was about ten minutes before the vista view point but I was unable to find the metal rungs will go back out there to find them but does anyone have a bit more detail on actual position of the rungs and rope. Then retraced steps back to creek with a slip or two and minor skin missing but very worthy hike took about four hours.
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