Friday 22/12/06I decided to go to Bobbin Head today to do some bushwalking with a group of friends. Bobbin Head is a little picnic spot-cum-marina situated in valley in the Kuringai National Park, north of Sydney. Its proximity to the city attracts lots of boat owners who flock to the area and sail on the Hawkesbury river and its tributaries.
The Kuringai National Park also has lots of bushwalking trails, of all lengths, including a part of the Great North Walk. The terrain varies from pockets of rainforest, stretches of mangrove swamp to the ubiquitous eucalypt forest seen all over Australia.
We decided to start the day on the Sphinx trail, which goes from Bobbin Head to the Sphinx memorial, a replica of the real Sphinx built in honour of the soldiers who perished fighting in Egypt in WWII. Part of this track is pretty heavy going with some tough climbs, but because these are well spaced out and quite short, we made good time walking the 5km in under 2 hours. On the way back, we took the Bobbin Head track which heads back to where we started. Unfortunately, this is a dirt track for offroad vehicles and is situated on top of the ridge. Hence it is exposed and dry making it much less interesting to walk through. The last part however, was lots of fun because we bushbashed down the slope rather than take the winding path down.
It was lunch time, and quite hot by now. Also, one of my friends had bad blisters on both his feet, the worst I've ever seen. So we couldnt do any more walking for the day, which was a shame as I wanted to walk on the other side of the river to the waterholes. Oh well, another time.....
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