Katia de la Luz
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This was my Section 10 – From Brooklyn to Woy Woy.
We took a water taxi from Brooklyn across the Hawkesbury River to Patonga Beach, and began our walk along the sandy shore, admiring the delicate Beach Primrose Oenothera drummondii.
On a very hot morning that burst into a beaming hot day with temperatures around 31 degrees, this walk was a challenge, as much of the track was unshaded. We toughed it out, took plenty of breaks and rests in the shade, were decimated by the horror hill, arriving as blithering wreaks at the Woy Woy tip, ready for rest.
We saw beautiful scenery, especially from the Patonga to Warrah Lookout track, with a bright clear day showing us all the colours of the river and views out to Palm Beach, the Palm Beach Lighthouse, Pittwater and beyond.
The vegetation here is mainly low open forest, low open woodland and open woodland with either a dry or moist understory on the exposed ridges and slopes of the Hawkesbury Sandstone. The rainforest occurs in the valleys and along streams on the Narrabeen group strata. Also in this area are rainforest, grassy woodland and dry eucalypt forests.
A highlight of the day was the bright white blossoms of the Smooth Barked Apple Angophora costata on the dusty and dry Warrah Trig Road.
This area is home to 270 native animal species. Within the Brisbane Water National Park are threatened species such as the koala, bentwing bat, southern brown bandicoot, spotted-tailed quoll, long-nosed potoroo, eastern chestnut mouse, and the eastern pygmy-possum
The koalas have a small colony in the Pearl Beach to Patonga area but some have been seen in the Kariong and Girrakool area. The yellow-bellied glider, the least common of the gliders in the Sydney region, is found in the Piles Creek area of the park.
With over 150 species of bird and plenty of variation in ecosystems, this track opens up some wonderful walking experiences.
Trigger Plant
This was my Section 10 – From Brooklyn to Woy Woy.
We took a water taxi from Brooklyn across the Hawkesbury River to Patonga Beach, and began our walk along the sandy shore, admiring the delicate Beach Primrose Oenothera drummondii.
On a very hot morning that burst into a beaming hot day with temperatures around 31 degrees, this walk was a challenge, as much of the track was unshaded. We toughed it out, took plenty of breaks and rests in the shade, were decimated by the horror hill, arriving as blithering wreaks at the Woy Woy tip, ready for rest.
We saw beautiful scenery, especially from the Patonga to Warrah Lookout track, with a bright clear day showing us all the colours of the river and views out to Palm Beach, the Palm Beach Lighthouse, Pittwater and beyond.
The vegetation here is mainly low open forest, low open woodland and open woodland with either a dry or moist understory on the exposed ridges and slopes of the Hawkesbury Sandstone. The rainforest occurs in the valleys and along streams on the Narrabeen group strata. Also in this area are rainforest, grassy woodland and dry eucalypt forests.
A highlight of the day was the bright white blossoms of the Smooth Barked Apple Angophora costata on the dusty and dry Warrah Trig Road.
This area is home to 270 native animal species. Within the Brisbane Water National Park are threatened species such as the koala, bentwing bat, southern brown bandicoot, spotted-tailed quoll, long-nosed potoroo, eastern chestnut mouse, and the eastern pygmy-possum
The koalas have a small colony in the Pearl Beach to Patonga area but some have been seen in the Kariong and Girrakool area. The yellow-bellied glider, the least common of the gliders in the Sydney region, is found in the Piles Creek area of the park.
With over 150 species of bird and plenty of variation in ecosystems, this track opens up some wonderful walking experiences.