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Central Coast Bushwalk

Boardinghouse Dam (0.8km)

A 0.8km family-friendly circuit walk with hidden tall fern walls, a swimming spot and picnic area at Boardinghouse Dam.

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Soothing autumn light

Hidden in the tall fern walls

Here there be fairies

A great walk for families, with a swimming spot and only a short walk. You'll feel revived and alive after this walk. It is magic. There is also a picnic area at the top.

Elevation change: Up 30m, Down 30m

Walk directions

Start, Boardinghouse Dam Picnic Area: -32.99812438623789, 151.40550179478146 Google Maps Link
Turn right or left, it's a circuit so both are fine: -32.998927300453204, 151.40512819501058 Google Maps Link
This is a shallow swimming spot at the end, there are stairs down: -33.00035, 151.40494 Google Maps Link

Towering rainforest canopy and buttressed tree roots at Boardinghouse Dam

Bush track past a fallen mossy log near a wooden footbridge

Small cave like opening beneath a moss covered sandstone boulder

Narrow forest track running beside a long mossy sandstone wall

Lace monitor resting on a sandy track at Boardinghouse Dam

Tall timber boardwalk zigzagging down through a fern filled gully

Track descending past worn timber steps toward a creek bridge

Mossy log with delicate fern fronds along the Boardinghouse Dam track

Tea coloured creek pool framed by moss covered boulders and ferns

Sandy path between a mossy rock wall and slender spotted gums

Reddish mushroom growing from a mossy hollow in a tree trunk

Cluster of pale bracket fungi fanning out from a forest tree

Shaggy capped mushroom emerging from moss and fern covered bark

Tiny bright red pixie's parasol fungi scattered across the leaf litter

Mossy sandstone steps climbing the track at Boardinghouse Dam

Timber footbridge stretching through the forest at Boardinghouse Dam

Close up of soft green moss with new fern shoots

Waterfall spilling over a rocky spillway with ferns near the bridge

Timber steps leading down to the tannin stained creek pool

Reflections of the forest canopy in the tea coloured swimming hole

Still tannin dark dam behind a concrete spillway wall

Hiker with a backpack pausing on the dam wall above the pool

Timber bridge crossing the creek beneath a sandstone bluff

Fern lined creek winding past mossy boulders at Boardinghouse Dam

Wooden steps beside the sandstone overhang leading to the swimming spot

Close reflection of trees rippling across the amber creek water

Ferny creek bank leading down to the Boardinghouse Dam pool

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