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Central Coast Bushwalk

Gosford Station to Lisarow Station (13km)

A 13km ridgeline traverse between Gosford and Lisarow stations with beautiful lookouts and wildlife spotting.

At a glance

Distance
13km one way
Ascent
440m
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This traverse goes along the ridgeline between Gosford and Lisarow and has some beautiful lookouts. In Rumbalara I'm always struck by how beautiful this area is, have spotted echidnas, wallabies and diamond pythons along here. Always an enjoyable walk.

A. Start, Gosford Station: -33.423848, 151.3419914 Google Maps Link

B. Turn left at Donnison St: -33.426946, 151.341884 Google Maps Link

Walk directions

  1. Start at the base of Rumbalara: -33.427623, 151.347774 Google Maps Link
  2. Turn right: -33.42309,151.34649 Google Maps Link
  3. Cross the road and continue on the path on the other side: -33.42374,151.35025 Google Maps Link
  4. Turn right along the fire trail: -33.42407,151.35186 Google Maps Link
  5. Turn Left down the hill: -33.42451,151.35559 Google Maps Link
  6. Turn Right back up the hill: -33.42334,151.35600 Google Maps Link
  7. Turn Left along the Muat Walk: -33.42339158282182, 151.36076152324677 Google Maps Link
  8. Take the Time to have a look at the beautiful At John Lookout and picnic area, leave the picnic area and walk long Atkinson Road and then continue up even when it turns into a firetail: -33.406170306533404, 151.39008879661563 Google Maps Link
  9. Go straight down the firetrail (Barduk Rd), North, down the hill: -33.39855710967195, 151.37894153594974 Google Maps Link
  10. Turn left along the Ridgeway: -33.386195, 151.37503623 Google Maps Link
  11. Yay! You've reached the end at Lisarow Station: -33.382540, 151.369972 Google Maps Link
View through eucalypts down to Gosford's waterway and CBD from the Rumbalara ridge
Short beaked echidna foraging among wet leaves beside the trail
Hiker in a red hat carries a baby at a bush lookout over Rumbalara
Leaf littered forest floor with an old tree stump beside the track
Hiker carries a baby past grass trees on the Gosford to Lisarow trail
Distant coastline and hills viewed through the bush canopy near Mount Elliot
Sun dappled gully forest with ferns and grass trees along the ridge track
Brisbane Water glimpsed through tall gums from the ridgeline track
Steep steel staircase with handrails climbing through bushland near Rumbalara
Water views framed by tall eucalypts along the Gosford to Lisarow ridge walk
Sunlit forest track winding between tall gums and ferns
Panoramic glimpse of water and headlands through the bush canopy
Swamp wallaby pausing among leaf litter beside the track
Tall gum trees rising behind a rock outcrop on the ridge trail
Cream flower spike of a grass tree lit by afternoon sun
Sandstone steps climbing through bushland on the ridge track
Steel walkway and steps descending the hillside past a grass tree
Hiker standing inside a large sandstone rock shelter on the trail
Water and headland framed by grass trees and gums near the ridge's end

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This walk is on Darkinjung country. Good Architect acknowledges the Darkinjung people as the Traditional Custodians of this land and we pay our respects to Elders, past, present and emerging. Darkinjung Land Council.