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Central Coast Bushwalk

Lobster Beach Return via the Flannel Flower Track (3.5km Return)

A 3.5km return coastal walk via the flannel flower track with excellent sunset views and swimming at Lobster Beach.

At a glance

Distance
3.5km return
Ascent
130m
Dogs
No
Toilets
Yes
Parking
Yes
Access
4WD needed to reach the start
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This is one of the best places to watch the sunset on the coast as well as being a wonderful place to swim. Best to drive in with a 4wd or start a bit earlier at the start of the dirt road. The flannel flower track is filled with flannel flowers when they are in season.

Walk directions

  1. Start, Hawke Head Drive: -33.534719, 151.346766 Google Maps Link
  2. Turn right: -33.535385, 151.34543 Google Maps Link
  3. Turn left up the hill: -33.52785490027704, 151.34276390075686 Google Maps Link
  4. Yay! You've made it to the tip of Box Head: -33.52993, 151.341455 Google Maps Link
Woman carrying a baby past blooming flannel flowers on the track
Woman with a baby carrier at a sandstone lookout above Lobster Beach

How do you pronounce Bouddi?

Bouddi is pronounced "Boo-Die" for Bouddi National Park in the Central Coast NSW. Bouddi is the local aboriginal word for the heart.

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Wildflowers

The cover of A Cornucopia of Central Coast Walks: watercolour wildflowers, including a waratah and orchids, on a bright yellow background

The book

Over 100 Central Coast walks in one book

A Cornucopia of Central Coast Walks gathers the walks on this site into a book you can keep in the car. Each walk has a map, the distance and climb, and numbered directions from the start point, with a wildflower guide at the back.

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The cover of The Bush Wee: a girl with red bunny ears and a starry blue dress peeks out from behind a tree beside a waterfall

A picture book

The leeches are in the picture book

The Bush Wee is my read aloud picture book for children aged 2 to 7, about a big Central Coast bush walk, a very important bush wee, and some leeches. It helps little ones feel brave and capable in the bush, leeches and all.

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