Central Coast Bushwalk

Mt Alison Ridgeline Return (8km return or 4km one way)

An 8km return walk through lush bushland with beautiful trees, glimpses of views, and a peaceful picnic spot at the summit.

At a glance

Distance: 8km return
Ascent: 80m

This is a beautiful walk, very lush and green, there is a ascent up the hill, the gradient is relatively gentle though. If you would like to do it as a car shuffle, here is the the place on Hue Hue Road to leave a car: Google Maps Link.

Why walk to the top of Mt Alison?

Mt Alison has beautiful trees and glispses of views, it is a great place for a picnic lunch and feels very intimate and rural. If you would like a walk where you might not see anyone else then this might be the walk for you.

Walk directions

Start, Parkridge Drive, walk up Parkridge Fire Trail: -33.225450556677636, 151.39817833900455 Google Maps Link
Turn right onto Parkridge Fire Trail, then head left up the hill when you see the path there: -33.22646471412877, 151.39241695404056 Google Maps Link
Hooray, you have reached The Top of Mt Alison, head back down the hill, turning left at the picnic area: -33.233123756785695, 151.40125751495364 Google Maps Link
At the firetrail at the bottom of the hill turn right onto Francis Byrnes fire trail, keep left when it continues toHue Hue Rd: -33.23758377539121, 151.39765262603763 Google Maps Link
You've reached Hue Hue Rd: -33.23962974402257, 151.40130043029788 Google Maps Link

Grey muzzled dog pausing on the wet gravel ridgeline trail

Dog walking through steady rain on the ridgeline track

Dog approaching the Francis Byrnes Fire Trail junction sign

Crossroad signposts marking the Francis Byrnes fire trails

Metal trail marker showing distances along the ridge trail

Small stone cairn balanced on a park bench rail

Interpretive sign illustrating frogs, birds and fungi of Mt Alison

Interpretive sign depicting owls, gliders and a wallaby at night

Foggy forest trail carpeted in leaf litter on the way up Mt Alison

Steel framed picnic table in a grassy clearing on Mt Alison

Sandstone boulders framing the Mt Alison ridge clearing

Picnic table shaded by trees at a rest spot near the summit

Rain slicked trail climbing between tall trunks near the summit

She-oak lined trail with a puddle catching the rain

Small vine leaves climbing a smoothed orange gum trunk

Puddled trail beside a pale striped gum on the ridge climb

Narrow trail winding beneath drooping she-oak branches

Trail side gum trunk streaked orange with hanging vine tendrils

Trail passing a mottled bark gum with puddles and loose rock

Path curving past a spotted gum trunk after recent rain

Straight bush track disappearing into dense she-oak forest

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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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A picture book

A picture book for little walkers

The Bush Wee is my read aloud picture book for children aged 2 to 7. A little explorer sets off on a big walk in the Central Coast bush, then realises there is no toilet for miles. Along the way it teaches real bush skills, like which soft leaves make good toilet paper.

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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.