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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
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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

  1. Start, Parkridge Drive, walk up Parkridge Fire Trail: -33.225450556677636, 151.39817833900455 Google Maps Link
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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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