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Central Coast Bushwalk

Ourimbah Ridgetop Walk (1.6km) Return

1.6km return forest walk through lush greenery. No views or destinations, just immersion in nature for your wellbeing.

At a glance

Distance
1.6km return
Ascent
40m
Toilets
Yes
Leeches
After rain
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This is a beautiful little walk, it is lush and green with a bit of gravel on the firetrail which helps to suppress leeches. This is a walk to do when you want to be saturated in green, which studies have shown is very good for your physical and mental health. It doesn't have any views or detinations, it is a walk about walking in the forest.

Walk directions

  1. Start, at Mark Forster Reserve on Brush Road: -33.354718, 151.4109778 Google Maps Link
  2. Walk to the end of the road, enjoying the forest along the way: -33.35447, 151.40048 Google Maps Link
Metal boom gate and dumping warning sign at the firetrail entrance
Gate at Entry to the Walk
Mark Foster Reserve information sign at the start of the walk
Orange capped fungus showing its gilled underside on the leaf litter
Firetrail lined with tall grey gums and tussocks of grass
Moss covered fallen log among young cabbage palm seedlings
Mossy rocks and peeling paperbark scattered across the forest floor
Leafy corridor of tall eucalypts framing the ridgetop firetrail
Old car tyre and rim dumped among fallen logs in the bush
Young fern fronds unfurling above the leaf covered forest floor
Leaf strewn firetrail winding through dense eucalypt forest at Ourimbah

How do you pronounce Ourimbah?

A local pronounces it Or-im-bar. Ourimbah is an Aboriginal word meaning 'sacred circle, initiation, belt of manhood'.

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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.