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Central Coast Bushwalk

Rumbalara Plateau Road Ridgeline Loop (6km)

A 6km loop featuring the Rumbalara Ridgeline with notable rock formations and rainforest sections on the Central Coast.

At a glance

Distance
6km circuit
Ascent
180m
Leeches
Likely, bring repellent
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This is a lovely walk designed to capture the beauty of Rumbalara Ridgeline and explore some of its amazing rock outcrops and rainforest areas. This can be done as a car shuffle from Plateau Road to Jarrett Street. If the weather is very prone to leeches or mosquitoes then you can skip the beautiful rainforest track on the south and cut back across the road at the top.

Walk directions

  1. Start at the end of Jarrett Street: -33.42073560540555, 151.35053269845093 Google Maps Link
  2. Turn left up the steps: -33.423150, 151.346535 Google Maps Link
  3. Turn right: -33.423651, 151.349212 Google Maps Link
  4. Turn right again to stay on the Flannel Flower Track: -33.423777, 151.349925 Google Maps Link
  5. Turn Left to stay on the Flannel Flower Track: -33.425411, 151.350473 Google Maps Link
  6. Turn right again to stay on the Flannel Flower Track: -33.425156, 151.350719 Google Maps Link
  7. Turn Left up the hill: -33.42704495578741, 151.3534498214722 Google Maps Link
  8. Cross over the road and walk along it until you come to the path: -33.424869068346304, 151.35556340217593 Google Maps Link
  9. Veer right to stay on the path: -33.42334681014067, 151.3560140132904 Google Maps Link
  10. Veer left to stay on the Mouat walk: -33.423387, 151.360762 Google Maps Link
  11. Turn left: -33.418296, 151.367456 Google Maps Link
  12. Turn left onto the ridgeline to Plateau Road: -33.417593, 151.368197 Google Maps Link
  13. Come out at the end of Plateau Road and follow it: -33.41525905492398, 151.36032324495332 Google Maps Link
  14. Turn left onto North Crescent: -33.414737, 151.355563 Google Maps Link
  15. Turn left onto Blanche Street: -33.415065, 151.353354 Google Maps Link
  16. Turn right onto Bradys Gully Road and keep straight on into Dwyer Street: -33.415986, 151.353131 Google Maps Link
  17. Turn left down Jarrett Street and follow it to the end, back to the start point: -33.416097, 151.351367 Google Maps Link
Blue Brisbane Water glimpsed through eucalypt branches from the Rumbalara ridgeline
Grass tree and peeling paperbark trunk beside a rocky bush track
Hiker in a blue shirt standing beneath a large sandstone rock overhang
Hiker in a green jacket looking up inside a sandstone rock overhang
Rock hewn steps climbing through boulders on the ridgeline track
Close up of gum tree bark with a climbing vine
Pale brown mushroom with gills growing on the forest floor
Weathered honeycomb sandstone overhang above a timber bench
Yellow guinea flower blooming among leaf litter on the track
Red capped fungus with white flecks growing in green moss
Small white daisy flower on a curling stem in the undergrowth
White star shaped wildflower growing beside fallen bark
Timber staircase with handrail climbing through the forest
Narrow dirt track winding uphill between tall eucalypts
Sunlit bush track weaving between ferns and slender trunks
Grass Tree Track sign pointing to Yaruga Picnic Area and Mouat Walk
Diamond python coiled on the sandy trail
Grass trees and boulders lining a rocky section of the loop
Log steps leading up a fern lined section of the ridgeline track
Large stacked sandstone boulder beside a slender gum trunk
Rocky bush track passing grass trees near the ridge top
Cream banksia flower spike among eucalypt foliage
Mouat Walk sign showing directions to Katandra Reserve and Eyre statue
Rock steps and grass trees near a sandstone plateau on the ridge
Balancing sandstone boulder viewed further along the ridgeline track
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

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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