Tuggerah Lake vista and Rainforest
Download & Print Map and Notes45 mins
1.8 km Return
28 m
Moderate track
(0km) South car park → Int of Lilly Pilly loop and Sth Lilly Pilly access trail
80 m
2 mins
6m
0m
Moderate track
From the car park on the Central Coast Hwy, aka Wilfred Barret Dr (about 5.5 km north of The Entrance bridge, and about 4.6km south of the intersection with Main Rd, Noraville. Signposted ‘Wyrrabalong National Park’), the walk goes around a gate, passes an information board and ‘Lilly Pilly Loop Trail’ sign, and follows the management trail up the hill. The trail soon bends to the left and arrives at an intersection, marked with a ‘Lilly Pilly Loop Link Trail’ sign.
(0.08km) Int of Lilly Pilly loop and Sth Lilly Pilly access trail → Tuggerah lake vista
820 m
14 mins
3m
-19m
Moderate track
Continue straight: From the intersection, the walk follows the sandy bush track, going up the hill, away from the nearby road. The track runs along a ridge line, through relatively dry forest for a while, before dropping a little, into moist littoral rainforest. The walk meanders through this beautiful area of rainforest, passing a ‘Rainforests’ information board, to the left, and then emerges to a nice vista at the edge of Tuggerah lake.
Lilly Pilly loop rainforest
This area of littoral rainforest is on the Lilly Pilly loop walk, in Wyrrabalong National Park, north of The Entrance. This small remnant of rainforest is dominated by cabbage palms, corkwoods and tuckeroos. There are nice views across Tuggerah lake from the edge of the forest as well.
Tuggerah Lake vista
This informal, unnamed spot at the edge of Tuggerah Lake, north of The Entrance, has beautiful views across the lake. These views, combined with the nearby area of rainforest, provide beautiful scenery on walks in the area.
Maps for the Tuggerah Lake vista and Rainforest walk
You can download the PDF for this walk to print a map.These maps below cover the walk and the wider area around the walk, they are worth carrying for safety reasons.
Toukley | 1:25 000 Map Series | 92313N TOUKLEY | NSW-92313N |
Lake Macquarie | 1:100 000 Map Series | 9231 LAKE MACQUARIE | 9231 |
Cross sectional view of the Tuggerah Lake vista and Rainforest bushwalking track
Analysis and summary of the altitude variation on the Tuggerah Lake vista and Rainforest
Overview of this walks grade – based on the AS 2156.1 – 2001
Under this standard, a walk is graded based on the most difficult section of the walk.
Length | 1.8 km | ||
Time | 45 mins | ||
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Grade 3/6 Moderate track |
AS 2156.1 | Gradient | Short steep hills (3/6) |
Quality of track | Clear and well formed track or trail (2/6) | ||
Signs | Directional signs along the way (3/6) | ||
Experience Required | Some bushwalking experience recommended (3/6) | ||
Weather | Weather generally has little impact on safety (1/6) | ||
Infrastructure | Limited facilities, not all cliffs are fenced (3/6) |
Some more details of this walks Grading
Here is a bit more details explaining grading looking at sections of the walk
Gradient
This whole walk, 900m has short steep hills.
Quality of track
This whole walk, 900m follows a clear and well formed track or trail.
Signs
Around 820m of this walk has directional signs at most intersection, whilst the remaining 80m is clearly signposted.
Experience Required
Around 820m of this walk requires some bushwalking experience, whilst the remaining 80m requires no previous bushwalking experience.
weather
This whole walk, 900m is not usually affected by severe weather events (that would unexpectedly impact safety and navigation).
Infrastructure
This whole walk, 900m has limited facilities (such as not all cliffs fenced).
Similar walks
Other Nearby walks
Plan your trip to and from the walk here
The Tuggerah Lake vista and Rainforest walk starts and ends at the South car park (gps: -33.300644, 151.53294)Your main transport option to South car park is by;
Car. There is free parking available.
(get details)
Fire Danger
Each park may have its own fire ban, this rating is only valid for today and is based on information from the RFS Please check the RFS Website for more information.Weather Forest
This walk starts in the Hunter weather district always check the formal BOM forecast or pdf before starting your walk.Forecast snapshot
Park Information & Alerts
Short URL = http://wild.tl/tlvar
Gallery images
There are other downloads I am still working on.
You will probably need to login to access these — still all free.
* KML (google earth file)
* GPX (GPS file)
Special Maps/ brochures
* A3 topo maps
* PDF with Lands Topo map base
* PDF with arial image (and map overlay)
I wanted to get the main site live first, this extra stuff will come in time.
Happy walking
Matt 🙂
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