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Parramatta City Council Walking Tracks

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Settlers Walk 3.0 km

Pemulwuy Loop 5.4 km

Water Dragon Way 2.3 km

Redb ank Track 3.5 km

Governor Phillip Walk 3.8 km

Lake Circuit Walk 4.3 km

Terrys Creek Walk 2.0 km

Ponds Walk 7.2 km

Vineyard Creek Walkin g Track 2.5 km

Parramatta Valley Sha red Cycleway 8.2 km

Duck River Walk 7.2 km

Wadd angalli Woodland Walk 3.3 km

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Settlers WalkIcon Species: Eastern Long-necked Turtle (Chelodina longicollis)

WalkSettlers Walk starts in close proximity to Toongabbie Railway Station and continues to Oakes Road Winston Hills where it joins the Pemulwuy Loop. Distance of 3.0 Km; 2hr 10min return.

It forms the most western section of the greater Toongabbie Creek Walk which links Toongabbie Railway Station to Parramatta Railway Station or the Parramatta Ferrys terminal.

VegetationWalking adjacent to natural creekline through Cumberland River Flat Forest. Huge majestic red river gums (Eucalyptus tereticornis) stand as a reminder to the height and breadth of the once mighty forests of the area. Hollows in these remnant trees are homes to many birds, possums and native bees.

HistorySettlers Walk passes through the land once used as Tongabby Government Farm Township. The settlement was a military and convict barracks consisting of mud and slab wood huts. Convict accounts tell of being housed in large hollow logs.

The Hawkesbury Road linking Parramatta to the Hawkesbury was built in 1794 and later renamed Old Windsor Road in 1802 after New Windsor Road was built which passed through Baulkham Hills.

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Pemulwuy LoopIcon species: Rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster) meaning “water-mouse with golden belly”. Hydro water, mys mouse, chryso golden, gaster belly

WalkThe Pemulwuy Loop travels from Moxham Road in Northmead, to Edison Avenue, Winston Hills. It crosses Toongabbie Creek at Oakes Road, Old Toongabbie and travels along the south bank to Hammers Road, Northmead, then back up the east bank of Quarry Branch Creek to Moxham Road covering approximately 5.4km, (2hr 25min loop). The track surface is a mixture of natural earth as well as rock and wooden stairs.

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Forest and SydneyTurpentine-Ironbark Forest give a good representation of the native diversity that still exists in the gullies and reserves around the Northmead and Winston Hills area.

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Forest Red Gums (Eucalyptus tereticornis) dominate the western reserves as

and then give way to Sydney Blue Gums (Eucalyptus saligna) that dominate the more fertile gully. As the trees mature they produce tree hollows which provide homes for many birds, micro bats, possums and native bees.

HistoryPemulwuy (c.1750 – 1802) was an Aboriginal leader of the Eora people who lived in the area from Castle Hill to Botany Bay. He was regarded as a great warrior defending Aboriginal lands at a time of European expansion and settlement.

Water Dragon WayIcon Species: Water Dragon (Physignathus lesueurii)

WalkWater Dragon Way runs between Moxhams Road, Northmead and Goodin Road, Winston Hills along the eastern side of Quarry Branch Creek. The distance is 2.3km and duration of 1hr 40min return. The track is a mixture of natural earth and rocky path including some rock and wooden stairs. Walking from south to north is a consistent incline.

VegetationThe walk takes you through a series or stunning remnant bushland reserves of Sydney Turpentine Ironbark Forest which supports large stands of Smooth-barked Apple, (Angophora costata), and Black Butt (Eucalyptus pilularis). Moxham Reserve still supports several endangered species of plants, bats and birds.

HistoryDotted through the bushland are a number historic convict quarries which supplied much of the sandstone for Parramatta’s early buildings and civil works. Hourigan’s and Moxham’s Quarries are two of the largest sandstone quarries in the area and were in production from early colonial times until the 1950s.

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Redbank TrackIcon species: Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata)

WalkRedbank Track traverses Toongabbie Creek through the open vistas of Northmead and Wentworthville. This central section of the greater Toongabbie Creek walk is 3.5km from Hammers Road to the Governor Philip Camp; 2hr 35min return. There is also a loop walk between Redbank Road and Mons Road.

VegetationThe vegetation is a unique blend of Cumberland River Flat Forest with large stands of Sheoak (Casuarina glauca) Roughed-barked Apple (Angophora

) and Forest Red Gum (Eucalyptus tereticornis). Part of the walk

Bracken Fern.

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HistoryTravelling through Westmead and Northmead, which translates to west meadow and north meadow of early Parramatta. The area has grown from one

medical, research and manufacturing hub. All just a blink of the eye in context of the large rock shelves in Toongabbie Creek used by Aboriginal people for many thousands of years to sharpen tools and collect aquatic foods.

Governor Philip WalkIcon species: Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus)

WalkGovernor Phillip Walk is a peaceful 3.8km walk through some of Australia’s oldest Government lands. The walk completes the last leg of the greater

and Darling Mills Creek which forms the head of Parramatta River. The walk follows the river through Parramatta Park and along the river foreshore of Parramatta CBD to the Ferry Terminal. Duration is 2hr 50min return.

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stately parklands.

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HistoryThe surrounding areas have been set aside as occupied government land since

the care of Henry Dodd in 1790. This path travels past the World Heritage listed

into the vibrant heart of Parramatta City, which still contains some remaining gems of colonial architecture.

Lake Circuit WalkIcon species: Sugar Glider (Petaurus breviceps)

WalkA circuit loop through 75ha of pristine remnant bushland that circles the 12ha man-made lake. The walk covers a distance of 4.3km over natural earth and rock shelves which crosses two creek tributaries. Duration of 1hr 55min. Impassable in wet weather.

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Gully Forest. The bushland is dappled with Smooth-barked Apple (Angophora costata) and Blackbutt (Eucalyptus pilularus) which contains hollows for Sugar Gliders and root buttresses for Echidnas.

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became the main water supply for Parramatta. The dam was raised twice in

drinking water until 1909. From the 1920s to the 1950s the lake surrounds were

and water quality. In 1960 the reserve was declared a Fauna Sanctuary and is now a listed Wildlife Refuge within the National Parks and Wildlife Act of 1974.

Terrys Creek Walk (see Terrys Creek Walk Brochure)Icon species: Satin Bower Bird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus)

WalkTerrys Creek Walk is from Marsden Road Carlingford to David Hamilton Reserve, Terry Road, Eastwood. This easy grade of track is a mixture of earthen bushland path, mown parkland and creek crossings. Distance of 2.0km and duration of 1hr 30min.

VegetationThe vegetation is a unique form of Sydney Blue Gum High Forest which is a critically endangered ecological community under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. This vegetation type is typical around St.Ives and Pymble but stretches down south as far as Carlingford and Denistone.

HistoryWilliam Rutledge purchased a hill east of Brush Farm in 1835 which he named Eastwood. The estate was purchased by Edward Terry in 1863 who

of Parliament. This was at a time when Maria Smith’s ‘Granny Smith’s seedlings’

1891. Eastwood Village still holds the Granny Smith Festival in October.

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Ponds Walk (see the Ponds Walk Brochure)Icon species: Ring tailed Possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus)

WalkThis track is a mixture of bushland path, often adjacent to mown parkland

distance of 7.2km and a duration of 5hr 20min from Eric Mobbs lookout, Carlingford to Jim Crowgey Reserve, Rydalmere. Impassable in wet weather.

VegetationThe track runs throughout the Ponds Creek Catchment which blends fromBlue Gum High Forest dominating the upper ridgeline into Sydney Turpentine Ironbark Forest and Shale-Sandstone Transition Forest as you walk down stream through Dundas Valley. Along the lower reaches of Subiaco Creek ,

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HistoryFourteen former convicts were given land grants in 1791 along a chain of ponds forming a small settlement called Pennant Hills. This group of small holdings grew to an area rich with orchards and dominated by the William Cox owned Brush Farm. The expanded area became known as Dundas which contained a basalt diatreme which was visited by several eminent scientists including Charles Darwin and was quarried for Blue Metal.

many times until it became a Benedictine Convent School and named ‘Subiaco’. James Bell had a dairy from the late 1800s on the north side off Kissing Point Road which ran up the hill to the Bird Sanctuary.

Vineyard Creek Walking TrackIcon species: Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua)

WalkThis Track traverses the Vineyard Creek catchment through the open vistas and closed native forests of Oatlands and Telopea. It runs from Wesley St Telopea through to Kissing Point Road Dundas. Distance of 2.5km and duration of 1hr 50min.

VegetationVineyard Creek cuts through several blends of Coastal Enriched Sydney Sandstone Moist Forest, Coastal Sydney Sandstone Gallery Rainforest, Coastal Shale-Sandstone Forest and Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest.

HistoryThe higher elevations of Vineyard Creek catchment were regarded as beautiful, tranquil and pristine environments where the water was pure and children swam in the creek. It was known locally as the ‘Bird Sanctuary’.

Vineyard’ contained 900 vines. By 1848 ‘The Vineyard’ was leased and sold

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Parramatta Valley Shared CyclewayIcon species: White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)

WalkThe Parramatta Valley Shared Cycleway commences at the Parramatta Ferry Wharf and continues east into Ryde Council’s walking and cycleway network along the edges of Parramatta River. It is an easy walk which takes in the Baludarri Wetland and Ermington Bay Nature Trail. The Parramatta City Council’s section is 8.2km and 6hr 5min return.

VegetationThe Parramatta River is the main tributary of Sydney Harbour. There are a range of important estuarine vegetation communities that line the river including the endangered Coastal Saltmarsh and the Mangrove community comprising of River Mangrove ( ) and Grey Mangrove (Avicennia marina).

History This stretch of the Parramatta River has seen many changes over time. What began as an important meeting place for local indigenous

communities to trade, evolved into an important transport route linking the two European settlements of Sydney Cove and Parramatta which ensured the

then became a heavily industrialised area and is now transforming into a recreational haven for urban dwellers.

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Duck River WalkIcon species: Superb Fairy Wren (Malurus cyaneus)

WalkThe Duck River Walk meanders along Duck River from Boundary Road, Chester Hill to Sixth Street, Granville and is then just a short hop to the M4 cycleway covering approximately 7.5 km, 4hr 20min return. The track surface is a mixture of natural earth as well as rock and wooden stairs.

VegetationDuck River Walk meanders for 7.2km along the western embankment of Duck River through Cumberland Plain Woodland, Castlereagh Ironbark Forest and Sydney Coastal Riparian Woodland. These forests and woodlands support Grey Box Eucalyptus moluccana, Paper Barks Melaleuca decora wetlands and are the home of a diverse amount of animals, reptiles and birds including several species of micro bats. It follows the Council boundary between Auburn and Parramatta.

HistoryDuck River has a rich history of Aboriginal and Colonial heritage. In February 1788, Governor Phillip entered the mouth of Duck River while exploring the

and thinking it might be a breeding ground for ducks, Governor Phillip named the waterway Duck River.

to connect Parramatta to Sydney thus creating what is now Parramatta Road.

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Waddangalli Woodland WalkIcon species: Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang)

WalkWaddangalli Woodland Walk in Guildford starts from the far western end of Waddangalli Woodland going east through Campbell Hill Reserve and on to Norford Reserve to link with the Duck River Walking Track. Distance 3.3km and duration 2hr 25min.

VegetationWaddangalli Woodland is one of our best representations of Cumberland Plain Woodland. Only 6% of the original extent of Cumberland Plain Woodland remains in Greater Sydney making Waddangalli Woodland a haven for Western Sydney’s struggling native birds, animals and plants that rely on this type of Bushland for habitat.

HistoryThe vast expanse of open woodlands once covering Guildford, Sefton and surrounding suburbs were cleared by logging and farming in the early to 1800s with land grants in the Parish of Liberty Plains awarded to Charles

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Fraser in 1823 and John Thomas Campbell in 1825. Dog Trap Road linking Parramatta to Liverpool was often frequented by Dingos and Bush Rangers. It was later changed to Woodville Road in 1879.

Bushwalks of Parramatta

30 Darcy Street, Parramatta NSW 2150PO Box 32, Parramatta NSW 2124

Phone: 02 9806 5140Fax: 02 9806 5927