Two Creeks
Walks – Lindfield to Roseville Bridge – 2nd October 2014
Two surprising things happened at the start of this walk at Lindfield. The first was finding a walk guide post on the footpath at Lindfield Station – definitely no chance of getting lost on this walk. The second surprise occurred less than a kilometre into the walk when we emerged from the dark concrete tunnel heading under Eastern Arterial road to be confronted by a sign saying “TRACK CLOSED” and a fireman dressed in yellow fatigues informing us that the fire brigade was back-burning. The tour leader, Peter, was confronted with the prospect of leading the shortest walk in the club’s history. Fortunately the fireman allowed us to pass when we assured him we were walking to the Roseville Bridge and not returning along the track.
Another surprise along this well-worn track was finding it surrounded by fern trees and much of the walk under a canopy of Eucalypts. The walk explored Gordon, Middle Harbour and Moores Creek which wound its way to joining the beautiful Middle Harbour Creek at Roseville. The walk crossed a section of Garigal National park and a few reserves managed by Ku-ring-gai Council.
A sandstone overhang and stone pillars appearing to support the rock above greeted us a short way into the walk. Apparently the pillars and surrounding tracks were built by members of the army prior to WW1 as part of their training. Further sandstone masonry work was added during the depression. The walk crossed a number of wooden bridges and the bush track along the Middle Harbour Creek section passed mangroves, ferns and palm trees before coming to a rock overhang along Moores Creek. The views of Middle Harbour Creek between the trees and vegetation while walking along the bush track were delightful and soon the imposing structure of Roseville Bridge came into view and then was above us as we walked below the bridge and onto a track leading down to the water’s edge and along to Echo Point park where we had lunch and a well-deserved rest.
The last part of our 9km walk on a sunny day was a slow incline leading to Roseville Chase shopping centre and a bus to Chatswood Station. In the true tradition of the club we finished well before 3pm and thus avoided the chaos of peak hour, noisy school children and people going home after a pleasant day at work.
Two surprising things happened at the start of this walk at Lindfield. The first was finding a walk guide post on the footpath at Lindfield Station – definitely no chance of getting lost on this walk. The second surprise occurred less than a kilometre into the walk when we emerged from the dark concrete tunnel heading under Eastern Arterial road to be confronted by a sign saying “TRACK CLOSED” and a fireman dressed in yellow fatigues informing us that the fire brigade was back-burning. The tour leader, Peter, was confronted with the prospect of leading the shortest walk in the club’s history. Fortunately the fireman allowed us to pass when we assured him we were walking to the Roseville Bridge and not returning along the track.
Another surprise along this well-worn track was finding it surrounded by fern trees and much of the walk under a canopy of Eucalypts. The walk explored Gordon, Middle Harbour and Moores Creek which wound its way to joining the beautiful Middle Harbour Creek at Roseville. The walk crossed a section of Garigal National park and a few reserves managed by Ku-ring-gai Council.
A sandstone overhang and stone pillars appearing to support the rock above greeted us a short way into the walk. Apparently the pillars and surrounding tracks were built by members of the army prior to WW1 as part of their training. Further sandstone masonry work was added during the depression. The walk crossed a number of wooden bridges and the bush track along the Middle Harbour Creek section passed mangroves, ferns and palm trees before coming to a rock overhang along Moores Creek. The views of Middle Harbour Creek between the trees and vegetation while walking along the bush track were delightful and soon the imposing structure of Roseville Bridge came into view and then was above us as we walked below the bridge and onto a track leading down to the water’s edge and along to Echo Point park where we had lunch and a well-deserved rest.
The last part of our 9km walk on a sunny day was a slow incline leading to Roseville Chase shopping centre and a bus to Chatswood Station. In the true tradition of the club we finished well before 3pm and thus avoided the chaos of peak hour, noisy school children and people going home after a pleasant day at work.