Bushwalks – Lane Cove Bushland & Conservation Society

Current Guided Walk

Field of Mars, Mangroves to Sugarloaf Point return guided bushwalk

Sunday 16th November, 9.00 am – 12:00 pm

Grade: Medium – bush tracks, rocky sections, boardwalk, high stone steps and tree roots. A moderate level of fitness is required.

Join us for a wonderfully varied walk featuring forested sandstone hillsides, mangroves and river views. Our expert guide is Patrick Spiers, bushwalker and teacher at the Field of Mars Environmental Education Centre.

You will see a diversity of vegetation: Sydney Sandstone Gully Forest and Ridgetop Woodland on the hillside of the Field of Mars; the Mangroves below Buffalo Creek Reserve, a world totally different from the surrounding bushland; on the slope of Sugarloaf Hill a beautiful sandstone landscape of Eucalypts, Angophoras, Xanthorrhoea (grass trees) and flowering understorey with glimpses to the Lane Cove River through the trees. The track continues to Sugarloaf Point, part of Lane Cove National Park, where open grassed areas provide a picnic and relaxation area beside the river. Time permitting, we may stop here for a snack and chat.

Buffalo Creek Reserve is also a lovely, well-equipped picnic area where you may prefer to lunch after the walk.

Self Guided Walks

The Lane Cove area is home to diverse flora types and is part of one of the mega-diverse floras in the world. One of the most beautiful and spectacular is the Sydney sandstone flora on the upper slopes of the Lane Cove Valley. This has its main flowering in Winter/Spring with a diverse understory of Pea flowers, Heathland plants, and Banksias to name a few. Honeyeater birds such as the New Holland and the Eastern Spinebill can be seen feeding on the nectar flowers.

Still present in Lane Cove bushland are examples of the original major community types, wetlands, dry sclerophyll forest (open woodland or forest), heath and wet sclerophyll forest (tall forest). Follow us on Facebook page or this website to keep up to date.

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