Continue straight: From the bottom of the sealed management trail, this walk follows the GNW arrow post across the clearing
[23] following the old dirt trail. After about 120m, this walk comes to another small clearing
[24], where this walk turns left following the ‘The Great North Walk’ sign
[25]. The track then bends right and leads down to cross over a short flat timber bridge
[26] across a concrete channel
[27]. From here, the rocky track leads down along the side of the hill
[28] for about 150m before heading down some stone steps
[29] (with a handrail, under a set of power lines
[30]) to come to the ‘Great North Walk register’ box on a pole
[31][32]. After filling in your intentions (and reading others entries), this walk continues down along the track beside a rock wall
[33], past a short section of handrail
[34] then down a series of timber
[35] and rock
[36] steps for about 300m to then cross Lyrebird Gully creek
[37] on the sandstone platform. This creek crossing and other crossing further down the valley can become impassable after heavy or prolonged rain. The walk then leads over the short section of green timber boardwalk
[38], following the GNW arrow post
[39] uphill. The walk then follows the rocky track along the side of hill
[40] for about 250m to pass beside a rock wall
[41] (on your right) and a section of handrail
[42] and steep valley (on your left). Here the walk steps down a rock (with metal peg)
[43] to follow the rocky track downhill and come close to a creek
[44]. Here the walk follows the edge of creek (keeping the creek to your left)
[45] for just shy of 100m to then cross the creek using boulders with carved steps
[46]. Once one the other side of the creek, this walk crosses back again, almost immediately, following the handrail and flat timber bridge
[47] (note: this boardwalk/bridge was washed away during a flood in 2012, the hand rail is still in place) at the top of Lyrebird Gully falls
[48] to then find a ‘The Great North walk’ sign
[49] back on the other side.
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