The Trail
A new trail has been secured this year to celebrate the 10th anniversary year of Oxfam Trailwalker in Sydney (and Australia). The trail starts in the riverside township of Brooklyn beside the Hawkesbury River. Commencing with picturesque views across the Hawkesbury after departing Parsley Bay, the trail quickly enters the bush at the Brooklyn Great North Walk trailhead and begins its journey southward to Sydney. As the trail winds its way through the northern most reaches of Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and Berowra Regional Valley Park, the event’s greatest challenges are presented whilst you are fresh and the sun is shining. With these major challenges behind the team, we can’t get too comfortable as it is not all downhill to the Harbour! The trail still has many twists and turns and ascents and descents along the rugged bush tracks of the Mt Ku-ring-gai, Gibberagong, Sphinx, and Warrimoo Trails before reaching Garigal National Park. The event trail then traverses the ‘Harbour to Hawkesbury Walking Track’ (in reverse) as it follows Middle Harbour Creek from its beginnings into Middle Harbour proper. From Davidson Park onwards the trail offers numerous stunning views which get more spectacular as we approach the finish line. The last kilometre rewards us as we walk high above Sydney Harbour looking out through Sydney Heads, before the triumphant finish at Georges Height Oval in Mosman.