Sandy Point

Sunday 16th September 2012

Looking towards Sandy Point from walk start

The starting point is at the Seven Mile Beach car park off Pittwater Road.
I set off and was immediately on the beach and walking east. It was about 6.5 kms. to the tip of Sandy Point and the walking was very easy on hard sand. There were many shells on the beach at the point and I had good views of Frederick Henry Bay, Dodges Ferry and Lewisham.

Looking towards Midway Point after rounding Sandy Point

After rounding the point I had good views towards Midway Point and Pittwater and I was now on Five Mile Beach. There were dunes all along this side of the point, and as the tide was not fully out, I had to take to an inland track in places to avoid all the trees that have fallen into the water, to avoid getting wet feet. I continued on along to an exit point at the Five Mile Beach Recreation Area. I then walked back to the car via Pittwater Road and a trail through the bush.
A nice flat walk with good coastal views.
Distance:18.3 kms.
Time: 4'13"
Ascent: 100 metres
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Looking south west along Seven Mile Beach

Looking out to sea from Seven Mile Beach

Dunes on Five Mile Beach

Five Mile Beach

Collins Cap

Wednesday 5th September 2012

Looking west from Collins Cap summit

The walk start is at the Myrtle Forest car park near Collinsvale.
I started off at just after 0900 which is pretty late for me as I usually like to start early. The weather was good and it looked like a good day coming up. The first part of the walk was along the road to the Myrtle Forest Shelter and then up the track beside Myrtle Forest Creek to the Collins Cap Fire Trail. Soon I was on to the Collins Cap track which climbed steadily all the way to the summit.

Collins Bonnet

Trestle Mountain

There were great views from the summit of Collins Cap including some snow capped mountains out to the west. It was rather windy at the top and I had to take shelter to have a snack.

From Summit

From Summit

Trestle Mountain from Summit

Collins Bonnet from Summit

Mount Wellington from Summit

I had also decided to walk to Glen Dhu Rivulet just to make the walk worthwhile. I descended off Collins Cap via the track I had used to walk up and when I reached the Glen Dhu Fire Trail I turned right and walked along this track. The track started off okay but soon became somewhat overgrown, although still easy to follow. The track went downhill for 2.4 kms. to a point where there was some tape on the left. This proved to be the right spot as I followed the tape down to the Rivulet.

Glen Dhu Rivulet

Glen Dhu Rivulet

There was some flow in the Rivulet but I didn't hang around too long as I knew I had a substantial climb back up to the Collins Cap Trail. It was a slow climb back up and I was quite exhausted by the time I reached the top but I knew it was all downhill from here. I got back to the car okay, but quite tired.
It was a good walk with great views, but I don't like that uphill later in the day.
Distance: 12.2 kms.
Time: 5'22"
Ascent: 1046 metres
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