Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park

If you come to the glorious Northern Beaches only once in your life (well, firstly, you're mad!) but secondly, you really must stop by Ku-ring-gai National Park!

Ku-ring-gai National Park is the spot where the magnificent Hawkesbury River meets the ocean, so it plays host to some of the most amazing views Australia has to offer.

History

The area the national park covers is part of the traditional lands of the Guringai people, much like many other areas of the Northern Beaches. Sadly, by the 1790 most of the Aboriginal people from this area had been wiped out by an epidemic of small pox and by 1840, much of their land had become occupied by British settlers.


This unique heritage is why you will find so many interesting Aboriginal sites with in the park, such as burial sites, rock engravings, cave drawings, paintings and stencils and other areas that indicate Aboriginal settlers once resided there.

Ku-ring-gai was made a national park back in 1894 by Eccleston du Faur, who after realising the impact local flower sellers were having on the native fauna. du Faur was the managing trustee until his death in 1915, and was responsible for the implementation of the roadway between North Turramurra and Bobbin Head, the walking tracks and wharves.

Today Bobbin Head plays host to a myriad of fishing locations, look outs, picnic spots and beautiful walking tracks. Check out the outstanding water views from West Head Lookout, or a day's outing on the ferry to The Basin, for a picnic and a swim around the lagoon or sandy beach.