Veer left: From the intersection, this walk follows the ‘The Great North Walk’ sign
[3] along the dirt management trail, keeping the Lane Cove River to your left. After about 80m, the trail leads under some high tension power lines
[4], where there is a mostly clear view over the river
[5] (to your left). The trail then gently leads down through the valley
[6] for about 400m to come to an intersection with Cove St trail, marked with a GNW arrow post
[7].
Veer left: From the intersection, this walk follows the GNW arrow post
[8] downhill along the management trail for about 30m to cross a small culverted creek
[9]. The walk then follows the trail up the short hill to come to an intersection with the signposted ‘STEP track’
[10][11] (on your right).
Continue straight: From the intersection, this walk follows the GNW arrow post
[12] and STEP Track markers
[13] along the management trail, whilst keeping the river to your left. The trail undulates through the valley (weedy in places
[14]) and tall forest
[15] for just shy of 600m, to come to a clear intersection at the bottom of a sealed management trail
[16] (on your right). This intersection is marked with another ‘STEP Track’ map/sign
[17] and a ‘The Great North Walk’ sign
[18].
Veer left: From the intersection, the walk follows the ‘The Great North Walk’ sign gently downhill along the management trail, directly away from the face of the ‘STEP Track’ map/sign
[19]. Keeping the river to your left, the trail leads downhill for about 80m to come to a Y-intersection
[20], where there is a ‘Lane Cove Valley’ map/sign
[21] and a ‘Lane Cove River Park’ sign
[22] pointing back along the trail.
Veer right: From the intersection, this walk follows the ‘Thornleigh Station’ sign
[23] past the ‘Lane Cove Valley’ map, initially keeping the other trail and river to your left. The trail follows the valley floor, keeping the river just to your left, for a bit over 500m, to then cross the Lane Cove River at a rocky ford
[24]. This crossing may become impassable after heavy or prolonged rain. On the other side of the river, this walk continues along the trail
[25] for about 400m (with the river now close by on your right) to come to an intersection with a faint track
[26] (on your left, that leads up towards Pennant Hills Park).
Continue straight: From the intersection, the walk follows the management trail, keeping the river just to your right. After about 60m, the trail bends right and crosses the Lane Cove River at a rocky ford
[27], then continues along the valley floor among the fern trees (and concrete pipe access points
[28]) for about 900m to cross the Lane Cove River again at another rocky ford
[29]. (These crossings may become impassable after heavy or prolonged rain). The trail then continues along the valley floor
[30] (with the river now on your left) for just over 150m to come to an intersection at the bottom of the sealed Morona Ave trail
[31] (on your right), marked with a ‘Lane Cove Valley’ map/sign
[32] and a GNW arrow post
[33].
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