Yesterday morning I set out at 11 a.m. from Hornsby on a 22 km walk to Berowra, following the Great North Walk trails.  It started with a walk of the Quarry Track which is a 4-WD track with easy walking.

Quarry Road Track Head

Quarry Road Track

The first crossing of Berowra Creek was at the “Steele Bridge”, with good views of the creek on both sides.

Steele Bridge

Berowra Creek

Berowra Creek

Soon after this crossing the trail turned into more traditional walking trail on the Benowie Walking Track.  It included a lot of good forest hiking along with steep climbs and rocky trails.

Crossing at Galston Gorge

Galston Gorge

Crosslands Reserve

Marsh Crossing

School of Fish in Berowra Creek

Stream Crossing

Final Steep Climb to Berowra

For this walk the photos pretty much speak for themselves.  It was a relaxing walk with a variety of landscape and plant life.  It also included several steep climbs that gave my legs a good workout.  The steepest of these climbs were near the end, climbing up from along the Creek up to the town of Berowra, which was a 100m climb over a horizontal span of 400m.  After such a good workout I stopped at the Berowra RSL at 4:30 p.m. to reward myself with a schooner of Tooheys Old before catching the train back to Hornsby.

Hornsby to Berowra