Stepping Stone Crossing to Cascades trail
Garigal National Park, NSW
An easy 2.6km Garigal creek walk linking Stepping Stone Crossing on Middle Harbour Creek with the Cascades rock pools.
About this place
NPWS lists this Grade 3 trail as 2.6km one-way, 27 minutes to an hour, joining Cascades trail with Pipeline and Bungaroo tracks and the Davidson Park to Stepping Stone Crossing route. It follows Middle Harbour Creek through wet eucalypt forest — blackbutt, swamp she-oak, angophora and black wattle — to the Cascades pools. Azure kingfishers, water dragons and urban-runoff-tolerant fish are the wildlife draw; swimming is not recommended. Access from Davidson Park, John Oxley Drive, Hunter Avenue (Bungaroo track) or the Cascades themselves. A gentle undulating walk by Garigal standards.
Access & getting there
Park entry fees at Davidson Park only (pay machines or Park'nPay). Other trailheads have street parking. Shared with horses and bikes. Park 6am–6.30pm (8pm daylight saving). No dogs.
Davidson Park, Wakehurst Parkway, Forestville NSW 2087 (also Hunter Avenue, St Ives and John Oxley Drive, Davidson)
Safety notes
Creek crossings after rain. Swimming not recommended (urban run-off). Shared with bikes and horses. Carry water.
Gear notes
Sunscreen, hat, drinking water. GPS or map useful in the trail network. Shoes that can get wet at the stepping stones.
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