Walk No 2

Red  Gum,
Burrawang & Lillypilly Loop Trails.

Wyrrabalong (North) National Park

Getting There: About 7km north of The Entrance Bridge you will see a small parking area with a large information board. This is the entrance for circuits leading to the rainforest and also to the rim of the main sand dune with viewing platforms across Tuggerah Lake. Circuits are colour-coded.

Description: North Wyrrabalong National Park is a beautiful area of littoral rainforest (i.e. forest growing on coastal dunes), gnarled Sydney red gums, Angophora costata and cycads Macrozamia communis, with an understorey of colourful wild flowers. The best of the littoral rainforest, with its canopy of corkwoods and cabbage tree palms can be seen from the Lillypilly Loop Trail. From July to September, the Red Gum Trail offers a wonderful display of wildflowers.

Distance:The Burrawang Trail is 1.3km and returning via the Red Gum Trail adds another 2.3km. The Lillypilly Loop is 4.6km long.

Duration: Red Gum and Burrawang circuit: 1 to 2 hours.
              Lillypilly Loop: 2 hours return.

Degree of Difficulty:  Easy, though in places, soft sand can be tiring on the uphill sides of the dunes. On the Lillypilly Loop, some of it has been made easier with a boardwalk.

Best Time: July - October for an incredible variety of flowers, summer for the new bark on the magnificent red gums, or any time for the littoral rainforest, the views and this whole unique sand peninsula.

Expect to see:

• Burrawang and Red Gum Loops:
  Flannel Flowers Actinotus helianthi
                       Indigofera australis,
  Parrot Pea   Dillwynia floribunda
  Native Holly Oxylobium ilicifolium
                       Correa reflexa
  Matchheads Comesperma ericinum
  Rice Flower Pimelia linifolia
  Wedding Bush Ricinocarpos pinifolius.

     Flannel Flowers

• Climbers:                                                                Actinotus helianthi
     Old Man’s Beard Clematis aristata
     Dusky Coral Pea Kennedia rubicunda
                    Hardenbergia violacea
     Love Creeper    Glycine clandestina
• Orchids:
     White Fingers Caladenia catenata
     Wax Lip Orchid Glossodia minor
• Forest:
     Old Man Banksia Banksia serrata
     Corkwood Endiandra sieberi
     Cabbage-tree Palm Livistona australis
     Magenta Lillypilly Syzygium paniculatum
• Views:
  The mountains, Tuggerah Lake and over the  wetlands.                             Kennedia rubicunda

Caladenia quadrifaria

Caleana minor

Small Duck Orchid

Corybas fimbriata

Fringed Helmet Orchid

Daniella caerulea var. producta

Blue Flax Lily

Dillwynia glaberrima

Small Parrot Pea

Dillwynia retorta ssp. retorta

Smooth Parrot Pea

Hardenbergia violacea

False Sarsaparilla

Hibbertia linearis

Showy Guinea Flower

Hibbertia obtusifolia

Grey Guinea Flower

Poranthera microphylla

Small Poranthera

Pterostylis curta

Blunt Greenhood Orchid

Pterostylis nutans

Nodding Greenhood Orchid

Tricoryne elatior

Yellow Rush Lily

Dear Bushwalker,
We hope that you have enjoyed these magnificent photos taken by Bruce
a member of the Central Coast Group of the Australian Plants Society.

                               
Please visit our other great bushwalks.
Information by Isabel