Getting There:
Follow Avoca Drive to the roundabout just past the Kincumber Public School, then turn
right into Empire Bay Drive, left at the next roundabout then follow The Scenic Drive and
continue past the MacMasters Beach turn off. About 1 km further on, turn left into Graham
Drive there is a sign for Little Beach. Go to the car park at the end of Graham
Drive. Start this circular walk from the gate at the
far end of the car park. If you are limited for time, go through the
main gate and just walk down to Little Beach.
Description:
Bombi Moors is a large tract of beautiful sandstone heath. This circular track
leads over a series of old sand dunes, up on to Bombi Moors and has side trails leading to
the spectacular sandstone cliffs of Cape Three Points named by Captain Cook. At the
T-junction, go left towards Little Beach. Just along here you will see a trail leading to
Bombi Point. This is highly recommended. Near the end of this side trail, a little opening
on your left takes you out onto the cliff tops –a great place for lunch, whale
viewing if the time is right and coastal scenery. Return to the main track and continue
across the moors through a scrub of stunted eucalypts, hakeas, banksias and casuarinas
with a colourful understorey of wildflowers, descending through woodland and some remnant
rainforest to the service road into Little Beach. Go right to Little Beach, a small,
picturesque rocky bay, or left back to the car park.
Distance:
About 3km return including the Bombi Point side trail.
Duration:
1½ hours –2hrs
Degree of
Difficulty:
Easy. Though the first part has a series of dips for about 200m and the
downhill section at the Little Beach end is very eroded, so not suited to anyone with
mobility problems.
Best Time:
Autumn to late Spring for the flowers, and any time for the views.
Expect to
see:
- Banksias: A great display of Banksia aemula, Banksia serrata
and
Banksia ericifolia in autumn and winter.
- Heathland:
Snow Wreath Woollsia pungens with colours ranging from white
to almost red
Pink Wax Flower Eriostemon australasius, Coral heath Epacris
pulchella, Grey Grevillea Grevillea buxifolia, Astroloma
pinifolium, Allocasuarina distyla, Variable Bossiaea Bossiaea
heterophylla, Native Iris Patersonia glabrata
Pea flowers; Aotus ericoides, Spiny Bossiaea Bossiaea
scolopendria
Fork Fern Schizea bifida, Myrtle Wattle Acacia
myrtifolia
- Woodland and
Forest:
Prickly Moses Acacia ulicifolia
Coastal Tea-tree Leptospermum laevigatum
Hop Bush Dodonea triquetra
Sydney Blue Gum Eucalyptus saligna
Lillypilly Acmena smithii
Coachwood Ceratopetalum apetalum
Tree Heath Trochocarpa laurina
- Birds: A lot of Honeyeaters
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