Bushwalking track notes, photographs, maps and more for Flint and Steel Bay (to White Horse Beach) hiking trail are found in each of the tabs below
Flint and Steel Bay (to White Horse Beach)
Time
Distance
Climb
Style
45 mins
1.8 km
158 m
Return
12.7 km NNE of Terrey Hills
Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
Track: Hard
This is a nice return walk to White Horse Beach on Flint and Steel Bay. The walk passes McGaw’s ruins and water catchment that can be explored. From White Horse Beach there are scenic views across the Hawkesbury River.
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Please note: This is a 'return' style walk and therefore these graphs only show the terrain for the first half of the walk (until the turn around point.)
Cross sectional view of the Flint and Steel Bay (to White Horse Beach) bushwalking track
Analysis and summary of the altitude variation on the Flint and Steel Bay (to White Horse Beach) bushwalking track
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(0 km) Carpark to Signpost at saddle Track: Moderate - Bush Track
Distance = 0.3 km
Time = 5 mins
Climb = 0 m
Descent = -58 m
The track starts in the far corner of the car park heading north west down the hill. The track drops down some stairs turning right at the old Ku-ring-gai chase sign then left down the side of the ridge. After about 100m the track heads down a set of stairs that divides the burnt bush of the left with the unburnt pine of the right. Soon after the set of stairs the track continues down a bushtrack until the Flint and Steel Beach/Bay sign above the saddle.
(0.32 km) Signpost at Saddle to McGaw Ruins Track: Hard - Bush Track
Distance = 0.4 km
Time = 10 mins
Climb = 4 m
Descent = -80 m
From the Flint and Steel Beach/Bay signpost the track heads west down the hill. The track passes a water collection cave on the left as it travels down the hill. The track turns right, south west, down the valley to the southern end of McGaw's Ruins.
McGaw Ruins
Alt = 13
The McGaw ruins are situated north west of White Horse Beach on West Head, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. The property was originally owned by John Miller, who also owned large areas of West Head. The property was sold to Mr Eardley McGaw in 1928 on the condition that he built a house there. Mr McGaw built a two story house with serveral other smaller buildings including a wharf. Mr McGaw and his wife lived there until he became ill and they moved to Narrabeen, when National Parks took over management. The house and other buildings were lost during a 1971 bushfire, leaving the sandstone foundations and ruins to be grown over.
(0.7 km) McGaw Ruins to White Horse Beach Track: Hard - Bush Track
Distance = 0.2 km
Time = 5 mins
Climb = 6 m
Descent = -10 m
From White Horse Beach the track heads north east above the water line to McGaw's ruins.
White Horse Beach
Alt = 4
White Horse Beach, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, is a 30m stretch of sand sitting on the coast of Flint and Steel bay between rocky boulders. The beach, backed by a steep hill, provides north westerly views over the Hawkesbury from Patonga, Broken Bay Sport and Recreaction Centre and up the river towards Brooklyn.
A largely untouched wilderness on the northern boundary of Sydney, Ku-ring-gai Chase NP is one of Australia's oldest national parks. Here at the head of the Hawkesbury River, you'll find Aboriginal engravings and sites, as well as sandstone escarpments,
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