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Start.
After 70 m find the "Rumbalara Environmental Education Centre" (20 m on your right).
This centre is 'a New South Wales Department of Education and Training facility that provides environmental education and field work opportunities to students, teachers and the community of the Central Coast' . The centre is at the end of Donnison St, Gosford and is a good access point to some of the walking tracks in the adjoining Rumbalara Reserve.
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After another 50 m continue straight.
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After another 25 m continue straight.
Then head down the steps (about 70 m long)
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Veer right.
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After another 45 m turn sharp left.
After another 55 m head through/around the gate.
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After another 330 m continue straight.
After another 75 m find the "Cappers Gully quarry" (7 m on your right).
This old quarry site is beside Cappers Gully in the Rumbalara Reserve, Gosford. The area is fenced off for safety reasons. The neat, square-cut walls of the quarry make an interesting sight on the walks in the area.
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Continue straight, to head along Rainforest Track.
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After another 285 m continue straight, to head along Rainforest Track.
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After another 360 m turn right.
After another 70 m find the "Casuarina" (15 m on your left).
Commonly known as the she-oak, sheoak, ironwood, or beefwood, casuarinas have 'delicate, slender ultimate branches and leaves that are no more than scales, making the tree look more like a wispy conifer'. There are 17 species of Casuarina 'native to Australasia, southeastern Asia, and islands of the western Pacific Ocean'.
After another 55 m pass the "Statue" (6 m on your right).
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After another 60 m veer right.
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After another 30 m turn right, to head along Flannel Flower walk.
After another 65 m find the "Flannel Flower" (10 m on your left).
Actinotus helianthi, popularly known as the Sydney flannel flower, is frequently spotted by spring-time bushwalkers in the Sydney region. Generally growing up to 50 cm, the stem, branches and leaves of the plant are a pale grey in colour, covered in downy hair (rather like flannel in texture).
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After another 180 m continue straight, to head along Flannel Flower walk.
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After another 160 m (Very Steep Rocky path) continue straight, to head along Flannel Flower walk.
After another 315 m pass the toilet (15 m on your left).
After another 10 m find the "Rumbalara Reserve Flora and Fauna" (20 m on your right).
The reserve is home to a wide range of flora and fauna. The vegetation types range from the relatively dry 'Coastal Narrabeen Ironbark Forest' to pockets of 'Coastal Warm Temperate Rainforest'. Commonly seen birds include Kookaburras, Eastern Rosellas and Magpies. Rarer birds such as the Glossy Black Cockatoo and Swift Parrot are sometimes sighted here as well. Sugar Gliders, Brush-tailed possums, Blue-tounged lizards and Tree snakes can be seen in the reserve if you are patient and lucky enough.
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Turn right, to head along Rumbalara Lookout Road.
After another 40 m pass the car park (10 m on your right).
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After another 45 m turn left.
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After another 40 m continue straight.
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After another 205 m continue straight.
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After another 270 m come to the end.
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Bushwalk
1 h 15 min to 1 h 30 min
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