References

References for Sydney Bushwalks with Comments

  1. Avery, Bill ‘Federation Track- from Circular Quay to Stanwell Park’

Kangaroo Press 1996

An interesting but forgotten project

  1. Caines-Phillips, E. ‘Six Sunday Walks’ Star Printery 1936

A part of Sydney bushwalking history

  1. Chapman, J and M. ‘Day Walks Sydney’ John Chapman 2011

Arguably the best Sydney Region bushwalking book on the market, with excellent maps, walk profiles, notes and photos

  1. Cronin, Leonard ‘Exploring the Sydney Region’ Envirobook 2002

Excellent colour plates of flora and fauna; clear maps but cryptic track notes

  1. Daly, J. and L. ‘ Take A Walk in the Blue Mountains’ Take a Walk pub. 2007

Cryptic and somewhat confusing track notes and maps but contains some unusual walks; difficulty somewhat understated for some walks

  1. Driscoll, G. ‘The Best 50 Bushwalks around Sydney’ pub. By author 2006

Not my favorite walk guide book- maps not to scale, notes cryptic, trendy but not geographic walk names; ring-back book format good

  1. Fairley, Alan ‘Discovering Ku-ring-gai Chase on Foot ’ Envirobook, 1994

Somewhat dated; maps poor; track notes sparse but good local history

  1. Fairley, Alan ‘Discovering Royal National Park on Foot’ Envirobook 2009

Good short introduction covering history, geology, flora and fauna; some black and white photos; track notes good but no distances; maps cryptic

  1. Fairley, Alan ‘Discovering Illawarra’s Bushland on Foot’Envirobook 1999

Good short introduction covering history, geology, flora and fauna; some black and white photos; track notes good but no distances; maps cryptic

10.  Fairley, Alan ‘Discovering the Blue Mountains on Foot’ Envirobook 2001

Contains no walks in the lower Blue Mountains.

11.  Fairley, Alan. ‘A Field Guide to the Sydney Bushland’ Rigby Ltd. 1976

Comprehensive coverage of human history, geology, flora, fauna with some colour plates; walk notes and maps good but cryptic; a major contribution.

12. Higgins, Les and Rodd, Tony ‘A Day in the Bush’ New Holland (Aust) 2011

Good general introduction covering landforms, geology, flora, fauna and bushcraft; basic but practical b&w maps with sparse contours and track notes without distances

  1. Holliday, Ivan. ‘Australian Native Flowering Plants:- Melaleucas ’ Landsdowne Press 1989

Covers 140 species with large colour plates and detailed descriptions

14. Lord, S. and Daniel, G. ‘Bushwalks in the Sydney Region’ Vol.1

National Parks Assoc of NSW 4th Ed 1997

No introduction; hand drawn to scale maps but without contours; sparse track notes without distances; no photos; very basic but serviceable

15. Lord, S. and Daniel, G. ‘Bushwalks in the Sydney Region’Vol 2

National Parks Assoc. of NSW 3rd Ed. 1998

No introduction; hand drawn to scale maps but without contours; sparse track notes without distances; no photos; very basic but serviceable

  1. McClelland, M. and Team ‘The Great North Walk’ Woodslane Press 2012

Very professional publication with clear notes maps and walk profiles (but no contours); good colour plates; minimal introduction.

  1. McClelland, M. and Team ‘ Wild Walks’ at wildwalks.com

An excellent website that provides track notes and maps for numerous walks in the Sydney Region.

  1. Mundy, j. ‘Sydney Wildflower Bushwalks’ Kangaroo Press 1990

Excellent colour plates with botanical names and ten walks north and south of Sydney where various species can be seen

  1. Nasher, Beryl ‘Geology of the Sydney Basin’ Jacaranda Press 1967

Good basic geology textbook with b&w photos, maps and sections.

20. Slater, P.,P.and R. ‘Field Guide to Australian Birds’ Landsdowne Press 1986

Comprehensive coverage with colour photos

  1. Souter, G. and J. ‘Best Bush, Coast & Village Walks of the Illawarra’

Woodslane Press, 2010

Good all round publication with clear maps (no contours), track notes and excellent colour photos; no walk profiles; minimal introductions

  1. Stuart, Veechi ‘Sydney’s Best Bush, Park and City Walks’2nd Ed

Woodslane Press, 2011

Good all round publication with clear maps (no contours), track notes and excellent colour photos; no walk profiles; minimal introduction; good local history panels

23. Stuart, Veechi ‘Blue Mountains Best Bushwalks’2nd Ed Wdslane Press, 2009

Good all round publication with clear maps (no contours), track notes , walk profiles and excellent colour photos; minimal introduction;

 

Walk maps adapted from Magellan Exporist GPS using MapSend Lite Thales Navigation software