Distance: 2.6km from Tania Park or 7km from the parking at Forty Baskets Beach
How long: 1 hour or 2-3hours
How hard: Moderate to hard with mostly bush walking and undulation
How to get there: Park at Tania Park or in the carpark before Forty Baskets Beach
Why do it: History, Aboriginal Rock Engravings, views, bush walk
HISTORIC SITES
Visit the Grotto Point Aboriginal Rock Engravings - an incredible site with numerous engravings and spectacular views. Continue on to visit the Grotto Point Lighthouse which is still an active beacon and lights the way across the northern waters of the Harbour.
It was designed in 1910 and is sometimes referred to as the ‘Disney Castle’.
Click the links below to download the Bondi to Manly App to follow the maps and read more about these sites:
DIRECTIONS
From Forty Baskets Beach:
1. Take the road downhill and through the gate as you enter into the National Park. Continue following the road along until you arrive to Forty Baskets Beach.
2. At Forty Baskets Beach, follow the footpath as it takes you to the foreshore where you walk along the foreshore rocks and eventually, at the end of the beach (after passing a couple of houses on your right) you’ll weave into the bushes and onto the Manly to Spit Walk.
3. Follow the Manly to Spit walkway as it heads up a series of stairs and reaches a series of spectacular views just below Tania Park. Continue on with the directions below.
From Tania Park:
1. Go down the stairs towards the Harbour bringing you on to the Manly to Spit Walkway. Turn right and follow the dirt path as it traces the clifftop. After a few hundred metres you’ll see a sign directing you to the left to visit the Grotto Point Aboriginal Rock Engravings.
2. After visiting the engravings, return to the path and follow it for 100m as it enters into a red gum forest. After 100m you’ll see a path off to the left, it’s not properly sign posted.
3. Take this turn off to the left and follow the path as it weaves through the bushes, looking out for the arrow to the right which ensures you get to the Lighthouse rather than Washaway Beach.
4. After 300m you should arrive to the Lighthouse. Have a look around then return along the same path.
Click the map below and follow the PINK path from Forty Baskets Beach and ORANGE path from Tania Park.
