Map of Finchley Track - Aboriginal Art & Great North Walk

Easy: 25.2 miles

Other Information: Family Friendly

Overview: Finchley Track is home to both a European Trig Point from which you can view the amazing surrounding countryside and also harbours a number of indigenous sites including the famous Aboriginal Rock Art (32° 58′ 49″S, 151° 0′ 49″E). To get there from Wollombi head south and turn off the Great North Road near Laguna into Yango Creek Rd and then into Upper Yango Creek Rd. Follow National Park signs which lead along Finchley Track to Finchley Trig Point, about 14 km. Around 800 metres past the trig point is the art site itself. This is a large rock art site containing a good example of Aboriginal rock art from this region. It is also readily accessible and well signed. There is a short cultural walk with explanatory signs and a campsite about 200m beyond the engravings. This trail is close to the famous Australian "Great North Walk" being about 23 km west of Flat Rock. It is also not far off the Great North Road built by British convicts very early in Australia's European history.

Full details about the Great North Walk can be found at http://www.thegreatnorthwalk.com
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Find out more about Aboriginal Rock Art at http://www.thegreatnorthwalk.com/rockart or watch a movie http://vimeo.com/10912042

Tips: Keep a lookout for fauna found in the area including koalas, masked owls, gang gang cockatoos, turquoise parrots, white-throated tree creeper, red browed tree creeper, superb fairy wren, spotted pardalote, brown quail, wedge-tailed eagles, goannas, geckos and brown antechinus.

To reach this circular trail, turn off the Great North Road onto Yango Creek Rd near Laguna and then after 3 km choose left onto Boree Road, which becomes Boree Track or right onto Finchley Track. If you go via Boree Track, after 8 km the track forks (Boree Track left and Yango Track right) at a clearing. The right fork then runs 11 kilometres to the Finchley Cultural Walk and then the Finchley Trig point. Alternatively if you choose Finchley Track you reach the Trig Point and Art Site within about 12 km.

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