My wife Sophia did the first section of this walk, the Gibberagong Track, at the start of a 50km charity walk. She thought it was really pretty and so when her legs recovered she suggested we go back to do it as a circuit combined with two tracks we’ve done in the past, the Sphinx and Warrimoo Tracks. It’s a very picturesque walk predominantly along two salt water creeks with steep sided banks. There’s a couple of cafes at Bobbin Head so you can have food and tea/coffee at the end of the walk in pleasant surrounds.
We’ve done it a few times now: in spring there were many wildflowers out, and in late autumn conditions were so calm that Cowan Creek at the end of the walk was like a mirror, making for some nice photos. There’s roughly 15 minutes passing through suburbia, but it’s a nice area and doesn’t spoil the walk. Track notes at the end.
Gibberagong-Sphinx-Warrimoo Circuit: The Scenery
Photos from two occasions, the first in 2017 with spring wildflowers, and the second in late autumn 2018 when conditions were very calm and reflective (the water, that is).
Gibberagong-Sphinx-Warrimoo Circuit 16th September 2017
Gibberagong-Sphinx-Warrimoo Circuit 20th May 2018
Track Notes
Starting at Bobbin Head inside the national park (fees apply), and walking anticlockwise:
You walk along Cockle Creek over a bridge into mangroves and onto the Gibberagong Track, following this along Spring Gully Creek until you reach a sizeable pool, then take the signposted turnoff to Murrua Road up a short but steep hill into suburbia. Wind your way through suburbia to Bobbin Head Road, turn left and head back to the main entrance to the park, and follow the signs to the Sphinx Track on the right. The Sphinx Track leads down to the Warrimoo Track which skirts Cowan Creek. Turn left onto this and you’ll end up back at Bobbin Head, emerging at the marina.
You can also start at the Sphinx War Memorial car park, in which case you won’t pay any fee. Nevertheless, finishing in the national park is nicer, and if you have an annual pass then there is no additional cost.
There’s also a NPWS visitor centre in the grounds of the national park recreation area. I like to stop in these centres to look at the various books and other resources, all about Australian nature and landscapes. There’s more info about Bobbin Head on the NPWS website.
