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Start.

Find the gate at the start.

After another 30 m pass the "Barra Brui Reserve" (7 m on your right).

After another 115 m continue straight.

After another 750 m continue straight, to head along Pipeline track.

After another 115 m continue straight, to head along Pipeline track.
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After another 45 m (at the intersection of Bungaroo Track & Pipeline track) veer left, to head along Bungaroo Track (a walking track).
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After another 150 m turn right, to head along Bungaroo Track.
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After another 75 m veer left, to head along Bungaroo Track.
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After another 1.1 km turn left, to head along Bungaroo Track.

After another 205 m cross the stepping stones (about 30 m long)

Then find the "Bungaroo" (15 m on your left).
Governor Arthur Phillip (first governor of NSW) described this section of the river as where "the flowing of the tide ceased". Phillip and his party of nine camped here in 1788 whilst looking for land suitable for farming. John White (Surgeon General) described the the area as "the most desert, wild and solitary seclusion that the imagination can form any idea of". Over the past 200 years the river has changed, but somewhere not far upstream of the stepping stone is Bungaroo.
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After another 15 m (at the intersection of Governor Philip Track & Middle Harbour Track) turn right, to head along Governor Philip Track (a walking track).

After another 210 m cross the ford.
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Continue straight, to head along Governor Philip Track.
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After another 165 m veer left, to head along Governor Philip Track.

After another 20 m continue straight, to head along Governor Philip Track.

After another 30 m cross the ford.

After another 275 m (at the intersection of Governor Philip Track & Pipeline track) continue straight, to head along Governor Philip Track.

After another 50 m find the "Pipeline" (40 m on your right).
This pipeline is unearthed at Hunter Street, St Ives, and travels through Garigal National Park, across Middle Harbour Creek to John Oxley Drive, Sorlie. The pipe carries water under pressure From Ryde to Pymble to the reservoir at Beacon Hill. The old smaller-capacity pipe can still be seen running parallel to the larger pipe.
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After another 870 m continue straight, to head along Governor Philip Track.

After another 680 m cross the stepping stones (about 10 m long)
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After another 2 m (at the intersection of Carroll Creek Track & Governor Philip Track) turn left, to head along Carroll Creek Track (a walking track).

After another 430 m continue straight, to head along Carroll Creek Track.
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After another 305 m (at the intersection of Carrol Creek Track & Carroll Creek Track) turn right, to head along Carrol Creek Track (a steps).

Then head up the steps (about 10 m long)

After another 10 m pass the sign.

At the intersection of Casuarina Track & Carrol Creek Track veer right, to head along Casuarina Track (a walking track).

After another 490 m continue straight, to head along Casuarina Track.
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After another 85 m continue straight, to head along Casuarina Track.

After another 660 m continue straight, to head along Casuarina Track.
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After another 215 m turn right, to head along Casuarina Track.

After another 45 m head down the steps (about 35 m long)
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After another 290 m continue straight, to head along Casuarina Track.

After another 1.4 km pass the water tap (75 m on your right).

After another 135 m pass the picnic table (75 m on your right).

Then head down the surface|sett steps (about 50 m long)

A sign.
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Continue another 0 m to find at the intersection of Healey Way & Casuarina Track at the end.
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