Garie Beach to North Era Beach

This walk is the shortest walk to North Era Beach and starts from the Garie car park. Both beaches are popular surfing beaches, and have either camping or basic hostel accommodation. This makes the walk between the beaches an excellent way to transport boards and supplies for your surf retreat, weekend getaway or just a nice stroll during the day. Let us begin by acknowledging the Dharawal people, Traditional Custodians of the land on which we travel today, and pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

Garie Beach car park. | Photo by admin, 2008.

Garie Beach SLSC. | Photo by admin, 2008.

Track from Little Garie to Garie Beach. | Photo by admin, 2007.

The track between Garie and Little Garie. | Photo by admin, 2007.

Little Garie. | Photo by admin, 2007.

View south of Little Garie. | Photo by admin, 2007.

North Era Beach. | Photo by admin, 2007.

The surf at North Era Beach. | Photo by admin, 2007.

North Era camping ground. | Photo by admin, 2007.

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Safer Bushwalks
Before you start any bushwalk ensure you;
• Tell someone you trust where you are going and what to do if you are overdue
• Have adequate equipment, supplies, skills & knowledge for the whole journey
• Consider the impact of weather forecasts, park/track closures & fire dangers
• Can respond to emergencies & call for help at any point
• Are healthy and fit enough for this journey
If not, change plans and stay safe. It is okay to delay and ask people for help.

Getting There

Start	(-34.1698837,151.0656689)
Mode	Car (A park entry fee is required for driving into the park.)
Directions	From Princes Highway, A1 Turn on to then drive for 200 m Turn left onto Kooraban Street and drive for another 4.7 km Turn left onto Sir Bertram Stevens Drive and drive for another 4.4 km Turn right onto Garie Road and drive for another 2.7 km Turn left and drive for another 95 m

Track Notes

Getting started
From the Garie Beach car park, the walk follows the sign to 'North Era', keeping the sea to the left. This track follows the base of the large grassy hill between the rocks and the ocean, to the Little Garie cabins and up past the Little Garie Community Hall. ....

Terrain

Garie Beach to North Era Beach

Grading

	Class 3/6 Moderate track
Length	3.5 km
Time	1 h 30 min to 2 h

Quality of track	Formed track, with some branches and other obstacles (3/6)
Gradient	Short steep hills (3/6)
Signage	Directional signs along the way (3/6)
Infrastructure	Limited facilities, not all cliffs are fenced (3/6)
Experience Required	No experience required (1/6)
Weather	Weather generally has little impact on safety (1/6)

Some facilities on route

Camp site: There is one 1.7 km from the start.

Toilet: There is one 55 m from the start.

Seat: There are 4 on route, on average they are 700 m apart with the largest gap of 2.1 km.

Order of key facilities on route

Item	From Start	Name & link to notes
Seat	8 m	[seat]
Toilet	55 m	[toilet]
Seat	145 m	[seat]
Seat	1.1 km	[seat]
Seat	1.4 km	[seat]
Camp site	1.7 km	North Era Beach Campground

Articles

Garie Beach
Garie Beach, Royal National Park, is a large, south-east facing, yellow sand beach. The beach is backed by steep headlands and gullies. There is a large car park at the end of Garie Rd for access to the beach. Garie Beach is popular for surfing, patrolled 9am-5pm from December to January. Facilities include toilets, kiosk, picnic tables, cold showers and Surf Life Saving Club. The water from the shower should be treated before drinking, this water comes from a tank and may be unavailable during dry periods.

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