PHANTOMS ON THE GREAT NORTH ROAD

IF YOU’RE FEELING ENERGETIC AND YOU’RE UP FOR A WALK, THERE IS PLENTY TO EXPLORE ALONG THE HISTORIC GREAT NORTH ROAD JUST NORTH OF SYDNEY

WORDS AND PHOTOS GREG POWELL

SHADOWY figures emerge from the bush to accompany walkers along a section of the first road northwards from Sydney. This Great North Road is soaked in the blood, sweat and tears of the convict road builders and the spirits of the past are strongly felt here. Visitors in years past used their imagination to conjure up the phantoms of the road but now those phantoms are real, and they speak to us. EXPLORING ON FOOT THE walk up along the Heritage listed convict built, Great North Road on the northern bank of the Hawkesbury River at Wisemans Ferry, NSW has always been a popular family trek. The convict engineering works on Devines Hill attract our admiration and wonder. Now, the National Parks and Wildlife Service has enhanced the experience with the inclusion…

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4x4 Magazine Australia (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2024

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