Wanda to Cronulla Peninsula

1 h 30 min to 2 h 15 min

5.4 km
oneway

↑ 85 m
↓ -85 m

Easy track
Starting from the car park on Mitchell Road, Cronulla, this one-way walk takes you to the Cronulla Peninsula, visiting the beaches along the coastline. You can traverse between different beach settings throughout the walk and enjoy the panoramic sea views that look practically tropical. Make the time if you can to watch the sunrise as it looks phenomenal from some of the beaches. There are plenty of kookaburras in the area for bird-watching enthusiasts. For a more tranquil experience, you can start the walk a little earlier and avoid the heat and the crowd. Let us begin by acknowledging the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we travel today, and pay our respects to their Elders past and present.
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Safer Bushwalks
Tips on staying safe on track
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.
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Getting There
Transport options and directions
Start (-34.0414608,151.1622284)
Mode Car
DirectionsFrom Southern Cross Drive, M1, Botany.
  • Turn on to General Holmes Drive, A1 then drive for 2.1 km
  • Continue onto The Grand Parade, A1 and drive for another 1 km
  • Continue onto The Grand Parade and drive for another 2.2 km
  • Turn right onto Ramsgate Road and drive for another 150 m
  • At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Ramsgate Road and drive for another 900 m
  • Turn left onto Rocky Point Road and drive for another 5.7 km
  • Keep left onto Captain Cook Drive and drive for another 1.7 km
  • At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Captain Cook Drive and drive for another 2.1 km
  • At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Elouera Road and drive for another 135 m
  • Turn left onto Bate Bay Road and drive for another 540 m
  • Turn left onto Mitchell Road and drive for another 40 m
  • Keep left onto Mitchell Road and drive for another 45 m
Finish (-34.0680648,151.1477405)
Mode (end) Car Shuttle   Car  
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Track Notes
Turn by turn instructions & maps
Getting started
From the car park on Mitchell Road (80 metres east of the intersection with Sanderson Street), head towards the ocean, then head along the paved and marked track that veers right (leaving the ocean to your left). Stay on the said track as it veers left and you face the ocean again. Follow the same track as it aligns with the ocean (to the left) to continue along Wanda to Cronulla Peninsula Track.....
Turn map Directions & comments
Start.
Don Lucas Reserve (about 9 m back from the start).
Find the toilet at the start.
After another 10 m turn right.
After another 20 m veer left.
After another 45 m come to the viewpoint (55 m on your left).
After another 40 m continue straight.
After another 55 m continue straight.
After another 20 m continue straight.
Then pass the toilet (20 m on your left).
After another 10 m continue straight.
After another 55 m pass the water tap (25 m on your left).
After another 30 m continue straight.
After another 40 m continue straight.
After another 75 m veer left.
After another 35 m pass the water tap (6 m on your left).
Continue straight.
After another 135 m pass the water tap (6 m on your left).
After another 15 m continue straight.
After another 90 m continue straight.
After another 70 m pass the "Summer Salt" (9 m on your left).
After another 20 m continue straight.
After another 8 m pass a seat (on your left)., has no backrest.
After another 45 m pass the car park (on your right).
Veer left.
After another 10 m pass the water tap (on your left).
After another 25 m pass a seat (on your left)., has a backrest.
After another 5 m pass a seat (8 m on your right)., has a backrest.
After another 35 m continue straight.
After another 205 m continue straight.
After another 15 m pass the water tap (25 m on your right).
After another 135 m veer left.
After another 60 m find the "Cronulla Beaches" (35 m on your left).
Cronulla Beaches
Cronulla Beaches

The Cronulla beaches are a long strech of beach, starting from North Cronulla and continuing all the way around to Pimelwi Rocks and Boat Harbour. The collective group of beaches referred to as the Cronulla beaches from south to north are Oak Park, Shelly Beach, Blackwoods Beach, Cronulla Beach, North Cronulla Beach, Elouera Beach, Wanda Beach and finally Beat Harbour.
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The Cronulla beaches are a long strech of beach, starting from North Cronulla and continuing all the way around to Pimelwi Rocks and Boat Harbour. The collective group of beaches referred to as the Cronulla beaches from south to north are Oak Park, Shelly Beach, Blackwoods Beach, Cronulla Beach, North Cronulla Beach, Elouera Beach, Wanda Beach and finally Beat Harbour.
Turn left, to head along The Esplanade.
After another 30 m pass the pay phone (40 m on your right).
After another 25 m pass the water tap (on your right).
Continue straight, to head along The Esplanade.
After another 40 m continue straight, to head along The Esplanade.
After another 6 m pass the toilet (30 m on your right).
After another 15 m pass the picnic table (15 m on your right).
Continue straight, to head along The Esplanade.
After another 6 m pass the playground (50 m on your right).
After another 25 m pass a seat (on your right)., has a backrest.
After another 20 m pass the picnic table (10 m on your right).
After another 40 m pass the "Alley Break Cafe" (20 m on your right).
After another 6 m pass the "Sea Level" (10 m on your right).
After another 100 m continue straight, to head along The Esplanade.
After another 100 m continue straight, to head along The Esplanade.
After another 55 m continue straight, to head along The Esplanade.
After another 15 m pass the water tap (on your right).
After another 95 m continue straight, to head along The Esplanade.
After another 65 m pass the playground (50 m on your right).
After another 40 m pass the water tap (15 m on your right).
Continue straight, to head along The Esplanade.
After another 20 m pass the toilet (7 m on your right).
After another 35 m continue straight, to head along The Esplanade.
After another 60 m pass the "Zimzala" (on your right).
After another 15 m head up the concrete steps (about 15 m long)
Then pass the water tap (5 m on your left).
After another 20 m continue straight, to head along The Esplanade.
After another 35 m continue straight, to head along The Esplanade.
After another 40 m pass a seat (6 m on your left)., has a backrest.
After another 195 m pass a seat (on your left).
Continue straight, to head along The Esplanade.
After another 80 m pass a seat (on your left).
After another 115 m pass a seat (6 m on your left).
After another 5 m continue straight, to head along The Esplanade.
After another 85 m pass a seat (7 m on your left).
After another 25 m continue straight, to head along The Esplanade.
After another 70 m pass a seat (6 m on your left).
After another 85 m pass a seat (5 m on your left).
Then pass the water tap (on your left).
After another 3 m continue straight, to head along The Esplanade.
After another 120 m continue straight, to head along The Esplanade.
After another 90 m veer left, to head along The Esplanade.
After another 70 m pass a seat (4 m on your left)., has a backrest.
After another 9 m continue straight, to head along The Esplanade.
After another 7 m pass the playground (45 m on your right).
After another 30 m pass the shelter (6 m on your left).
Then pass the water tap (on your right).
Then pass the BBQ (6 m on your right).
After another 25 m continue straight, to head along The Esplanade.
Then pass the toilet (on your left).
This toilet is wheelchair accessible.
After another 8 m pass the water tap (15 m on your right).
After another 15 m continue straight, to head along The Esplanade.
After another 30 m pass a seat (4 m on your left)., has a backrest.
After another 200 m continue straight, to head along The Esplanade.
After another 110 m continue straight, to head along The Esplanade.
After another 25 m pass a seat (6 m on your left)., has a backrest.
After another 70 m continue straight, to head along The Esplanade.
After another 145 m continue straight, to head along The Esplanade.
After another 145 m pass the "Oak Park Pavilion" (on your left).
After another 40 m continue straight, to head along The Esplanade.
After another 35 m pass the water tap (on your right).
After another 15 m continue straight, to head along The Esplanade.
After another 250 m continue straight, to head along The Esplanade.
After another 120 m pass the water tap (on your right).
Then come to the viewpoint (on your left).
After another 2 m veer left.
After another 15 m pass a seat (6 m on your left)., has a backrest.
After another 55 m pass a seat (on your left)., has a backrest.
After another 75 m pass the playground (15 m on your right).
After another 60 m continue straight.
After another 15 m pass the toilet (15 m on your right).
This toilet is wheelchair accessible.
Then pass the water tap (9 m on your right).
After another 140 m continue straight.
After another 135 m continue straight.
After another 145 m continue straight.
After another 70 m continue straight.
After another 185 m continue straight.
After another 35 m pass the water tap (25 m on your left).
After another 15 m pass the toilet (20 m on your left).
After another 40 m continue straight.
After another 100 m come to a gate.
The end.
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Terrain
Know the Hills, grading & facilities

Wanda to Cronulla Peninsula


Grading
Class 2/6
Easy track
Length 5.4 km
Time 1 h 30 min to 2 h 15 min
Quality of track Clear and well formed track or trail (2/6)
Gradient Gentle hills with occasional steps (2/6)
Signage Clearly signposted (2/6)
Infrastructure Generally useful facilities (such as fenced cliffs and seats) (2/6)
Experience Required No experience required (2/6)
Weather Weather generally has little impact on safety (2/6)

Some facilities on route
Shelter: There is one 3.1 km from the start.

Toilet: There are 8 on route, on average they are 600 m apart with the largest gap of 1.2 km.

Seat: There are 16 on route, on average they are 315 m apart with the largest gap of 1 km.


Order of key facilities on route
ItemFrom StartName & link to notes
Toilet
0 m[toilet]
Toilet
190 m[toilet]
Seat
760 m[seat]
Seat
810 m[seat]
Seat
820 m[seat]
Toilet
1.3 km[toilet]
Seat
1.4 km[seat]
Toilet
1.9 km[toilet]
Seat
2.1 km[seat]
Seat
2.3 km[seat]
Seat
2.4 km[seat]
Seat
2.5 km[seat]
Seat
2.6 km[seat]
Seat
2.7 km[seat]
Seat
2.8 km[seat]
Seat
3 km[seat]
Shelter
3.1 km[shelter]
Toilet
3.1 km[toilet]
Seat
3.1 km[seat]
Seat
3.5 km[seat]
Toilet
3.8 kmOak Park Pavilion
Seat
4.3 km[seat]
Seat
4.4 km[seat]
Toilet
4.5 km[toilet]
Toilet
5.2 km[toilet]
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