Overview
In March this year, we brought you tidings of a new coastal track in southeast Sydney, which connects Pioneers Park in Malabar with Arthur Byrne Reserve in South Maroubra. Now, walkers in the area are to score another boon. In 2019, a new walkway will open, allowing you to stroll through a previously inaccessible section of the NSW Golf Club's course — all while soaking up incredible ocean views.
The 950-metre track will connect the Henry Head Walking Track at Cruwee Cove Beach, which lies on the golf course's southern side, to a public car park on its northern side — opening up a new section of the coast that has been inaccessible to the public. It will hug the coast nearly all the way, taking in spectacular Cape Banks, and golfers will still be able to play unaffected.
You can walk the trail in its own right or include it in a longer hike. At the southern end, it links with the Cape Banks Walking Track, which continues westwards to La Perouse through the Kamay Botany Bay National Park. The council is currently in talks with the neighbouring golf courses to extend the track up to Malabar — eventually, the idea is that the track will continue right on up the coast to link up to the Coogee to Bondi walk.
The walkway's exact launch date is yet to be announced, but Randwick City Council has announced that construction has begun, so it should open sometime in 2019.
Image: Bar Island Fort at La Perouse via Wikimedia Commons.