Valley area) that burned a further 8% of the total park area. The combined severity and size of the 1994 fires means that only 5% of the Lane Cove National Park is recently unburned. Many of the trees have burnt-out trunks where bushfires reached the central heartwood. When the outer part, the sapwood, survives, so does the tree.Less

4. Trail and History of Thornleigh

On 22nd June 1830, two police constables, Thorn and Horne, were on duty in the Windsor Road when bushrangers attacked them. A gunfight ensued and Thorn shot and killed one of the attackers who turned out to be the notorious (and wanted) leader of the so-called North Rocks Gang, one John MacNamara. Thorn was rewarded with the gift of 640 acres (260... More hectares) along whatis now Pennant Hills Road, which one of his descendants, George Henry Thorn developed for settlement in the 1840s. The railway followed in 1880s with our zig-zag track as an important spur. When the station here opened in 1886, it was given the name Thornleigh to honour John Thorn.

There are plenty of small cafes and coffee shops as you pass through Thornleigh -- pick up drinks and snacks here.Less

5. Bertran_Stephens Cartoon Rock Engraving

The carvings, by the track workers, include an arrow and name ‘Lorna Pass’ and a caricature of the then Premier of NSW: Bertram Stevens. On the Great North Walk.

6. Conscript Pass European Rock Engraving

Conscript Pass dates back to the Great Depression of the 1930s. Out-of-work men were employed on funds raised by local communities to build