We did this walk in the opposite direction from the description in the booklet, but that seemed to make for easier walking as we were going down the couple of fairly rough slopes rather than up. We started at the old stone house community centre (carpark entrance is first left on Worsley’s Rd) and went through its grounds to Shalimar Dr and down to Cashmere Rd. There is a path on the right before Cashmere Rd which leads straight up to Bengal Dr, but we decided to avoid its steps. The walk up Bengal Dr was vigourous but not too steep. At the end of Bengal is a small lane (marked ‘private’) called Sasaram, which leads to a flight of concrete steps, which we carried the buggies down. From there a path leads down through a woodland area to Princess Margaret Hospital. Well formed gravel tracks lead off to the right and left to residential areas while the track down is rather more muddy and rutted (this being the section we were glad not to push up). We diverted along the path leading to Delhi Pl before turning back and enjoyed good views of the city. The path down passes Cracroft Cavern and then widens and bends off to the left leading back to Cashmere Rd. We instead bumped down some steps into the hospital grounds and took a good gravel path to the corner of Cashmere and Hackthorne, where Coffee Culture is conveniently located! The way back to the carpark can be made more pleasant by turning off Cashmere Rd early and following the path through Worsley’s Reserve. We missed that but it looked nice!
Overall a very pleasant walk – good views, posh houses to peer at and a good cafe at the end. The flight of stairs and the fairly steep rough section of track make it one for the more intrepid buggy pushers though.
