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Concord Foreshore Trail

Concord Foreshore Trail is a 6km tree trail from Rhodes to Concord West. It passes through the Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway, around Concord Repatriation General Hospital and around Yaralla House. This trail is one of the quietest tracks I have taken so far having seen only a few people along the trail. This can be relaxing but can also be a bit uncomfortable. 

There is construction work at the hospital which forced me to go around residential streets to find the access back to the trail. Without this detour the trail would only be 5km.

To get to the starting point of this trail I took the train to Rhodes. From the train station, cross the roads to Brays Bay Reserve.

Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway

Concord Foreshore Trail starts at Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway. It is a very well maintained concrete and wooden track. There are also audio guides playing along the walkway.


Brays Bay Reserve

At the end of this walkway, the trail loops around the Concord Repatriation General Hospital.

Around Concord Repatriation General Hospital

The trail around the hospital starts along the side of a parking lot. On the left are mostly mangrove trees with views of the water. 

Past the hospital parking lot, the trail feels like a forest. I did not see anyone along this part. Any weird sounds spooked me.


Reaching Rocky Point is a welcome change to this trail. From here you can also see the Rivendell School which is known for being used in the movie The Great Gatsby. I think this building is still being used as a hospital and a school.

Rocky Point

After Rocky Point would be a bit of tree trail until the path goes near the hospital grounds again. The trail passes through sides of buildings and another parking lot. 


There is construction at the side of the hospital and the trail markers advise to exit via Gate 2.

Exiting the hospital through Gate 2

 To get back to the track, I walked along Hospital Rd and Nullawarra Ave.  


Along Hospital Rd

I entered the hospital grounds again at Boronia St. To get to the track I turned right around another parking lot. Then voila there is an open gate to the trail. Be sure to take the left part of the wire fence tho, I wrongly took the right side and I had to climb over the wire fence. The right side may be part of a private property. Honestly, this part of the trail looks a bit dodgy as there were no signs and I just had to trust my phone's map.

Entrance back to the trail

Around Yaralla House

I cannot think of a name for this part of the trail but it goes around Yaralla House - another hospital. The track is mostly tree trail with fences on the sides. The fences makes the trail feel less natural and I feel like I am trapped instead of being free in nature. This is also a very quiet part as I saw only 2 people on this trail. There are views of mangroves in the water and a glimpse of the city on this track.


The trees become thicker nearer Yaralla House. There are a lot of birds in this area.

View of the city

Ron Routley Oval

At the end of the path around Yaralla House is a gated fence leading to Ron Routley Oval. It is a big grassy park with several families and dogs walking the paths. There are benches on this park which I notice are either dirty or rusty. I feel like this park is not as used as the parks in the North and East of Sydney. This is my first walk to the West of Sydney CBD and it is very different from what I am used to - as it is a tree trail and there were so few people walking along it.

Here is a Google Maps of the track I took. In purple is the path if there was no construction work at the hospital.

Google Maps of Concord Foreshore Trail


Here is a short video of the walk:

Here is a full video of the walk:



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