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Manly Scenic Walkway Part 1: Fisher Bay Walk

Spit to Manly Walk is one of the most popular bush and coastal walks near Sydney. It is also known as Manly Scenic Walkway and is one of the most beautiful walks offering different views of the North and Middle Heads, passing by various kinds of beaches and parks. It is a very enjoyable walk as it has different kinds of tracks - plain bush, wooden and steel paths, rocky stairs, and also some urban and residential paths nearer Manly Beach. 

This walk can also be taken the opposite way - from Manly to Spit, which I reckon is easier as that way is more downhill. However we chose to go from Spit to Manly so we have Manly Beach to look forward to at the end of the walk.

The Spit to Manly walk is about 10km, and can be more or less depending if you take the different detours or tracks to see more lookouts along the way. Being popular, it is a very busy path, with a lot of walkers and runners doing the walk as well.

I went with a couple of friends as this is my first bush walk of this distance. We chose to start at the North end of Spit Bridge where there is an underpass access to the Fisher Bay Walking Track. To get here we took Bus 320 and then 144 at Crows Nest, because my friend comes from Mascot. From the city, you can also take Bus 169 from Wynyard to get to "Battle Bvd at Manly Rd" bus stop.

Underpass access under Spit Bridge to Manly Scenic Walkway


Fisher Bay Walk

Fisher Bay Walk is the first track in this walk. It goes from Spit Bridge to Sandy Bay. It is a nice walk around Shelly Cove and is well shaded by a lot of greenery. 



Shelly Cove

There are some wooden stairs  on this track. 


An interesting place along the walk is the Indigenous Cave Shelter.


Sandy Bay is a dog friendly beach. There are families enjoying this beach and a lot of dogs swimming and playing!

Sandy Bay

About 200m from Sandy Bay is the Clontarf Reserve. It is a park with toilet facilities. Beside the reserve is the Clontarf Baths and Tidal Pool. 


Instead of walking along the beach, go out the other side of the park along Monash Cres. A short walk along this neighboorhood, you will get to the start of Clontarf Track and on to Castle Rock Track.


Here are the rest of our Spit to Manly Walk:
Here is a Google Maps of the track we took:



Here is a short video of this walk:


Here is a video of our walk from Spit Bridge to Dobroyd Head. My gopro ran out of space and I was not able to record the walk until Manly.



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