The Coastal Walk is a spectacular walk that hugs the coastline from Clovelly Beach to Maroubra Beach (with informal access possible all the way to La Perouse). The walk is clearly signposted, passing through parks and beaches.
Start your walk at Waverley Cemetery; wander through Clovelly Beach, down into Gordon's Bay and onto Coogee Beach. Continue the walk to Maroubra Beach via Grant Reserve and Trennery Reserve. The walk continues across the rocks to Lurline Bay so if it is high tide, or you do not want to rock hop, take a short detour from the coast using the local roads. You can pick up the trail again at Marine Parade and continue down onto Maroubra Beach.
Much of the walkway is wheelchair accessible to spectacular views and picnic areas. At Clovelly Beach a unique ramp, wheelchair accessible, has been installed, which allows easy access to the water.
Approximate walking times, facilities, access locations and public transport routes are noted on the Eastern Beaches Walk Map (pdf 5724kb). Download or contact us.
The Coastal Walk also provides an insight into the area's social and environmental history. Randwick City Council has installed a range of signs along the walkway, providing historical information on local inventors, shipwrecks and landholders. Timber boardwalks have been designed to create a raised walkway through some of the delicate areas of vegetation and peat bogs.
Environmental features, such as adaptations by plant communities and geological occurrences have also been fully explained and illustrated on the interpretive signs.
You may wish to look for and identify some of the native birds that can be seen along the way.
The Eastern Beaches Coastal Walk is a project funded by Randwick City Council in conjunction with several New South Wales State Government Departments. Much of the labour required to regenerate the Coastal Heath vegetation has been donated by the Randwick Bush Regeneration Volunteers.
A brochure produced by Randwick City Tourism - Coastal walkway where the turf meets the surf (pdf 6.30Mb) containing a detailed map of the walk is also available for download or contact us.
The Walking Coastal Sydney website contains detailed brochures, including maps, available for download.