Ten Mile Hollow Campground - Dharug National Park NSW

Try the 1.6-km Grass Tree Circuit or stroll a section of the convict-built Great North Road, one of the great construction feats of the early colony and recognised as a National Engineering Landmark. Picnic at Mill Creek or Hazel Dell. Discovery walks, talks and tours are available year round. The park is also good for mountain biking (bikes must be walked up Devines Hill); phone the Gosford office for details. Car-based and trailer camping is available at Mill Creek (tank water), and backpack camping at Ten Mile Hollow (fees apply and bookings are required - phone 4320 4203).
Access 40 km north-east of Windsor.
Mill Creek is 5.5 km east of Wisemans Ferry
along Wisemans Ferry Road. This camping ground is a great place to stop and rest if you're doing the two-day Old Great North Road walk, from Wisemans Ferry to Mangrove Mountain or the three-day walk to Mount Manning. You'll find fireplaces and tank water here.
Getting there: Park your car at Wisemans Ferry, which is just over 70km north-west of Sydney.
Facilities: non-flush toilets, drinking water WALK IN ONLY : Closest point to drive and park is on sealed roads, from there it is on foot to the campsite. 63 km N of Sydney. Walking access only - used as an overnight spot when people are walking the Old Great North Road walk. The campsite is located just east of the intersection of the Great North Road and Simpson Track. There is a long walk into this campsite. There are a total of 6 campsites. This large, open campsite is found next to the Old Great North Road, at the top of the Simpson Track. The campsite is great for people walking or cycling in the area. There is a pit toilet, a few fire circles and plenty of places to pitch some tents. There is a water tank next to the toilet - if this is empty, there is sometimes water in Ten Mile Hollow Creek a short distance north along the OGNR (otherwise the Wat Buddha Dhamma, about 600m south along the OGNR, provides a water tank for visitors). Treat water before drinking. The area was formally a stockade (a camp) for the convicts who built the road in c.1830. Later the area was named 'Snodgrass Valley' and plans to build a town were developed, however neither the name nor the town proved popular (even at 2 pounds an acre). Solomon Wiseman (of Wisemans Ferry fame) was given 100 acres to build an inn, however it is not clear if the inn was ever built.

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