Diamond Head Loop Walking Track, Crowdy Bay National Park, NSW.

Forest Walking Track: 1.5 km one way, Grade 3. 
Diamond Head Loop Walk: 4.3 km loop, Grade 3. 
Metcalfes Walking Track: 700 meters one way, Grade 3.

We combined the Forest Walking Track, Diamond Heed Loop, and Metcalfes Walking Track into a loop of about 6.5 kilometers starting from Diamond Head Campground and walking via Indian Head Campground, Kylies Hut and Kylies Campground.

Forest Walking Track

We started on the Diamond Head Loop Walk from Diamond Head Campground, turned into the Forest Walking Track and walked to Indian Head Campground.

Young Eastern Grey Kangaroo having a scratch at Indian Head Campground.

We continued on via the walk-in trail to Kylies Hut. 

Kylies Hut

From Kylies Hut we took Metcalfes Walking Track to Kylies Beach Campground.

Brackish creek on Metcalfes Walking Track.

We saw both and Red and Little Wattlebirds in this section of the track.

Red Wattlebird.

Little Wattlebird.

Amenities at Kylies Beach Campground.

From Kylies Beach Campground we walked out the 4WD beach access into the Kylies Beach section of Crowdy Beach. There were several Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos eating banksia cones in the Banksia trees along the track.

Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo eating a banksia cone.

Photographing birds on Kylies Beach.

Sooty Oystercatchers on the rocks at Kylies Beach.

At the northern end of Kylies Beach we found a rough, unofficial, track that climbed up the hill and joined up with the Diamond Head Loop.

We climbed up from Kylies Beach to rejoin the track.

From here we rejoined the Diamond Head Loop track and started the return north to Diamond Head along the coastal cliffs. We arrived at Kylies Lookout shortly after rejoining the track.

View looking south from Kylies Lookout.

This section of the track is very scenic with great outlooks over the ocean and a variety of rock formations. It is also a great vantage point in the winter for whale watching.

The Natural Arch

Diamond Head Loop Walking Track.

Looking south on the Diamond Loop Walking Track.

More coastal rock formations.

A Mapping Authority marker on Diamond Head.

Walking through heath; looking south on the Headland Walk.

Looking north from the Headland Loop Walk.

After a very pleasant mornings walk we arrived back at Diamond Head Campground.