Hermitage Foreshore Walk

Hermitage Foreshore Walk is a 1.8-kilometre harbourside walking track in Sydney Harbour National Park between Rose Bay and Nielsen Park in Vaucluse, within the Woollahra local government area. The paved and bush track follows the Sydney Harbour foreshore, offering views of Shark Island, the harbour and city skyline. Notable for its accessible harbour scenery, historic Strickland House precinct and native bushland, it connects residential streets to beaches and parklands.

Visitors can expect a relatively easy, mostly paved harbourside track that winds through native bushland, rocky foreshore and manicured parkland between Rose Bay and Nielsen Park. The walk offers continuous views across Sydney Harbour to Shark Island, the city skyline and harbour headlands, with interpretive signs, timber boardwalks, small beaches and lookouts. The route passes the heritage-listed Strickland House estate and ends at Nielsen Park and Shark Beach, where picnic areas and swimming areas are available.