Horden Park

Location & Description

Hordern Park is located at the southern end of Cabbage Tree Boat Harbour, Palm Beach and occupies 0.68ha.  Boundaries are defined by Ocean Road, which separates the Reserve from the beach, Florida Road and residential properties. There is a small developed area with a formed path which extends to Florida Road. View location on map

Walking Tracks & Access

An established track provides access between the beach and Florida Road. Lawn, used by picnickers and beachgoers, dominates the front of the Reserve. 

• Walking Track Map
• Walking Track Map & Aerial Photo

Plants

The vegetation of the western part of Hordern Park is Spotted Gum Forest dominated by Spotted Gum (Corymbia maculata) and Cabbage-tree Palm (Livistona australis) which grades to a stand of Cabbage-tree Forest.

Animals

The dominance of Spotted Gum and Cabbage-tree Palm in Hordern Park attracts a range of bird species including Topknot Pigeon, honeyeaters and lorikeets.  Gliders, in particular Squirrel gliders, known to feed on Spotted Gum, Cabbage-tree Palm and especially Coast Banksia, may also be attracted. 

Tree hollows in the Reserve provide shelter for birds and aboreal mammals, and the thick understorey provides shelter for reptiles, small birds and frogs.

Special Features

• Horden Park contributes to the landscape quality Palm Beach and provides a record of the original landscape and the changes wrought by urban development
• it includes samples of significant plant communities, Cabbage-tree Palm Forest which is very restricted and Spotted Gum Forest which has conservation significance at the State level
• it includes samples of significant plant species including Bolworra (Eupomatia laurina) which has local conservation significance
• it provides an important corridor link between remnant littoral and coastal woodland and forest communities at this northern limit of the peninsula, and provides habitat for a wide diversity of fauna species in the context of urban bushland in the Sydney region
• it is an educational resource and a contact point with nature for residents
• it allows urban residents to undertake informal recreational pursuits in a littoral bushland setting

Related Info

• Walking Track Map
• Walking Track Map & Aerial Photo
• View location on map
• To find out more about Horden Park, download its Plan of Management
• Find out more about Pittwater's amazing Vegetation Communities
• See the native animal species lists for Pittwater
• Pittwater's Littoral Heath Brochure (PDF)