This is the first cache at the beginning of our walk as it is close to our house. It is on easy terrain and is a quiet park which is a great place to throw a ball for your puppy. The cache is a small container. You don't need to bring your own pen! Before European settlement the Sydney region was covered with forest, woodland and heathland communities. Terrys Creek Walk gives you an opportunity to go ‘through a window into the past’ as you make your way along this easily accessible suburban walking track. The Blue Gum High Forest you will see here is a listed critically endangered ecological community under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. It is also listed as an endangered ecological community in NSW under the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995. Look out for Spotted Pardalote Superb Fairy Wren, Grey Headed Flying Fox Rasp Fern / Pseuderanthemum variabile Grey Wonga Vine / Pandorea pandorana Grey Wonga Vine / Pandorea pandorana The Terrys Creek corridor provides shelter, food and habitat for a wide variety of native animals. Keep an eye out for them, you might just spot one! Terrys Creek includes an area of Blue Gum High Forest growing on shale derived soil. The canopy trees along the walk include Sydney Blue Gum, Turpentine and Blackbutt. However in gully areas Grey Myrtles, Sydney Red Gums, Water Gums and Coachwoods are the common canopy trees. The understorey along the creek is a highly diverse mix of rushes, ferns, vines and shrubs