Long Reef and Griffith Park

Long Reef is located between Dee Why and Collaroy Beaches and comprises three protected areas: Long Reef Aquatic Reserve, Long Reef Wildlife Protection Area, and Dee Why Lagoon Wildlife Refuge. It is a popular spot for walkers and provides spectacular views to the north as far as the central coast and the south to Manly.

Facilities

• Greenlink Walk - forms part of Warringah's Coastal Walkway (PDF, 1.9MB)
• Boat ramp - Fisherman's Beach
• Fish cleaning benches - Fisherman's Beach
• Toilets/showers - Fisherman's Beach
• Long Reef Golf Club
• Playground (fenced) - Griffith Park
• Collaroy Tennis Club - Griffith Park
• Unleashed dog walking area - Griffith Park
• Football field - Griffith Park
• Carpark - Pay & Display parking in place for vehicles without a Warringah Council parking sticker. Rates are $4 per hour or $8 per day Mon-Fri and $16 per day weekends, public holidays and school holidays

Recreation

• Walking/jogging
• Dog walking - dogs are not allowed on the beach and must be on a leash when on the headland. An unleased dog area is located at Griffith Park.
• Whale watching
• Swimming - Long Reef Beach
• Fishing
• Surfing/sea kayaking

Protected Areas

Click on the link for a map of the Protected Areas.

• Long Reef Wildlife Protection Area - comprises several threatened plants and vegetation communities and provides habitat for threatened animals. The protected area includes Fisherman's Beach, Long Reef Headland, Long Reef Golf Club, foreshore and beaches surrounding the headland and dune systems, Long Reef Beach and Dee Why Lagoon.
• Long Reef Aquatic Reserve - extends from Collaroy rockpools to Long Reef Surf Livesaving Club and from mean high water out 100m to mean low water. The reserve was declared in 1980 to protect marine invertebrates found on the rock platforms and subtidal marine plants and animals. With the exception of fin fish, collecting or harming marine plants or animals in the aquatic reserve is not allowed.
• Dee Why Lagoon Wildllife Refuge - covers 77 heactares, 30 of which is the body of water. The refuge contains important habitat for native animals, including local and migratory birds.

Habitat

Long Reef Headland comprises important remnants of coastal bushland and native grasslands and supports several significan vegetaion communities. There are also 119 species of native plants, five native frogs, nine native reptiles, 136 native birds and three native mammals. Click on the link for more on Long Reef's flora, fauna and marine life (PDF, 4MB).

Reefcare, Long Reef's volunteer bush regeneration group, meets on the first Saturday of each month and has restored much of the native habitat on the headland. To become a volunteer click on Friends of the Bush.