The Thousands

Discovering The Royal National Park is like finding $50 in your back pocket. You can’t believe you didn’t look there before. 36km south of Sydney’s mainframe, the world’s second oldest national park engulfs all guests in an autumnal pipe dream.

The suite of exterior spaces offers both coast and hinterland, heavily loaded with dappled shade, paint-it-yourself landscapes and isolated corners.**Bathe, hike or get scientific and investigate species like the ubiquitous silver gull, an aggressive scavenger which feeds on picnics, uninvited. In nature, find time to meet your subconscious mind, or the depths of someone elses. It’s nice.

In aim of fleeing the city’s pollution – physically, mentally and socially – The Royal National Park is but a roadworthy album away.