Lane Cove River

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Lane Cove River

The Lane Cove River is a tributary of the Parramatta River

Parramatta River

The Parramatta River is a waterway in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Parramatta River is the main tributary of Sydney Harbour, a branch of Port Jackson, along with the smaller Lane Cove River and Duck River Rivers....
, Sydney, Australia. Its lower reaches form an arm of Sydney Harbour

Port Jackson

Port Jackson, containing Sydney Harbour, is the harbor of Sydney, Australia. It is known for its beauty, and in particular, as the location of the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge....
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Description
The Lane Cove River rises near Thornleigh

Thornleigh, New South Wales

Thornleigh is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Thornleigh is located 25 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the Local Government Areas in Australia of Hornsby Shire....
and flows generally south for about 15 km. The upper reaches are in a narrow, forested valley eroded into the North Shore Plateau. The middle reaches are impounded by a weir just upstream of Fullers Bridge

Fullers Bridge

Fuller's Bridge crosses the Lane Cove River in suburban Sydney, Australia, Australia. The main road from Chatswood, New South Wales to Ryde, New South Wales, crosses the bridge....
. Sections of the valley are richly forested and are protected within the Lane Cove National Park

Lane Cove National Park

Lane Cove National Park is a small national park located within metropolitan Sydney, Australia. The park islocated about ten kilometres north-west of the Sydney CBD....
, an area of 598 hectares, formerly a State Recreation Area.

The lower reaches of the Lane Cove River -- downstream from the weir near Fullers Bridge -- are tidal and merge into Sydney Harbour at Greenwich

Greenwich, New South Wales

Greenwich is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Greenwich is located 7 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the Local Government Areas in Australia of the Municipality of Lane Cove....
and Woolwich

Woolwich

Woolwich is a suburb in south-east London, England in the London Borough of Greenwich, on the south side of the River Thames, though the tiny exclave of North Woolwich is on the north side of the river....
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The Lane Cove River is a tributary of the Parramatta River

Parramatta River

Port Jackson

Description

The Lane Cove River rises near Thornleigh

Thornleigh, New South Wales

Fullers Bridge

Lane Cove National Park

Greenwich, New South Wales

Woolwich

Mangrove

Mangroves are trees and shrubs that grow in saline water coastal habitats in the tropics and subtropics. The word is used in at least three senses: most broadly to refer to the habitat and entire plant assemblage or mangal, for which the terms mangrove swamp and mangrove forest are also used, to refer to all trees and...
communities along the shores.

The river is known for being the site of the mysterious deaths of Dr Gilbert Bogle and Margaret Chandler on January 1, 1963. The cause of their deaths has never been established; the incident has always been known as the Bogle-Chandler case

Bogle-Chandler case

The Bogle-Chandler case refers to the mysterious deaths of Dr Gilbert Stanley Bogle and Mrs Margaret Olive Chandler n?e Morphett on the banks of the Lane Cove River in Sydney, Australia on January 1, 1963....
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Great North Walk

The Lane Cove River is the site of many old trails and tracks, some of which have survived from logging days. They are now used extensively for recreational purposes. Many of them have been incorporated into the Great North Walk

Great North Walk

The Great North Walk is a walking track which runs from Sydney to Newcastle, New South Wales in New South Wales, Australia. The main track, in length, runs between the Obelisk in Macquarie Place in Sydney to Queens Wharf Tower in Bicentennial Park, Newcastle in Newcastle and is well sign-posted....
, a long distance walking trail from Sydney to Newcastle. This trail passes along the Lane Cove River between Boronia Avenue, Hunters Hill, and Thornleigh Oval, Thornleigh.

Bridges

There are only four bridges which cross the Lane Cove River. These are:

De Burgh's Bridge
De Burgh's Bridge

De Burghs Bridge crosses the Lane Cove River in Sydney, Australia. It carries Lane Cove Road, part of Metroad 3 from Macquarie Park in the south to West Pymble in the North....
on Metroad 3
Metroad 3

Metroad 3 is a Metroad in Sydney, New South Wales Australia. It replaced State Route 33 in April 1993, from Metroad 10 in Mona Vale, New South Wales to Metroad 1 in Blakehurst, New South Wales....
which connects North Ryde
North Ryde, New South Wales

North Ryde is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. North Ryde is located 15 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the Local Government Areas in Australia of the City of Ryde....
and West Pymble
Pymble, New South Wales

Pymble is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Pymble is located 18 kilometres north-west of the Sydney Central Business District in the Local Government Areas in Australia of Ku-ring-gai Council....
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Fullers Bridge
Fullers Bridge

Fuller's Bridge crosses the Lane Cove River in suburban Sydney, Australia, Australia. The main road from Chatswood, New South Wales to Ryde, New South Wales, crosses the bridge....
on State Route 29, which connects Chatswood and North Ryde.
Epping Road
Epping Road

Epping Road is an important arterial road in suburban Sydney, Australia. Epping Road is 9 kilometres long, and is a major route linking the lower North Shore and Sydney CBD to the north western suburbs and Hills District of metropolitan Sydney....
on State Route 28, connecting Lane Cove to Ryde, also carrying traffic from the M2 Hills Motorway
M2 Hills Motorway

The M2 Hills Motorway is a motorway in north-western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It forms part of Sydney Metroad 2 and the 110 km Sydney Orbital Network....
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Fig Tree Bridge
Fig Tree Bridge

Fig Tree Bridge is a girder bridge that spans the Lane Cove River, west of the Sydney central business district in Sydney, Australia. It is immediately to the north of Tarban Creek Bridge and the more well known Gladesville Bridge....
on Burns Bay Road, which connects Lane Cove West
Lane Cove West, New South Wales

Lane Cove West is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Lane Cove West is located 9 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the Local Government Areas in Australia of the Municipality of Lane Cove....
and Hunters Hill.

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