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Monument Hill Walking Track
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Arakoon National Park
1 current alert · Checked 14 Oct 2026, 7:05 pm
- Elsewhere in the parkClosed areasUntil 30 Oct 2026
Area permanently closed - Mermaid Pools
Access to Mermaid Pools is permanently closed including for swimming. Sudden large swells and tides create major waves that wash over the rocks and pools.
Do not access this area. The severe conditions at this site have caused a number of significant injuries and deaths in the past.
Mermaid Pools have never been a designated visitor site due to the extreme nature of the surf and tides at this location. There is no approved public access walking track to Mermaid Pools.
For further information call the NPWS Verges Creek area office on 02 6561 6700.
About
If you take a walk along the Monument Hill walking track, you’ll be rewarded with the sight of casuarinas in the heathlands, spectacular coastal views, and the fresh sea breeze upon your cheeks as you approach the summit.
The monument itself was built as a tribute to German internees who passed away in Trial Bay Gaol during World War One. Along the walk you’ll see many flannel flowers, planted by the internees because they reminded them of edelweiss and of home.
If you do feel like a longer walk, you can join the Bridle trail and loop back via Powder Magazine walking track, and if you’d like a break, you can enjoy a picnic or go for a paddle around Little Bay picnic area.
The walk at a glance
Arakoon National Park · North Coast
Featuring stunning coastal views, the easy Monument Hill walk takes in the historic monument built for German gaol internees before finishing at Little Bay picnic area.
- Difficulty
- Grade 3 · Moderate
- Distance
- 1.4km one-way
- Time
- 30min - 1hr
- Accessibility
- Medium
What to bring
- Drinking water
- Hat
- Sunscreen
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02 6566 6168Where you'll be
Trial Bay Gaol Access Road
Arakoon NSW 2431