Month: June 2015

Crossing Katoomba Creek

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Sprengelia incarnata

The crossing of Katoomba Creek had been a goal for some time. It was the missing link in my exploration of the western part of the historic Bruce’s Walk. This time I started from the end of Minnehaha Road and headed down the track towards the falls. Before long I took a fire trail off to the right and onto the ridge between Katoomba and Govetts creeks. I’ve been exploring short sections of this track as time permits, and over a number of previous trips had made it from Wentworth Falls to North Katoomba. Continue Reading →

McMahon’s Lookout

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Lake Burragorang

We were going a bit stir-crazy at home, so I bundled the kids in the car and we headed out to McMahon’s Point for a short walk and a picnic. This spot is out on Kings Tableland, about 20km past the old Queen Victoria hospital. From the carpark it is an easy 800m walk through damp fern forests to the lookout, where there are panoramic views into the Kanangra-Boyd Wilderness Area and out over Lake Burragorang. We ate our homemade sushi while perched on a rock, soaking up the winter Continue Reading →

Lindeman Pass

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Small waterfall on Gladstone Creek

Ever since reading Jim Smith’s wonderful book about the Lindeman Pass I’ve been captivated by this historic walking track that links Roberts Pass at Wentworth Falls with the Federal Pass at Leura. This track has suffered from a series of unfortunate events which have meant that it’s never become a popular tourist track, despite its obvious beauty and the convenience of joining with other well-established tracks. On previous forays I had walked the eastern section between Gladstone Pass and Roberts Pass and the western section from Copeland Pass to Leura Falls, but I was Continue Reading →

Early morning at Mount Banks

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View from top of Mt Banks

I woke with a start, thinking I had overslept.The room already seemed quite light so I quickly got ready, then glanced at my watch and realised it was only just after 4am! Oops. I’d intended to make an early start, but with sunrise still three hours away I decided to go back to bed for a little while. After dozing briefly, I rolled out of bed at a slightly more respectable hour. It was still very dark when I arrived at the Mt Banks carpark at 6am, with the temperature hovering Continue Reading →