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Blue Mountains Winter Weekend – Part 1

Now that I’ve finished posting about our travels abroad, I can concentrate on catching up on our activities here in the last 6 months. Last August we spent a weekend in the Blue Mountains to celebrate our wedding anniversary. One thing we did was take a walk along the Charles Darwin Walk.

Charles Darwin Walk

It had been some years since I walked this track, and I was glad to see the pre-spring wildflowers out.

Charles Darwin Walk

Charles Darwin Walk

It was always a treat to see the waterfalls.

Charles Darwin Walk

And of course, the grand view from Wentworth Falls at the end.

Charles Darwin Walk

Undercliff and Overcliff

The Wentworth Falls area is criss-crossed by walking tracks. I hadn’t been on the Undercliff walk before and used it to get from the top of the falls to Princes Rock Lookout. It’s a fun little track that winds its way in and out of overhangs.

Undercliff Walk Undercliff Walk

Princes Rock Lookout is probably the best in the area as it juts out into the valley, giving a real bird’s eye view of things.

Jamieson Valley Jamieson Valley

I also got a look of just how many steps I’d climbed that day.

Stair overview

The precipice

I eventually ended up where I was a couple of months ago, back at the top of Wentworth Falls.

Top of Wentworth Falls

This time I wanted to see if I could get an alternative view, so I went around to Rocket Point Lookout, a little round walk above the top of the falls.

To Rocket Point Lookout The plunge Honeyeater

It gave not only a bird’s eye view of the falls but of the surrounding cliff tops. I like the white trunks of the gums. It reminds me a bit of the ghost gums in the Territory.

Gums