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North Side

Hayward Gully



This waterfall is difficult to view. You need to leave the track and find a good spot - which can be dangerous.

Alternative name - Hayward Gully Falls

Greaves Creek

There is a waterfall at the start of the canyon.





Beauchamp Falls was named in 1899 for the then Governor of NSW, William Lygon, 7th Earl of Beauchamp. Note - pronounced "Beecham".

Alternative name - Blackheath Falls.

The waterfalls below Beauchamp Falls form a series of waterfall comparable to those in the Valley of The Waters at Wentworth Falls. They are named after people or families that acted as sponsors for the track building (Rodriguez Pass). Some of these waterfalls are difficult to reach from the track.

The idea for the track came from Thomas Rodriguez, The Station Master at Blackheath and a councillor on Blackheath Council. He undertook a lot of fund raising for it to be constructed.






Old Photo -






Blue Mountains Library


Alternative name - Gem Falls

Old Photos -




This is the waterfall where the track crosses the creek. It is a series of small waterfalls and cascades. Some below the track and some above.







Old Photo -


Further downstream are more waterfalls.










Below is an old postcard photo showing the same waterfall.



Source - Don Shearman on Flickr


There is also one feature known as "The Ripple" as mentioned in an old newspaper article (The Blackheath Bulletin, 25 May 1926, page 4) - somewhere along Rodriguez Pass.


Lower down on Govetts Creek along Rodriguez Pass

Govetts Creek

These two waterfalls are close together where Arethusa Canyon and Alpheus Canyon end. Alpheus Canyon is smaller and flows through Lerida Gorge. Arethusa Canyon flows through Govetts Creek. Arethusa Canyon also contains several waterfalls, the largest of which is about 12 m high at its beginning.

In the photo below you can see Vida Falls on the left and Arethusa Falls in the middle.





Vida and Lerida were named by Eric Lowe, an early bushwalker and rock climber, who visited and explored the area a lot. They are named after his two daughters.


This is the first waterfall downstream from Arethusa Falls.



The photos below, taken from the cliffs above, shows Vida and Arethusa Falls on the left and Medusa Falls on the right.



Downstream are more waterfalls -

This may be Lilian Falls -





An old walking track leaves the Rodriguez Pass Track and goes up to Edenderry Falls and continues to Hillary Falls.

These waterfalls lie in Blackwall Glen.

This article has the order of the waterfalls -

Visitors to Blackheath should not fail to pay a visit to Blackwall Glen and Edenderry Falls, an easy track to which has this season been formed by the trustees. This glen is noted for its wild grandeur and picturesque beauty as well as for the fine falls which rush booming into a pool 70 or 80 feet across and some 20 or 30 feet deep, and without a snag or obstacle of any kind to deter the most timid bather. Above the pool and reached by the same track are a succession of falls, varying in size and shape till we reach St. Andrew's Fall, which in itself is worth all the efforts of climbing, and to reach which the visitor will pass the charming Hilary and Lilian Falls and the Silver Cascades. The trustees are to be congratulated on having added such an attraction to the already numerous sights in this locality. The track to this glen branches off at the junction of Rodriguez Pass and the Grose Valley, and it takes about 20 minutes to reach the falls.

Source - The Blue Mountains Echo, 13 November 1909, page 12.

Fortress Creek



This waterfall is best viewed from Lockleys Pylon.



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