Category Archives: Blue Mountains

Birdwood Gully and The Gooch Track – 14 April 2021

Posted on April 16, 2021 by Dave Noble

Earlier in the day, I had been to Wentworth Falls with Bob and we had visited two nice but obscure waterfalls. That trip had finished well before lunch, so we next headed to Faulconbridge to look for an interesting site … Continue reading →

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Sapphos Leap and Carters Falls – 14 April 2021

Posted on April 16, 2021 by Dave Noble

I had known of two relatively obscure waterfalls in the Wentworth Falls area for a while but did not know very much information about them. All I knew was that they were in upper Wentworth Creek downstream from the Crematorium, … Continue reading →

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Fungi at Sassafras Gully – 9 April 2021

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Dave Noble

This was another good day of walking in the bush and looking for fungi. I did find some nice fungi – although it was not very abundant. On this trip, I went down to Glenbrook Creek via Fairy Dell and … Continue reading →

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Fungi at Birdwood Gully – 7 April 2021

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Dave Noble

Some wet weather was possible, so I thought a short excursion would be suitable – so I decide to head up to Springwood and check out the fungi in Birdwood Gully. On my visit, it only rained for a very … Continue reading →

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Walking along the Wolgan – Capertee Divide 3 – 5 April 2021

Posted on April 6, 2021 by Dave Noble

I was nice to join friends walking for a few days in one of the most spectacular parts of the Northern Blue Mountains, along a section of the divide between the Wolgan and Capertee Rivers. The trip was essentially a … Continue reading →

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Fungi at Sassafras Gully – 29 March 2021

Posted on April 6, 2021 by Dave Noble

I spent a very pleasant day wandering along the Sassafras Gully Track looking for fungi and slime moulds. In started from the track at the end of Sassafras Gully Road ad walk down to Glenbrook Creek, then continued down to … Continue reading →

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Zig Zag, Govetts Leap, Microstrobos Falls and Hawkesbury Lookout – 25 March 2021

Posted on March 31, 2021 by Dave Noble

I was heading up the Mountains with Bob, and our plan was to do the Zig Zag Walk at Clarence. Bob had not been on the walk, and I was keen to visit the area again, and as I expect … Continue reading →

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Lookouts Above Glenbrook Gorge – 24 March 2021

Posted on March 28, 2021 by Dave Noble

I was on my way back to the city from Springwood. On my journey up the mountains, I had seen from the train window that Moorakoo Falls was flowing quite well after the recent rain. Moorakoo Falls are not very … Continue reading →

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Bob Thomas – Bushwalker

Posted on March 21, 2021 by Dave Noble

When I started bushwalking, and visited Splendour Rock in the Wild Dog Mountains, I knew about the chains below the rock that provided a route down to the lower ridge and eventually to Howling Dog Spur. I knew these chains … Continue reading →

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Blue Mountains Waterfalls – 18 March 2021

Posted on March 20, 2021 by Dave Noble

I was heading up the Blue Mountains with Bob. We had cancelled plans to visit a canyon due to a lot of recent rain and instead decided to visit some waterfalls. We first went to Minnehaha Falls north of Katoomba, … Continue reading →

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