Category Archives: Blue Mountains

Strattons Amphitheatre Walk – 6 June 2019

Posted on June 8, 2019 by Dave Noble

Strattons Amphitheatre is a cave, in the Springwood area, possibly an aboriginal site, that has some old graffiti on one of its walls. As well as the cave, there is also a waterfall, and the creek there flows in a … Continue reading →

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Mid Mountains Heritage Walk – 30 May 2019

Posted on June 1, 2019 by Dave Noble

Bob and myself were heading up the mountains to go to a similar area that we had visited twice before in recent weeks. On those occasions we had looked for aboriginal sites without any luck. This time we had done … Continue reading →

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Woodford Dam Walk – 22 May 2019

Posted on May 31, 2019 by Dave Noble

The week before, I had been on a walk with Bob, from Faulconbridge to Hazelbrook. After a bit more research, Bob was keen to go back to part of the same area to look for some Aboriginal sites. We set … Continue reading →

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Faulconbridge to Hazelbrook Walk – 16 May 2019

Posted on May 25, 2019 by Dave Noble

I had suggested to Bob, that we visit the site of an old sawmill in a gully north of Faulconbridge sometime. The path to the sawmill is via the route used by an old funicular railway. By the time we … Continue reading →

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An Unsuccessful Attempt at Spring Creek Ridge Pass – 9 May 2019

Posted on May 18, 2019 by Dave Noble

Bob had been keen on exploring a few of the lesser known passes on Kings Tableland. He devised a trip that sounded reasonable. Drive out Kings Tableland Road, park at the starts of the Lion Head track, then walk along … Continue reading →

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Sassafras Gully Fungi – 7 May 2019

Posted on May 10, 2019 by Dave Noble

This was my next trip to Sassafras Gully to record the fungi. This time I started by going down to Fairy Dell and then to Glenbrook Creek via Magdala Creek, and then along Glenbrook Creek to the Lagoon, then up … Continue reading →

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Fungi at Lawson and Hazelbrook – 26 April 2019

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Dave Noble

After finding lots of interesting fungi the day before, I thought it about time I headed up to Lawson and Hazelbrook to look for fungi. It had been a while since I had been to the waterfalls south of Lawson … Continue reading →

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Sassafras Gully Fungi – 25 April 2019

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Dave Noble

I had a very interesting trip down Sassafras Gully to looks for and photograph the fungi. Despite it being fairly dry recently, there was a reasonable amount of fungi out.  On this trip, I started down the track from the … Continue reading →

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Easter in the Blue Breaks 19 – 22 April 2019

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Dave Noble

Wendy invited me to join her on a walk through part of the Blue Breaks during Easter. Also in the party was Keith. The Blue Breaks is a remote part of the Southern Blue Mountains. It is also a very … Continue reading →

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Lapstone Monocline Walk – 10 April 2019

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Dave Noble

This was another walk led by Brian Everingham for the National Parks Association (and The Bush Club). It was to a place in the lower Blue Mountains that I had mostly never visited before – the Lapstone Monocline. As well … Continue reading →

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