Category Archives: Bushwalking

Another Glenbrook Heritage Walk – 21 November 2024

After a most interesting walk, the week before, Bob and myself decided to do second trip in the Glenbrook section of Blue Mountains National Park in order to look for more Aboriginal art sites. We had to do a fair … Continue reading →

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Glenbrook Heritage Walk – 14 November 2024

On an earlier trip, Bob and myself had spent a bit of effort looking for an Aboriginal art site that is described in “Blue Mountains Dreaming” edited by Eugene Stockton. in the book, Stockton describes a cave, not too far … Continue reading →

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Red Jacks and Costyns Point – 11 November 2024

I was keen to attend this walk in Royal National Park as it was to places that I had never visited before. It was a walk led by Brian Everingham for the National Parks Association of NSW. The plan was … Continue reading →

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Victoria Brook Walk – 7 November 2024

Bob had suggested this walk a while back. He was keen to look for a pass from the gorge section of the Brook to the ridge the goes out to Odin Head. The interesting thing about the pass was that … Continue reading →

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Yeramba Lagoon Walk – 4 November 2024

This was another walk led by Brian Everingham for the National Parks Association of NSW. Yeramba Lagoon, in the Georges River National Park is a very pleasant place to visit. In the morning ,we did a circuit walk around the … Continue reading →

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Visit to Mt Kaputar National Park – 26 October – 1 November 2024

My friend Wendy invited me to join her on a trip to visit Mt Kaputar National Park. It’s a place that I have never visited, but have been keen to go for a long time. We had a marvellous and … Continue reading →

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Jungaburra Ledges and Wilkinson Hill Walk – 24 October 2024

I think this walk is a staple of the Upper Blue Mountains Bushwalking Club. It uses a rock climbers access track, from Bells Line of Road,  then deviates through untracked bush, and then you descend to a lower ledge, which … Continue reading →

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Northern Beaches – Aboriginal Art Sites and The Dee Why to Curl Curl Undercliff Walk – 17 October 2024

Bob and myself had been talking about doing the under cliff walk between  Dee Why and Curl Curl for some time now – but to do it requires not only a low tide, but a very low tide. And with … Continue reading →

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Kangaroo Creek Walk – 10 October 2024

I had never walked down the lower section of Kangaroo Creek in Royal National Park. I am talking about the section below The Olympic Pool to where water banks up from Audley Weir. I had suggested it as place to … Continue reading →

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Cape Baily Walk – 3 October 2024

About a year ago, I had been on a walk with Valerie to the Cape Baily area of Kamay Botany Bay National Park and been amazed by the magnificent flannel flowers that were out. I suggested to Valerie and Sue … Continue reading →

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