Bob and myself had seen recent photos on social media taken by Peter Raines near Flagstaff Hill on Bells Line Of Road, of a new landslide somewhere close to Victoria Falls. Peter determined that the landslide was probably at the end of there ridge between Victoria Brook and Victoria Creek. We were interested in having a closer look at the landslide, so we decided to walk out to the southern part of Odin Head.
Doug joined Bob and myself for the trip. We first visited Victoria Falls Lookout – where we got great views of the Grose Valley but we could not see the new landslide.
Burra Korain Head
So, we headed back along the road and Bob parked near the rough track that goes out to Odin Head. We were soon walking out to the head.
We left the track and ventured down to the southern part of Odin Head to great rock platform overlooking the junction of Victoria Brook and Victoria Creek.
From here we got a great view of the new landslide.
Last year, Bob and myself had done a series of walks in the area. On one of these walks, we had gone along the Carawatha Ridge from Blackheath, to a point right on top of where the landslide took place.
This photo is looking down Victoria Creek –
Another view of the landslide and creek junction.
On the walk out, we had noticed this cairn and wooden post. We wondered who had built it. Bushwalker’s cairns do not normally have an upright post. It was right above a gully that may have been used as an access route to Victoria Brook at a point where the rock inscriptions had been made by Rienits and other early miners. See my blog post from 2022.
There is another gully with a pass that utilises spikes in a tree upstream of this point in Victoria Brook. See my blog post here.
We then walked back to Bob’s car. It was still quite early, and we decided to visit Evans Lookout to have our lunch. Here we could see the other recent much bigger landslide on Carne Wall –
And also, the “Seahorse” landslide from a few years back near Lockleys Pylon.
Travelling back down the mountains, we stopped for a break at Emu Plains where we visited the Penrith Regional Gallery on River Road, Emu Plains.
At the gallery are two Aboriginal engravings that have been relocated after roadwork at Brookvale. A human figure and a fish.
We had refreshments at the Gallery cafe.
Some of the artworks –
Much of the gallery is located in an old house requested by local art lovers the Lewers.
