A canyoning trip had been planned, but a few of us had gotten sick with colds and flu, so a shorter walk to Erskine Creek seemed a good idea.
After meeting at Glenbrook, five of us, Wendy, Keith, Peter, Steph and myself headed out into Blue Mountains National Park for the Pisgah Rock Track. It was a short walk to the lookout at Pisgah Rock, but on the way, we had detoured to visit the Attic Cave. This historic camping place was used as accomodation by some of the early bushwalkers to the area.
Attic Cave
From Pisgah Rock, we descended steeply down the Tierney Track to the junction of Erskine Creek and Lincoln Creek. We dumped our packs at the campsite and headed staight down to the lower end of the big pool for a swim. The water temperature was perfect! We stayed in the pool until lunch, which had back at the campsite.
In the afternoon, I remained back at camp, while the others headed upstream to the Dadder Cave. During most of this time it rained lightly. When not raining, I spent time on the slabs below the campsite photographing. This is a very attractive area with nice rock formations, straggling water gums and some beautiful cascades. Compared to previous visits (see here and here), the creek level was a bit low and there was some algae on the rock.
A family group had come down, but they were only visiting for the day, and that evening we had the whole area to ourselves. Also, the rain held off until late in the evening.
Lincoln Creek
Next morning, the sky was still grey, but the weather was better. No rain. After a visit up Lincoln Creek, we spent ore time swimming and enjoying the rock slabs downstream of the big pool. I undertook some more photography.
One interesting thing we saw was spotted by Keith. It was a small eel that was swimming in one of the shallow rock pools on the slabs.
After an early lunch, we climbed back out via the Tierney Track to Pisgah Rock and then back to the carpark.
Erskine Creek is a great place to visit, especially in summer, as the big pool must surely be one of the best swimming holes available in the mountains.
More photos of the trip are online on my website here.