Last weekend I went on what was more or less a repeat of a trip I did in late May to some canyons in the Gardens of Stone National Park. Some friends hadn’t been to these canyons and given the cold weather forecast – some dry canyons seemed a good idea.
So I will post here a few of the photos from the second trip. Once more they show a selection of images of the delicate rock formations found near the canyons as well as the canyons themselves. On the trip were Su Li, Wendy, Dave W and myself.
Su Li took this photo of me wandering out along this fragile bit of rock
The Milky Way from our campsite
The globular cluster – Omega Centauri
Su Li abseiling
More photos can be viewed on my website here.
Dear David,
we are two girls from Germany and would like to travel around Australia for a couple of weeks.
We saw your pictures from the “Gardens of Stone National Park” and are really impressed! Unfortunately, we couldn’t find an appropriate starting point. We would like to rent a 2WD from Sydney and then thought to leave it in Capertee Valley. Is there a possibility to start the hike from there? We would really like to reach the tops of those fragile rocks (which are also to be seen on your site :)).
Or would you recommend a 4WD to the National Park?
Please note that this is just a day trip, so which way would be the best to make sure that we can reach all the most impressive parts of the park?
Thank you for your suggestions and we look forward to receiving your response.
Best, Alessandra & Anna
Many parts of there Gardens of Stone need a good knowledge of the back roads to reach and are hard to explain. It will also be quite hot in December and that limits what you can do a bit. It is best to stay close to water. It may be easier to visit parts of Blue Mountains National Park and Wollemi National Park which are in the same area and can be reached by 2WD. Many visitors from overseas go to National Pass and the Valley of the Waters at Wentworth Falls and the Grand Canyon at Blackheath – both in Blue Mountains National Park. Too see pagoda rock formations you could do the Pagoda Track near the Glow Worm Tunnel and for a nice canyon you can visit the “Dry Canyon”, see notes here and see my blog. The Capertee Valley can be very hot in summer.