Breakfast Creek – Coxs River Walk – 24-25 November 2012

John and Chuin Nee invited me to join them on an overnight walk in the Blue Mountains. They wanted to take their young baby – Jasper (6 months old) – on his first two day bushwalk. The forecast was for hot weather. So a walk down Breakfast Creek to the Coxs River sounded like a good idea.

The Coxs River

On saturday morning we set of from the Dunphy Camping Area at Carlon’s Farm in Megalong Valley. The first part of the walk was down Carlon’s Creek. With recent warm weather -there were plenty of stinging nettles about so we had to tread carefully.

Nettles in Carlons Creek

By the time we arrived at Breakfast Creek, the nettles had gone. But so had the water! The creek was surprisingly dry. There were a few skanky looking pools here and there but most of the creekbed was bone dry.

Jasper enjoying the bush

On our way down the creek, we only saw one snake. We did see plenty of goannas and one echidna.

At the Coxs River, we camped just below the Breakfast Creek junction on a nice grassy bank. While John and Chuin Nee entertained Jasper, I spent a bit of time photo-pfaffing along the riverbank. Not far downstream was a nice large swimming hole. A swim was a must. The water was very pleasant.

Some other campers were in the area – a party of three fishermen. They had seen plenty of carp but few trout. After dark, they returned past our campsite again and told us that had caught two rainbow trout.

On Sunday morning we had a leisurely start. Our way out was up Ironmonger Ridge and it was building up to be another hot day. At least it became quite shady as we ascended. On the top we had lunch and then walked out along the ridge to a good lookout before walking back to the car at the Dunphy Camping Ground.

After coffee in Blackheath, we decided that it would be worth driving out to nearby Anvil Rock Lookout to watch a passing storm.

More photos of the walk can be found on my website here.