A Few Days up the Mountains

I headed up the mountains with Digi Dave for three days of photography. We spent time at Wentworth Falls and Blackheath.

Asmodeus pool

First spot we visited was the Nature Walk at Wentworth Falls. This was was pleasant but bot that great. I was expecting more having walked part of it many times on the way to Empress Canyon high up in the Valley of The Waters. It starts by traversing at the head of the valley through bush – but very close to houses. Nothing special. Then is descends through a hanging swamp to Edinburgh Castle Rock and things start to improve. 

The best section is along the creek, just before the Valley of the Waters. The Pool of Asmodeus is quite beautiful. Its not far from the pool to the start of Empress Canyon, and then not far to the Valley of the Waters track. After this short walk – we headed out to Prince’s Rock Lookout closer to Wentworth Falls to photograph the late afternoon.

We camped that night at Perrys Lookdown. The campsites there are very sheltered which we though would be good in the forecast rain and wind. After a very pleasant evening, it did rain during the night – mainly in the morning and Saturday was quite a wet day. It was not worth getting up for dawn despite the lookout being very close. Views were quite restricted and dull rather than atmospheric.

I walked the short distance to Anvil Rock. Views from here were much better and so was the foreground material for photographs.

Early in the afternoon, we packed up and headed to Govetts Leap. It was still raining – but the weather seemed to be breaking. As it turned out, we had on and off again rain most of the afternoon. Still we were able to obtain some photographs close to Bridal Veil Falls and Braeside Creek above the falls.

We spent the next night visiting friends at Blackheath, and next morning got up early to head out to Evans Lookout for dawn. This time the weather had improved! There was even a small amount of mist in the valley. It really would have been a nice morning in Blue Gum Forest waking up with sunlight streaming through the valley mist.

We then headed to the track above Centennial Glen and completed the walk through the glen, and then along the Collier Causeway and back up Porters Pass. This is quite a nice loop.

More photos are on my website – Nature Walk, Perrys Lookdown and Anvil Rock, Govetts Leap, Evans Lookout and Porters Pass.