I was heading up the Blue Mountains with Bob for a bushwalk. The weather forecast was not good and in discussing trip we had decide to visit Yondell Ridge at Springwood and look for an old historic track.

I had heard reports of this track that links Yondell Ridge with the Magdala Creek track a few years back, and on Sassafras Gully walks had kept a lookout for it while walking up Magdala Creek. I didn’t think it was Riley to be at the junction of Magdala Creek and Glenbrook Creek as the cliffs there are quite high and don’t break. I had looked in several areas upstream along Magdala Creek looking for the reported old stone steps, but I had seen nothing likely. I knew about a track will upstream that leaves Magdala Creek and heads up onto Yondell Ridge – but that didn’t seem like the right one. Continue reading








