Bob was keen on another trip to Mt Banks to check out some of the ledges. The year before we had both traversed a ledge across the face of Mt Banks. That ledge followed a shale band called the Wentworth Falls Claystone. But neither of us had visited the Half-way Ledge on Mt Banks. This ledge is lower and follows the Mt York Claystone layer. Bob had found some information to access the ledge here on the Sydney Rockies website.

We set off from the Mt Banks carpark and straight away left the road and tracks and headed into the bush in the general direction the notes suggested. It was actually quite easy going. Not too scrubby and not too steep. At one point, we had to cross a small gully and it was not far past this that we started looking for the ramp described in the Rockies notes. Continue reading








