Another walk into the Blue Labyrinth
Martin and myself headed out last weekend to explore some creeks and ridges near Erskine Creek. After a late start we set out along the Jack Evans Track. This is an easy, well made and maintained track. Near the start are some rock platforms that give excellent views of Erskine Creek. Around us the wild flowers were in full bloom. It was only August! Too early for the flowers to be out! Climate change at work? Continue reading
Last weekend I returned to the Grose River, walking from Mt Victoria to Blackheath. I was hoping that the wattle would be in full flower. The wattle was good, although perhaps not as a good as a previous walk two years ago.
I started by walking out to Victoria Falls Lookout and the down to the Falls and then to the Grose River at Burra Korain Flat. Continue reading
There was a significant birthday to celebrate. Pantoneys Crown is hard to beat for a venue.
A group of us (Chantal, Mitch, Peter, Myles and Jane) set off from the hill above Baal Bone Gap on Saturday morning. Down a very steep hill – watching some 4WD antics on the way – then out to the Gap and the pressure reducing station. Our latish start mean it was better to walk the fast route to the Crown on the Saturday, and return via the longer but more scenic Baal Bone Point route on the Sunday.
Erskine Creek is a beautiful wild creek in the Blue Labyrinth Section of Blue Mountains National Park. It starts off as Bedford Creek and has a source close to Wentworth Falls and Kings Tableland. Downstream, the name changes to “Erskine Creek” – and the creek is a lot more remote.
It lies in an area explored by the Warrigal Club and in particular, two great bushwalkers, Harry Whaite and Jack Gibson, in a period between World War 1 and 2.
A friend, Steffy, had suggested this walk. I had been to the start before – at the Sphinx at North Turramurra and had visited Bobbin Head on bike ride, but never down the walk along Cowan Creek. Also a commentator to this blog had also suggested the walk.
Cold and windy weather was forecast, so I thought that it would be a good day for the walk and it should be relatively sheltered along the side of Cowan Creek. It was. I had a very pleasant walk. Continue reading
After reading a report on the Cycle Atlas Site about this ride, I thought that it had been a long time since my bike had been out that way and it was about time to do it again.
The ride is a loop that starts from Hornsby or nearby and visits Galston Gorge, Berowra Waters and Bobbin Head. On my old website it is ride 4.1 Continue reading
I headed up to Glenbrook once again to try and obtain more photographs of Glenbrook Gorge. My previous visit (and here) had been rewarding but Glenbrook Creek was very low and the water looked quite polluted.
This time, I found the water level much higher and the pools were very clear.
The entrance to the national park is about a ten minute walk from Glenbrook Station and then it another ten minutes or so down to Glenbrook Creek at the start of the Gorge. Continue reading
Stu had organised a group of rock climbers to head out to the cliffs of Barrenjoey to spend a morning weeding – removing bitou bush and asparagus. This was one of series of weekends that Stu had organised with the National Parks and Wildlife Service to help with bush regeneration.
Barrenjoey is a popular place for rock climbing. This was the first time I had been out there for weeding. Continue reading
“Kanangra” had suggested this walk on the Bushwalking Forum. I met up with Digi Dave at Heathcote and we set off down the track to the Karloo Pool.
When we arrived, we found there was a huge party of children there, some of them swimming in the pool. The water sure looked cold. We took a few photos and then headed off towards Uloola Falls. Continue reading
It had been a long time since I had been in this area. One place I hadn’t been to for a very long time was Kingdom Come on the Woronora River. I wasn’t even sure I could remember the way there.
I started from Waterfall and walked to the start of the Bullawarring Track and followed the track down to Heathcote Creek. The track continues past some nice pools. The best of these was the Kingfisher Pool. Above the pool are some attractive cascades. The top one flows down a hole into a tunnel to emerge lower down. Very interesting. Continue reading
