Worth A Stop

Blackheath Rhododendron Gardens. Acres of gardens in a bush setting. Rhododendrons not quite at their best yet. Run and maintained by volunteers who told me mid October is the time to visit. The Camellia and Pieris were putting on a good show now.

Pulpit Rock,Little Zig Zag,Bushrangers Cave and Reinits Pass

Another Pulpit Rock, this one at Mt Victoria with views over the Kanimbla Valley. Walked from our Mt Victoria accommodation to Pulpit Rock then down Reinnits Pass and up Little Zig Zag to Bushrangers Cave and back to Pulpit Rock. 6.6klm for the loop.

Pulpit Rock

Kanimbla Valley 

Hourn Point 

Then down under the cliffs.

looking back up at Hourn Point. 

Kanimbla Views again 

Bushrangers Cave 

The view from the cave. 

Pulpit Rock Blackheath

Pulpit Rock is a spectacular and vertiginous lookour on the western rim of Govett Gorge. Three levels of lookout take you further out over the cliffs and pillars of rock standing over the gorge.

Amazing walls of cliff looking back towards Govetts Leap.

Bridal Veil Falls swaying in the wind. 

The walls of the Lycon Plateau with Lockley Pylon on the left.

Lockley Pylon 

Lookong down the Grose Valley to Mt Hay 

Du Faur Head 

Braeside Walk

The Braeside walk at Blackheath takes you along Govetts Leap Brook to Barrow Lookout at Bridal Veil Falls and then along the clifftop to Govetts Leap Lookout. We left one car at Govetts Leap and drove back to the start of the Braeside Track.

The grand view from Govetts Leap Lookout

Bridal Veil Falls (Govetts Leap-Leap being Scottish for a waterfall) 

The start of the walk 

Very pretty and easy walking following Govetts Leap Brook. 

The view from Barrow Lookout. Bridal Veil Falls just showing at the left of the photo. 

Amazing walls and hanging gardens  

Bridal Veil Falls 

Horseshoe Falls 

Across the chasm to Lockley Pylon

and Mt Hay 

Venus Tor and Boorong Crags 

Govetts Brook as it flows over the cliff. 

Lockley Pylon and Mt Hay again 

Pulpit Rock 

Back to Govetts Leap Lookout and Bridal Veil Falls 

A short and easy walk with big rewards.