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1000 Man Cave
1000 Man Cave is a huge overhang under the rim rock on the south-east side of Ti Willa Plateau above the headwaters of Little Gingra...
100 Man Cave
100 Man Cave is a large overhang under the rim rock on the north-west side of Ti Willa Plateau just a short walk from Ti...
Airly Aerial Cableway
The cableway at Airly runs from a point near the winding engine and boiler, south, up the steep slope and past the cliff line to...
Airly Basin
Airly Basin is a small round hanging valley on the northern side of Gap CreeK, just a short walk from Airly Gap. The little valley...
Airly Canyon
Airly Canyon is a short canyon starting on Mt Airly and running east to Airly Village. The canyon can be traversed in either direction. A...
Airly Frustum
Airly Frustum is a large cavern that has been eroded beneath the pagodas by water. The cavern is very narrow at the back, moist and...
Airly Gap
Airly Gap is the main entrance by road to the newly created Mugii Murum-ban State Conservation Area. The Mugii Murum-ban State Conservation Area will protect...
Airly Gap Campground
Airly Gap Campground is a lovely sheltered spot at the gateway to Mugii Murum-ban SCA. There are no facilities - bring everything and take it...
Airly Mines
Shale Oil Mining activities at Mount Airly commenced in the last 1880s and continued until the mid 1920s. Activity in the area was intense. Supporting...
Airly Return Chute
The Airly Return Chute is a long gently sloping slot that provides a route through the Mt Airly cliff line just north of Airly Gap....
Airly Self-Acting Incline
The Self-Acting Incline & Steel Rope Haulage Tramway at Airly ran from the end of the Southern Tramway to Capertee. It was a double track...
Airly Southern Pagodas
The Pagodas that mark Mt Airly's southern boundary are amongst the best to be found anywhere. High above the valley floor these dome shaped rock...
Airly Southern Tramway
There were 2 main mining periods at Mt Airly. Each was serviced by its own tramway. A single track, narrow-gauge, horse-drawn tramway ran south then...
Airly Turret
Airly Turret is a rocky peak about 2 kilometres south-east of Mt Airly and adjacent to the south-western slopes of Genowlan Mountain. The are excellent...
Airly Turret Slot
Airly Turret Slot is a large slot immediately to the north of Airly Turret. The slot is perhaps 100m long and almost 50m high and...
Airly Village
When Oil Shale Mining started in 1883 at Mt Airly and Torbane, a small village named Airly sprang up in the valley immediately to the...
Arabanoo Creek
Arabanoo Creek starts where First Ascent Creek joins the stream from Marrilman Gully. The creek flows south for just on 6.5 kilometres to join Christys...
Asgard Swamp Coal Mine
The site for the Asgard Mine was developed over many years, probably from 1880 to 1925. There is a well constructed Kiln just near the...
Baal Bone Gap Hand Stencils
Baal Bone Gap is one of a few natural routes between the Capertee Valley and the upper reaches of the Coxs River and the Long...
Baal Bone Point
Baal Bone Point is a narrow peninsular projecting north west into the Capertee Valley. It is just over 2.3km south west of Pantoneys Crown and...
Bald Trig
Bald Trig is located on Bald Hill, a high point between the Bunglebbori Creek to the north and the Wollangambe River to the south. Bald...
Banks Wall
Banks Wall is the western escarpment of Mt Banks, stretching north from Frank Hurley Head to Banks Gully for 2 kilometres. In places the cliffs...
Banshee Tops
Banshee Tops is a large plateau at the southern end of the Boyd Plateau extending from Wheengee Tor across Mt Pallin to Ghosts Mountain. It...
Barrallier Passes
Mt Barrallier is just south of Mt Wallarra and almost completely surrounded by cliffs. Heath almost totally blocks access to Mt Barrallier from the ridge...
Barralliers Crown
Barralliers Crown is a butte, a remnant rocky outcrop on a ridgeline running south-east from Mt Barrallier. The columns at the northern and southern ends...
Bell Range
The Bell range divides the Grose River system and the Colo River system between Bell in the west and Kurrajong Heights in the east, a...
Bells Grotto
Bell's Grotto is a narrow canyon created by erosion from Tunnel Creek. The old Wolgan Valley Railway ran through canyons & valleys for some distance...
Bell Trig
Bell Trig is a minor Trig Station on Watertrough Hill, about 2.5k ESE from Bell. There are excellent views from the top of Watertrough Hill....
Berghofers Pass
Early motor vehicles could not cope with the steep grades on Mitchells Victoria Pass. Berghofer's Pass was built as an alternative route. The route starts...
Big Misty
Big Misty is a mountain at the southern edge of Thurat Tops and overlooks Kanangra Falls and Thurat Spires. Southerly winds often produce mist over...
Birds Rock
Birds Rock is one of the highest points in the region. A remnant of an old pagoda, Birds Rock offers wonderful views, particularly of the...
Birds Rock Trig
Birds Rock Trig is a Trig Station located at Birds Rock beside the Birds Rock Fire Trail. Birds Rock Trig was origininally called Sunnyside Trig...
Birrabang Canyon
Birrabang Canyon is a small canyon in Birrabang Brook between Bells Line of Road and the Grose Valley. There are no abseils in Birrabang Canyon....
Birrabang Ridge
Birrabang Ridge runs from Bells Line of Road to Birrabang Walls and offers something for everyone. The views of the Grose Valley from Birrabang Walls...
Black Banksia Falls
Black Banksia Falls is a waterfall on Box Creek 1km east of Box Creek Falls and 2km north east of Gillespies Lookout. Box Creek drops...
Black Billy Head Mine
The coal mine under Black Billy Head probably operated in the early 1900s. Fill behind a stone retaining wall provided a level working area outside...
Blackfellows Hand Rock
Blackfellows Hand Rock is a rocky outcrop on the edge of the Newnes Plateau just under 1 kilometre SE of Wolgan Gap. In a sheltered...
Blackfellows Hand Shelter
Cave Art at Blackfellows Hand Rock is a reminder of the Aboriginal Culture inand around the Wolgan Valley. The Art consists of Stencils depicting hands...
Blackhorse Mountain
Blackhorse Mountain is a high point on the narrow ridge running between Mt Warrigal and Mt Mouin in the Wild Dog Mountains There are some...
Black Horse Ridge
Black Horse Ridge is just over 3 kilometres long, running from Black Horse Mountain north north-west to Breakfast Creek. The ridge is often used to...
Black Horse Ridge Grinding Grooves
There are a number of Grinding Grooves at the northern end of Black Horse Ridge on a rock shelf overlooking the Breakfast Creek valley. There...
Blackmans Crown
Blackmans Crown is a significant pagoda outcrop on Crown Ridge in the Capertee Reserve. There are a number of different routes to the top of...
Blacks Corner
Blacks Corner is a high promontory at the northern end of Mt Airly. There is a large basalt cap at the summit. On the northern...
Blair Athol No 4 Coal Mine
The Blair Athol Coal Mine at Mount Victoria was the 4th Mine owned by the Blair Athold Coal & Timber company. The mine adit runs...
Bleichert Ropeway of the Jamison Valley
The Bleichert Aerial Ropeway was built by John North to transport oil shale from his mines near the Ruined Castle to the Katoomba Incline, some...
Blue Rock Gap
Blue Rock Gap is located about 600 metres north east of Mt Davidson and 800 metres south west of Hughes Defile. Huge pagodas tower above...
Borenore Arch Cave
The Arch Cave is located in the Borenore Caves Reserve, 17 kilometres west of Orange on the western slopes of Mt Canobolas. The cave is...
Borenore Caves Reserve
Borenore Caves Reserve is located 17 kilometres west of Orange on the western slopes of Mt Canobolas. Boree Creek which runs through the Arch Cave...
Borenore Tunnel Cave
The Tunnel Cave is a long, dark passage, about 110 metres long, which emerges from the base of a large hill. The top entrance looks...
Borenore Verandah Cave
The Verandah Cave is beautiful limestone overhang that was eroded by the creek that flows through it. There are large pools in the cool shaded...
Bottleneck Pass
Bottleneck Pass is a narrow pass through the rugged cliff line between Radiata Plateau and the Blue Mountains Range. The pass allows access into the...
Box Creek Falls
Box Creek Falls is a large waterfall on Box Creek about 1.6k upstream from the junction with the Kowmung River. The falls drop some 200...
Boyd Plateau
Boyd Plateau is upland mostly above 1200 metres and bounded by the Great Dividing Range near Jenolan Caves to the north, the Jenolan River to...
Boyd Range
The Boyd Range runs for about 15 kilometres from the Boyd Trig Station on Kanangra Tops down to Joalah Mountain above the junction of the...
Boyd River Campground
Boyd River Campground is located at Boyd Crossing, 6 kilometres from Kanangra Walls on the Kanangra Road. The campground is well equipped with around 30...
Boyds Tower
Boyds Tower is at Red Point on the southern side of the entrance to Twofold Bay. The Tower was built by Ben Boyd in 1847...
Boyd Trig
Boyd Trig is a minor trig station located on the Kanangra Range at The Granites Lookout. Boyd Trig is just under 1 kilometre North East...
Breakfast Creek
Breakfast Creek runs west from Glenraphael Swamp on Narrow Neck Plateau to the Coxs River. Although a small creek and often dry it carries tremendous...
Brennan Wall
Brennan Wall is a narrow peninsular, bounded east & west by cliffs, running about 800 metres SSW from Brennan Top towards Mt Jingery. Brennan Wall...
Broken Whungee
Broken Whungee is about 1.5 kilometres north west of Mt Wheengee Whungee. A buttress from Broken Whungee runs in an easterly direction for almost 1...
Budgary Creek
Budgary Creek rises on the eastern side of the Newnes State Forest and drains into Rocky Creek, a total distance of less than 10 kilometres....
Budthingeroo Trig
Budthingeroo Trig is a minor Trig Station on Mt Budthingeroo on the Boyd Plateau. The disc has fallen. Trees have grown all around the trig, limiting...
Bungleboori Dam
The dam on Bungleboori Creek was built during 1942 to augment the Lithgow water supply if the existing supply failed. When completed the dam could...
Bushlanders Point
Bushlanders Point on Mt Barrallier overlooks Wallarra Ridge and Barralliers Crown. There is a small rock platform on Bushlanders Point that provides fantastic views across...
Bushwalkers Hill
Bushwalkers Hill is a slight elevation on Narrow Neck Plateau about halfway between Carlon Head and CMW Head and about 6k from the Locked Gate....
Cambage Spire
Cambage Spire is a single peak on Bullhead Ridge 1km south of Bullhead Mountain, overlooking Arabanoo Canyon and the Kowmung River. There are excellent views...
Camels Hump
The Camels Hump is a hill 1.25km from Mt Bell and 1.5km from Tomah South Trig. The Camels Hump is bounded by Claustral Brook and...
Canyon Colliery
After unsuccessful attempts to open a colliery in Koombanda Brook, first in 1920 & then in the late 1940s, Hartley Vale No 4 was opened...
Cape Pinnacle
Cape Pinnacle is on the northern end of Finger 1 Promontory in the Gardens of Stone National Park. It is a small tower of large...
Capertee National Park
Capertee National Park is located in the Capertee Valley, just to the north of the Mugii Murum-ban SCA. The park protects a 12km section of...
Capertee Reserve
The Capertee Reserve is an area over about 366 hectares immediately south of the village of Capertee and west of the Lithgow to Gwabegar Railway...
Carlon Head
Carlon Head is a promontory on the western side of Narrow Neck Plateau about 1.25k from Bushwalkers Hill. Carlon Head was named after the Carlon...
Carmarthen Ridge
Carmarthen Ridge runs from the Bell Range to the junction of Carmarthen Brook & Explorers Brook, almost 9 kilometres away. While the ridge generally runs...
Castle Cliff Trig
Castle Cliff Trig is a minor Trig Station on Castle Head, overlooking the Jamison Valley. It is an easy track walk out to Castle Head...
Castle Head
Castle Head is a promontory on the eastern side of Narrow Neck Plateau between Cedar Creek and Causeway Creek. Cedar Head overlooks the Ruined Castle...
Cattle Dog Ridge
Cattle Dog Ridge is almost 2.5 kilometres long, running north from the eastern end of Blue Dog Ridge to Breakfast Creek. The ridge is sometimes...
Cave Hotel
The Cave Hotel is a deep cave located on the northern side of Bell's Line of Road between Mt Charles and Mt Bell. The western...
Cedar Head
Cedar Head is a promontory on the eastern side of Narrow Neck Plateau about 1.5 kilometres north east from Bushwalkers Hill. Cedar Head overlooks the...
Centennial Pass
Centennial Pass is a pass through the cliff line at Centennial Glen at Blackheath. The path allows access to the Kanimbla Valley. Centennial Glen was...
Central Christys
Central Christys is the junction of Wheengee Whungee Creek and Christys Creek. There were large rainbow trout in the lovely pools at Central Christys when...
Charles Trig
Charles Trig is a minor trig station location on Mt Charles, 3.7k north by north-east of Mt Banks and 4k south of Wynnes Rock at...
Christys Creek
Christys Creek rises near Rocky Top and flows down to join the Kowmung below Cambage Spire. Along its 13 kilometre journey Christys Creek drops 1,000...
Christys Creek Junction
Christys Creek Junction is where Christys Creek joins the Kowmung River. Access from Kanangra Walls could be down Colboyd Ridge, Bullhead Ridge or along Arabanoo...
City In The Sky
The City in the Sky is a large outcrop of pagodas that towers over the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Dinosaurs....
Clarence Arch
Clarence Arch is an erosion residual, all that remains of a collapsed cave or overhang. The Clarence Arch is quite large, maybe 15 metres, 15...
Clarkes Lookout
Clarkes Lookout is on Lions Head Ridge, between Lions Head and Double Hill. Visitors are rewarded with wonderful views over the Kedumba Valley and Mt...
Clear Hill
Clear Hill is small rise on the southern most point of Narrow Neck Plateau. There are panoramic views to the east, south and west. There...
CMW Head
CMW Head is a promontory on the eastern side of Narrow Neck Plateau about 1.2 kilometres east from Bushwalkers Hill. Cedar Head overlooks the Cedar...
Coachwood Glen
Coachwood Glen is a small nature reserve in a Megalong Valley gorge eroded by Pulpit Hill Creek between the Shipley Plateau and the Blue Mountains...
Coco Creek Cave
Coco Creek Cave is a small cave located on private property in the Capertee Valley. The cave is at the foot of a small hill...
Colboyd Ridge
Colboyd Ridge runs from the foot of the cliffs below Pindari Top, south for about 3.25 kilometres and then south-east for another 3 kilometres to...
Cottage Rock
Cottage Rock is a large rocky outcrop at the top of the Gingra Range, about 300 metres south east from Murrarang Head and the Coal...
Coxs River
The Coxs River rises in the Blue Mountains just north of Lithgow at Gardiners Gap and flows 100k into Lake Burragorang. This picturesque little river...
Crafts Wall
Crafts Wall is the north western escarpment of a small mesa on the ridgeline running south-west from Mt Cloudmaker. It is about 5.5 kilometres north...
Crown Ridge Shale Mine
The mines at Crown Ridge operated in 1896 & periodically from 1905 to 1932. In 1922 a Stockhausen Retort was built at Crown Ridge and...
Dalpura Canyon
Dalpura Canyon lies between Dalpura Ridge and Jinki Ridge. The canyon is usually entered with an abseil or a jump down a waterfall. Bushwalkers can...
Dalpura Ridge
Dalpura Ridge runs from Bells Line of Road to the Grose Valley, bounded on the west by Dalpura Creek and by Birrabang Creek on the...
Danae Ridge
Danae Ridge is a narrow ridge that runs 2.5 kilometres from Mt Thurat to Mt Danae. It looks the obvious route to take between Mts...
Dance Floor Cave
The Dance Floor Cave is a large overhang a little way south from Murdering Gully along the base of the Seymour Top cliff line. The...
Dargan Arch
Dargan Arch is an erosion residual, all that remains of a collapsed cave or overhang. The Dargan Arch is large, maybe 15 metres long, 10...
Deanes Creek
Deanes Creek rises on the northern side of the Newnes State Forest, just to the west of Galah Mountain and flows into Rocky Creek. The...
Deanes Creek Stencils
These beautiful Hand Stencils on a sheltered rock face near a Deanes Creek tributary are a reminder of the Aboriginal Culture in the region. This...
Dex Creek
Dex Creek is a small creek that rises about 500 metres north east of Mt Cloudmaker & flows into TiWilla Creek about 2.5 kilometres away...
Diamond Falls
Diamond Falls plunges is a waterfall on Diamond Creek where it over the Narrow Neck escarpment into the Megalong Valley below. Good views of the...
Dingo Gap
Dingo Gap is the saddle between Mt Merrimerrigal and Mt Dingo in the Wild Dog Mountains. It has been quiet and peaceful each time I...
Dione Dell
Dione Dell is a small creek that between Dione Top, Marrilman Heath and the Kanangra Road. It rises in swampy ground near the Kanangra Road...
Dismal Dingle
Dismal Dingle is a gully that runs from just east of Mt Bell down to Claustral Brook, 1100 metres away. George Caley named Dismal Dingle...
Donkey Mountain
Donkey Mountain is an isolated mesa in the Wolgan Valley. It is part of the Gardens of Stone National Park. The top of the mountain...
Donkey Steps
Donkey Steps was the name given to the the original route into the Wolgan Valley in the late 1860s. The route can still be seen...
Drum Cave
The Drum Cave is a large overhang just south of The Dance Floor Cave along the base of the Seymour Top cliff line. The cave...
Du Faurs Rocks Grinding Grooves
These Aboriginal Grinding Grooves and the Water Pot are on a rock platform near Du Faurs Rock overlooking Du Faur Creek. Shortly after rain, the...
Duncans Pass
Duncan's Pass provides an alternate route to Tarros Ladder through the Clear Hill lower cliff line. Duncans Pass heads east around the nose of the...
Dunns Swamp
Dunns Swamp was created when the Kandos Weir was built in 1930, to provide water for the Kandos Cement Plant. The dam is located in...
Dunns Swamp Stencils
Cave Art at Dunns Swamp is a reminder of the culture of the Wiradjuri people who lived in the vicinity for more than 12,000 years....
Dunphys Campground
Dunphys Campground is the gateway to some of the wilder parts of the Blue Mountains. Tracks lead off to the Wild Dog Mountains, Iron Pot...
Dunphys Lookout
Dunphys Lookout is a rock platform at the southern tip of Mt Wallarra. The lookout is almost impossible to see from anywhere else but it...
Dunphys Pass
Dunphys Pass consists of 2 scrambles, 1 through the upper Narrow Neck cliff line and the other through the lower. The scrambles are linked by...
Echo Head
Echo Head is a bluff between Kittani Rim and Kanangra Walls and 400m north of Mt Kanangra. Thurate Walls Lookout and Kanangra Walls Lookout are...
Edgeworth David Head
Edgeworth David Head was named after pre-eminent goeologist and explorer Sir Tannant William Edeworth David. There are excellent views of David Crevasse & the Grose...
Emu Cave
The Emu Cave is a deep cave located on the northern side of Bell's Line of Road between Mt Charles and Mt Bell. The western...
Explorers Brook
Explorers Brook rises in the ridges to the south of Mt Banks and flows north east to Carmarthen Brook, 8 kilometres away. The creek has...
Explorers Range
The Explorers Range runs from the Bell Range, about 2.5k west of Mt Charles down to the junction of Carmarthen Brook and the Grose River,...
Federal Falls
Federal Falls is a large waterfall in the Boree Creek valley just to the north of Mt Towac. The creek has eroded away the valley...
Ferny Flat
Ferny Flat is about 800 metres north of Mt Krungle Bungle along the Krungle Bungle Range. It is a fairly level area covered with open...
Finger 3 Promontory
The northen section of the Newnes Plateau has been heavily eroded into 5 promontories that dominate the southern boundary of the Wolgan Valley. Finger 3...
First Ascent Pass
Seymour Top is the first top crossed after climbing out of Murdering Gully when walking north-east along Kanangra Walls. It is best known for the...
First Ascent Plaque
Thomas Seymour located a pass through the eastern cliff line of Seymour Top in 1864 while hunting wild cattle. Seymour was probably the first white...
Flagstaff Hill
Flagstaff Hill is about 750 metres southeast of Watertrough Hill in the Bell Range. Despite the name there isn't a flag staff on Flagstaff Hill...
Flat Top
Flat Top is a tabletop hill on the Mt Hay Range. It is a short walk along a track from the Mt Hay Road to...
Galah Mountain
Galah Mountain is a hill between Deanes Creek and Rocky Creek and about 5k NNW of Natural Bridge and the The River Caves. Galah Trig...
Gallop Rock
Gallop Rock Lookout is a huge granite outcrop some 400 metres north west of Mt Goondel. The views from the top are limited however there...
Gangerang Range
The Gangerang Range runs from Kanangra Tops north east to Mount Koorain at the junction of the Kowmung and Coxs Rivers. The iconic Kanangra To...
Ganguddy Campground
The Ganguddy Campground at Dunns Swamp is located in the Wollemi National Park about 25 kilometres from Kandos and Rylstone. Dunns Swamp was created when...
Gap Creek
Gap Creek is an ephemeral stream that starts in the gorges on th eastern slopes of Mt Airly, just west of Airly Gap. It flows...
Gap Creek Pagodas
Gap Creek Pagodas surround Gap Creek which rises on the eastern slopes of Mt Airly. Gap Creek flows down through Airly Gap to join with...
Gasper Buttress
Gasper Buttress is a steep spur running from north east Mt Jenolan down to the Coxs River, almost 1.7 kilometres away. Gasper Buttress separates Gasper...
Genowlan Charcoal Sketches
Hidden deep in a gully on the side of Genowlan Mountain there is a small rock wall covered with charcoal sketches. The sketches are old...
Genowlan Mountain
Genowlan Mountain is a large mesa just north of the Gardens of Stone and east of another large mesa, Mt Airly. The mesas are separated...
Genowlan Mountain Stencils
Cave Art at Genowlan Mountain is a reminder of the Aboriginal Culture in and around the Capertee Valley. The Art consists of Stencils depicting hands...
Genowlan Pinch
Genowlan Pinch is a narrow defile allowing access through a pagoda cliff line on Genowlan Mountain. The slot is so narrow that you have to...
Genowlan Point
Genowlan Point is a narrow neck of land running north from Genowlan Mountain. The western & northern sides are defined by high cliffs, mostly impassable....
Genowlan Trig
Genowlan Trig is some 3k SSW of Genowlan Mountain, located on the same mesa. Trees have regrown around the Trig but there are excellent views...
Gentles Lookout
Gentles Lookout (Gentles Sheerdown) is a lookout offering commanding views over Thurat Spires & Kanangra Deep as well as into the Pooken Hole (the Den...
Gillespies Lookout
Gillespies Lookout is a viewpoint east of Boss Hill with views up the Kowmung River. Gillespies Lookout was named after John Gillespie, an early bushwalker...
Glenraphael Head
Glenraphael Head overlooks the Breakfast Creek catchment and allows stunning views over the Wild Dog Mountains, the Krungle Bungles & Ironpot Mountain. Glenraphael Head has...
Glenraphael Swamp
Glenraphael Swamp is abot 800 metres south of Bushwalkers Hill. The narrow swamp runs south-west for almost 500 metres before turning east for another 250...
Glen Shale Mine & Tramway
The Glen Shale Mines in the Megalong Valley operated between 1886 & about 1895. Shale extracted from the mine was transported via skips on a...
Glow Worm Tunnel
The Glow Worm Tunnel is one of 2 tunnels built for the Wolgan Valley Railway. The sweeping curve in the tunnel took the railway around...
Glow Worm Tunnel Cave House
Workers building the Wolgan Valley Railway needed somewhere to live close to where they were working. This cave house, constructed under an overhang in an...
Gogy Ridge
Gogy Ridge runs down from Rocky Top near the Kanangra Road to Upper Christys Creek. Most of the ridge is covered with a dry sclerophyll...
Golden Stairs
The Golden Stairs is a pass that leads up from Pitts Amphitheatre onto Narrow Neck Plateau. The track was developed from a pass used by...
Gordon Smith Pass
Gordon Smith Pass provides a fairly easy route from Brennan Top down to the Kilpatrick Causeway. Gordon Smith Pass was named after Gordon Smith, one...
Grand Canyon
The beautiful Grand Canyon runs from Blackheath to the Grose Valley. The canyon was carved out of the soft sandstone by Greaves Creek. A Walking...
Grand Gorge Lookout
The Grand Gorge Lookout is an old lookout, just off the beaten track, and not visited often. The Lookout is a short way through the...
Green Cape
Green Cape is a point some 25k SE of Eden on the NSW south coast. Green Cape Lighthouse is the southernmost lighthouse in NSW. In...
Hallett Tor
Hallett Tor is a large rock outcrop on the western side of Morong Hill overlooking Morong Deep. There are some wonderful views of the kowmung...
Harmil Ledge
Harmil Ledge is a long, narrow ledge running between Narrow Neck Plateau's upper and lower cliff lines. The ledge starts at a steep gully 150...
Hawk Fell
Hawk Fell is a narrow ridge running between Mt Guouogang and Mt Queahgong in the Krungle Bungle Range. The ridge is covered with broken rock...
Haystack Neck
Haystack Neck is an erosion residual linking Mt Haystack to the south-west & the hill to the north-east. The neck is about 15 metres wide...
Haystack Ridge
Haystack Ridge runs north-east from Bald Hills to the junction of Bowen and Mills Creek, almost 5 kilometres away. There are excellent views at various...
Headless Rider Point
Headless Rider Point is at the southern tip of Seymour Top. According to stories told by early cattlemen who camped on Seymour Top, they would...
Heliolater Point
Helioater Point protrudes from the western cliffs of Mt Barrallier and overlooks Shamash Deep. There is a large rock platform at Heliolater Point that provides...
Holts Heaven
Holts Heaven is a beautiful set of Pagodas on the southern side of the Bungleboori Creek and a short walk north from the Clarence Fire...
Honeycomb Canyon
Honeycomb Canyon is a beautiful Wollomi Canyon, rarely visited. Although the canyon is usually explored by abseillers, determined buhswalkers can get in & see its...
Inglis Lookout
The Inglis Lookout is an old lookout, hard to get to and so very rarely visited. The Lookout was named after Jimmy Inglis who guided...
Invincible Trig
Invincible Trig is on the Great Dividing Range, overlooking the Invincible Colliery. There are wonderful views from the top of the pagodas where the Trig...
Ironpot Mountain Grinding Grooves
There are Aboriginal Grinding Grooves and Pots on rock surfaces on Ironpot Mountain. Ironpot Mountain takes its name from the Pots which are thought to...
Isolated Rock
Isolated Rock is a butte, a remnant rocky outcrop on a ridgeline running south-west from Mt Kanangra. There are excellent views of isolated Rock from...
Jenolan Trig
Jenolan Trig is a minor trig station located on Mt Guouogang, the highest mountain of the Krungle Bungle Range. There aren't many views from the...
Jinki Gully
Jinki Gully lies between Jinki Ridge & Wilkinson Hill, running about 600 metres south-east to the Grose Valley. It has steep sides with significant cliffs...
Jinki Ridge
Jinki Ridge runs generally south west from Bells Line of Road to the Grose Valley, a distance of about 900 metres. Jungaburra Brook is to...
Johnston Falls
Johnston Falls, a beautiful waterfall on Wheengee Whungee Creek, plunges into a sheer sided amphitheatre in Shamash Deep. Large boulders are strewn everywhere, a hint...
Jungaburra Canyon
Jungaburra Brook runs from Watertrough Hill & flows into Koombanda Brook, cutting a deep gorge between Jungaburra Ridge & Wilkinson Hill. Jungaburra Brook runs underground...
Jungaburra Pass
Jungaburra Brook runs from Watertrough Hill & flows into Koombanda Brook, cutting a deep gorge between Jungaburra Ridge and Wilkinson Hill. The Pass in Jungaburra...
Kamarah Bluffs
Kamarah Bluffs are at the southern end of Kamarah Ridge, towering over the junction of Jungaburra & Koombanda Brooks. The bluffs are easily reached by...
Kamarah Point
Kamarah Point lies between Jungaburra Ridges & Kamarah Ridge. From Kamarah Point there are incredible views across & up the Upper Grose Valley. No less...
Kamarah Ridge
Kamarah runs from Bells Line of Road SSW to the Kamarah Bluffs, 2.8 kilometres away. A spur runs south immediately above Jungaburra Brook. The bluffs...
Kanangra-Boyd
Kanangra Boyd National Park is wild country and part of the Greater Blue World Heritage Area. The park is probably best known for the majestic...
Kanangra Brook
Kanangra Brook rises just 3.5 kilometres west of Kanangra Walls near Rocky Top and Kanangra Pass. It flows east past Kittani Top before plunging over...
Kanangra Falls
Kanangra Falls is a large waterfall on Kanangra Creek 800m north east of Ianthe Top and adjacent to Johnsons Point. Kanangra Creek plunges 150m into...
Kanangra Range
The Kanangra Range runs from Mt Edwards in the north to Boyd Trig in the south. The Kanangra Walls Road generally follows the top...
Kanangra Tops
Kanangra Tops is a large plateau extending east from Rocky Top and The Granites, south to Pindari Top, south of Kanangra Walls and east to...
Kanangra Walls
Kanangra Walls is a long cliff line that wraps around the southern and eastern sides of Kanangra Deep. The southern side has heavily eroded by...
Kanangra Walls Trig
Kanangra Walls Trig is locatd on Maxwells Hillock, a high point on Maxwell Top. The old trig Station has collapsed. The large stone cairn still...
Kandos Weir
Kandos Weir on the Cudgegong River was built by the Kandos Cement Company in 1930 to supply water to the Kandos Cement Plant. The Kandos...
Kittani Point
Kittani Point forms part of the Kittani Rim, the rimrocks on Kanangra Walls, from Kanangra Brook to Johnsons Point. Kittani Point is between Tallai Rib...
Knights Deck
Knight's Deck is a small mesa projecting to the north from Blue Dog Ridge in the Wild Dog Mountains. It offers extensive views over Breakfast...
Konangaroo Clearing
Konangaroo Clearing lies on an area of elevated ground at the Junction of the Coxs River & the Kanangra Creek. The land described on maps...
Koombanda Canyon
Koombanda Brook flows from just east of Bell south and then south-east some 5km to the Grose River. The section known as Koombanda Canyon starts...
Kowmung Lookout
The Kowmung Lookout is an old lookout that is vary rarely visited. The Lookout is reached by working through the heath along the cliff tops...
Kowmung River
The Kowmung Rover starts at the junction of the Tuglow and Hollanders Rivers and flows through the Kanamngra-Boyd National Park until it joins the Coxs...
Kroks View
Kroks View is a rocky outcrop at the southern top of Mt Colboyd. The lookout is reached via a pass on the southern side of...
Krungle Bungle Range
The Krungle Bungle Range runs north-east for 19 kilometres from Mumbedah Hill, near the intersection of the Kanangra Road and the Emperor Fire Road to...
Landslide Gully
Landslide Gully, immediately north-west of The Landslide, is a little known Pass up through the Narrow Neck Plateau cliffs. The route includes a number of...
Lapstone Zig Zag Railway
When it was opened in 1867, the Lapstone Zig Zag was the first rail route to ascend Lapstone Hill and allowed railway access to the...
Lightning Ridge
Lightning Ridge runs south east from Mt Charles for 2.5km to the junction of Carmarthen and Claustral Brooks.
Lions Head
Lions Head is aptly named. It's distinctive shape, jutting out from Kedumba Walls can be recognised from many vantage points in the area. Lions Head...
Lions Head Pass
The Lions Head Pass is an old pass through the Kedumba Walls cliff line. The Pass was used by pioneers living in the Kedumba Valley...
Liversidge Hill
Liversidge Hill is at the end of Birrabang Ridge and immediately west of Yileen Canyon. It was named after Archibald Liversidge, author of 'Minerals of...
Lost Rock
Lost Rock is a large granite outcrop adjacent to the Uni Rover Trail, about 750 metres north north east of Mt Goondel. Views over the...
Lucknow Gold Field
Gold was discovered in Lucknow in May 1851, soon after the Ophir gold rush started. One hunded and sixty years on, the landscape around Lucknow...
Luthers Lookout
Luthers Lookout is a rock platform high above Morong Deep giving terrific views up the Kowmung River. In the 1920s the land to the north...
Macquarie Lighthouse
The Macquarie Lighthouse site has been used as a light house continuously since 1818 when the first lighthouse was built, replacing a fire in a...
Mansons Ladders
Mansons Ladders is a route through the Carlon Head cliff line. The route was first used in 1932 by members of the Warrigal Club. A...
Marrilman Heath
Marrilman Heath is an area of open heath just north of Pindari Top comprising sclerophyll shrubs, emergent mallee eucalypts & open ground cover of herbs...
McLeans Pass
McLeans Pass is an old route between the Wolgan Valley and the Wolgan Capertee Divide. The pass is a short canyon which passes through a...
Medlow Gap
Medlow Gap is the saddle between Mt Mouin and Mt Debert. The White Dog Ridge Fire Trail runs the length of Medlow Gap. The walking...
Megalith Ridge
Megalith Ridge runs south for almost 5km from Morong Hill to the Kowmung River. The ridge is bounded on the west by the Kowmung River...
Misty Point
Misty Point is bluff on the northern side of Kanangra Gorge 1km north of Echo Head and 300m south-west of Spire Head. There are panoramic...
Mitchells Pass
Mitchells Pass provides a route through the Narrow Neck cliff line. Spikes in a tall coachwood growing close to the cliff wall serve as a...
Moffitts Pagodas
Moffitts Pagodas are at the end of a ridge overlooking Rowen's Hole, a basin nestled between the Great Dividing Range & Baal Bone Point. The...
Moorilla Buttress
Moorilla Buttress runs west for 2km from Mt Strongleg to a point of Whalania Creek Junction. There is a small rock outcrop to be negotiated...
Moorilla Lookout
Moorilla Lookout extends east from Mt Moorilla. Except where it connects to Mt Moorilla, Moorilla Lookout is edged by sheer cliffs. The surface is remarkably...
Morong Creek
Morong Creek runs from King Pin down to the Kowmung River. Along the way it passes through Boyd Crossing, Jensens and Morong Swamps before plunging...
Morong Deep
Morong Deep is a deep gorge formed by the Kowmung River. The gorge runs south from Grid Iron Bends down to the Ruby Creek Junction,...
Morong Falls
Morong Falls is an impressive series of waterfalls where Morong Creek plunges down to the Kowmung River running through Morong Deep. There extensive views along...
Morong Hill
Morong Hill is a flat hill on the Boyd Plateau at the top of Megalith Ridge, roughly equi-distant from Hallett Tor, Morong Creek and Hanrahans...
Morong Lookout
Morong lookout is a viewpoint between Boyd Hill Brook and the Kowmung River, 1.7 kilometres south of Boss Hill. There are good views up Morong...
Mowarry Trig
Mowarry Trig is located on Haycock Hill, 5,45km south of Boyds Tower and 2.2km south-east from the Edrom Road. The trig is located in thick...
Moxley Rock
Moxley Rock is a large rock formation towering above Wheengee-Whungee Creek, a short distance below Freemans Swamp. From some angles, Moxley Rock and Broken Whungee...
Mt Airly
Mt Airly is a large mesas just north of the Gardens of Stone. Mt Airly was mined in the early 1900s for oil shale which...
Mt Airly Camp Cave
A small sheltered overhang high on Mt Airly was used as a campsite by someone who appreciated a good view and shelves to store their...
Mt Banks
Mt Banks was named by the explorer, George Caley who climbed Mt Banks in November 1804. Mt Banks is a located on the northern edge...
Mt Barrallier
Mt Barrallier is just south of Mt Wallarra and almost completely surrounded by cliffs. Much of the summit is covered by thick heath. There are...
Mt Bell
Mt Bell is a mountain midway between Mt Tomah and the Bald Hills. Bells Line of Road traverses around the western and northern sides of...
Mt Bell Hand Stencil
There is a single Hand Stencil on a rock wall in an overhang on Mt Bell. The location is quite exposed and the stencil is...
Mt Budthingeroo
Mt Budthingeroo is a mountain on Budthingeroo Ridge, 1.3k west of Cunynghame Hill. According to Jim Barrett, Budthingeroo is Aboriginal for 'human hip joint'. Nice...
Mt Bungin
Mt Bungin is a large rocky outcrop surrounded by cliffs. There are 2 passes at the northern end and a pass at the southern end...
Mt Bungin Grinding Grooves
These Grinding Grooves have been made in a fine grained sand stone rock. They are unusual because they are under an overhang with no pools...
Mt Caley
Mt Caley was named after the explorer, George Caley who climbed Mt Banks in November 1804. Mt Caley is a located on the northern edge...
Mt Canobolas
At 1397 metres, Mt Canobolas is the highest mountain between the Blue Mountains of New South Wales and Perth in Western Australia. There are many...
Mt Charles
Mt Charles is a hill on the Bell Range midway between Range Hill and Bald Hills. Charles Trig is located on Mt Charles. There are...
Mt Clarence Stencils
Cave Art at Mt Clarence is a reminder of the Aboriginal Culture in & around Lithgow. The Art includes hand stencils, some quite small. The...
Mt Cloudmaker
Mt Cloudmaker is the highest mountain the Gangerang Range. There aren't many views from the summit which is covered with forest. There are some great...
Mt Colboyd
Mt Colboyd is a large rocky outcrop surrounded by cliffs. A pass on the southern side allows access through the cliffs to the top. There...
Mt Danae
Mt Danae is located approximately 2.7 kilometres east south east of Mt Thurat. Mt Danae is on the easiet route to Gentles Lookout and the...
Mt Davidson
Mt Davidson is a high point on the Wolgan Capertee Divide, 500 metres south east of The Pondage, 1,600 metres north east of McLeans Pass...
Mt Debert
Mt Debert is a hill on the ridge between Medlow Gap and Clear Hill at the southern end of Narrow Neck Plateau. There is a...
Mt Dingo
Mt Dingo is the most southerly of a chain of 5 peaks that form the backbone of the Wild Dog Mountains. It is probably best...
Mt Guouogang
Mt Guouogang is the highest mountain of the Krungle Bungle Range. There aren't many views from the summit which is covered with thick heath although...
Mt Haystack
Mt Haystack is a hill on Haystack ridge, a 3.5km walk from Bells Line of Road. There is thick forest on Mt Haystackand a dense...
Mt Jenolan
Mt Jenolan is one of the highest peaks in the area. The climb to the summit is very steep, ascending 900 metres in about 3.4...
Mt Jingery
Mt Jingery is a single peak on Brennan Spur, 400m south east of Brennan Wall. There are some very different views of Kanangra Tops and...
Mt Kanangra
Mt Kanangra is a hill 300 metres SE from the Kanangra Walls Car Park. Mt Kanangra is covered with thick heath and dense mallee forest....
Mt Krungle Bungle
Mt Krungle Bungle is a high point in the Krungle Bungle Range. There aren't many views from the summit, a pile of jumbled rock, surrounded...
Mt McAviney
Mt McAviney is a hill on the Krungle Bungle Range 1.25km north of Mt Jenolan and 300m west of Cape Cattle Pocket. Mt McAviney was...
Mt Merrimerrigal
Mt Merrimerrigal is the flattest of the peaks in the Wild Dog Mountains. The southern end is a narrow peninsular with large areas of exposed...
Mt Moorilla
Mt Moorilla is a sandstone mesa in the Gangerange Range, 4 kilometres NNE of Mt Cloudmaker and 900 metres from Mt Moorilla Maloo. Mt Moorilla...
Mt Mouin
Mt Mouin is one of the highest peaks in the Wild Dog Mountains. The high rock platforms at the summit offer superb views in all...
Mt Paralyser
Mt Paralyser is a high point at the northern end of Thurat Ridge, 9k from the Kanangra Road and 4.3k from the junction of Whalania...
Mt Queahgong
Mt Queahgong is a mountain in the Krungle Bungle Range between Hawk Fell & Mt Jenolan. There are 2 high points on Mt Queahgong, a...
Mt Rennie Tunnel
The Mt Rennie Tunnel runs under Narrow Neck Plateau, connecting the Megalong Valley with the Jamison Valley. It was built so oil shale from the...
Mt Stormbreaker
Mt Stormbreaker is one of the high peaks in the Gangerang Range, lying between Mt High And Mighty and Mt Cloudmaker. There are several locations...
Mt Thurat
Mt Thurat is a high point about 2 kilomtres south-east of Queen Pin & 2.5 kilometres east of King Pin on the Boyd Plateau. Access...
Mt Towac
Mt Towac is a remnant volcanic cone, one of several in the area. The ridges radiating away from the peak are heavily eroded exposing volcanic...
Mt Wallarra
Mt Wallarra is just south of Mt Wallarra & almost completely surrounded by cliffs. Much of the summit is covered by thick heath. There are...
Mt Warrigal
Mt Warrigal is one of the larger peaks in the Wild Dog Mountains. It can be climbed from the eastern & western sides. Prydes Prospect...
Mt Wheengee Whungee
Mt Wheengee Whungee is a hill on the Boyd Plateau about 1.5km south-east of Broken Whungee and 2 km west of Mt Barrallier. There are...
Mugii Murum-ban SCA
Mugii Murum-ban is a State Conservation Area just east of Capertee, supposed to protect the significant pagoda landforms, slot canyons, endangered plants and birds and...
Mumbedah Falls
Mumbedah Falls is a series of waterfalls and cataracts on Mumbedah Creek a short distance upstream of Jigger Gully. Deep in the gorge gouged out...
Myles Gorge
Myles Gorge lies between Mt Wallarra and Pindari Top, downstream from the junction of Dione Dell and Christies Creek and upstream from Margaret Falls. Christies...
Mystery Mountain
Even though a rough track leads through the cliffs, climbing Mystery Mountain is a challenge for all but the very fit. The reward for taking...
Nangar National Park
Nangar National Park is in the Nangar-Murga Range between Canowindra and Eugowra. The park is bounded on the south by the Nangar State Forest and...
Narrow Neck Plateau
Narrow Neck Plateau is a 10 kilometre long penisular extending from Narrow Neck Lookout to Little Cedar Gap. Despite the sheer cliffs that define the...
Narrow Neck Trig
Narrow Neck Trig is a minor Trig Staion on Bushwalkers Hill. The Trig is almost halfway between Carlon Head and CMW Head. There is a...
Nayook Canyon
Nayook Canyon is a beautiful Wollomi Canyon, close to the Deep Pass Camping Area. No abseiling is required. Fixed ropes & logs make the tricky...
Newnes Camping Area
The Newnes Camping Area is located in the Wollemi National Park about 300 metres along the track from Newnes. The camping area is nestled in...
Newnes State Forest
Newnes State Forest is an area of about 13,400 hectares set aside for forestry. There are pine pantations and native forest reserves. Unlike National parks,...
Old Coach Road
The Old Coach Road was used during the construction of Newnes Oil Works & the Wolgan Valley Railway. Much of the road is still in...
Ophir Trig
Ophir Trig is a trig station located on Mt Bulga in the Mt Bulga Reserve, approximately 4.3 kilomtres north east of Suma Park Reservoir and...
Oronga Canyon
Oronga Canyon lies hidden between Oronga Ridge & Wongarra Hill. The canyon has 2 branches that join to form the main lower canyon that flows...
Oronga Ridge
Oronga Ridge runs south between Oronga Canyon and Banks Gully, from Bells Line of Road to the Grose Valley. There is a well used track...
Paddys Mountain
Paddys Mountain is the name used by Airly locals for the mesa between Gap Creek and Genowlan Creek. The name is shown on a sketch...
Pages Pinnacle
Pages Pinnacle is a sandstone residual, 375 metres south east of Crafts Wall. The top of Pages Pinnacle consists of huge sandstone blocks. A couple...
Pagoda Maze
The Pagoda Maze is a complex pagoda structure stretching along the eastern wall of Rowens Hole in 2 parallel rows. The pagodas are on multiple...
Pagoda Supported By Columns
High above the Ten Tunnel Deviation a pagoda has been 'made safe' by supporting a large overhang with 8 brick columns. The cavernous overhang is...
Palatine Rock
The views from the Palantine Rock are simply fantastic. To the left is Tarpeian Rock just near the Pagoda Maze. To the right you can...
Pantoneys Crown
Pantoneys Crown is a large isolated mesa in the Capertee Valley. Routes that can be used by bushwallkers have been found at the northern &...
Pindari Top
Pindari Top, just south of Marrilman Heath is almost surrounded by large cliffs to the south, east and west. Most people visiting Pindari Top are...
Pine Lake
Pine Lake is a small lake in Tasmania's Central Plateau Conservation Area. The lake is reached along a 400 metre board-walk that takes visitors through...
Plateau Trig
Plateau Trig is a minor trig station located on Gogy Ridge, just under 500 metres south of Kanangra Pass and about 600 metres west of...
Point Cameron
Pt Cameron is approximately 1 kilometre north, north west of Mt Davidson on the Wolgan Capertee Divide and 4 kilometres south, south east of Pantoneys...
Point Hatteras
Point Hatteras is a promontory on the north west side of Genowlan Mountain. The western side of Point Hatteras is defined by high cliffs, mostly...
Point Perpendicular Lighthouse
The Point Perpendicular Lighthouse was built at Point Perpendicular at the southern end of the Beecroft Peninsular. Point Perpendicular is the northern headland marking the...
Prydes Prospect
Prydes Prospect is a rock outcrop at the top of Warrigal Head on the western side of Mt Warrigal. There are extensive views to the...
Pulpit Hill Creek
Pulpit Hill Creek flows south from Blackheath, through Coachwood Glen and Blackheath Glen & then south-west through the Megalong Valley for about 13 kilometres to...
Queahgong Plane Crash
Sometime in the mid 1960s a small aeroplane crashed in the Krungle Bungle Range between Hawk Fell and Mt Queahgong, at the top of Queahgong...
Rainbow Ravine
Rainbow Ravine flows south from the Camels Hump Saddle for almost 1km when it joins Carmarthen Brook 250 metres lower. Canyoners follow an established track...
Redledge Pass
Redledge Pass was used by miners from the Glen Shale Mine to get to and from Katoomba. It is a long pass with several distinct...
Rigby Hill
Rigby Hill is just a short walk from the Pierces Pass Picnic Area, off Bells Line of Road. There are wonderful views up and down...
Rockflower Creek Passage
Rockflower Creek Passage is a long, deep slot that winds its way through the Rockflower Ridge pagadas to the Wolgan Valley Cliffline. The slot has...
Rockflower Ridge
Rockflower Ridge is a pagoda ridge on the western side of the Newnes Plateau. For pagoda country, this area is quite thickly forested. Beautiful pagodas...
Rocky Top
Rocky Top is a high point between the Morong Creek Fire Trail and Kanangra Pass. Walks down the Unirover Trail used to start from Rocky...
Ruined Castle
The Ruined Castle is a remnant of the peninsular that once connected Castle Head and Mt Solitary. It's aptly named, with the rocks projecting through...
Ruined Castle Ridge
Ruined Castle Ridge runs south-east from the foot of Castle Head to Cedar Gap. It gets its name from the Ruined Castle, a rocky outcrop...
Ruined Castle Tramway and Mines
A complex series of mines was dug under the Ruined Castle in the early 1900s. The mines were a rich source of oil-shale. The oil...
Saddle Lookout
Saddle Lookout is a rocky outcrop on Mt Airly 400m west of The Towers and 1.4km south-west of Blacks Corner. As the name suggests the...
Sawtooth Trig
Sawtooth Trig is a minor trig station located on Mt Cloudmaker, the highest mountain in the Gangerang Range. The disc lies where it has fallen,...
Seriphos Cliffs
The Seriphos Cliffs flank the southern & eastern edges of Mt Danae & drop into the Kanangra Gorge & the Seriphos Pit. A bench on...
Seymour Ramp
Prior to 1942 the only access to Seymour Top from Murdering Gully was a set of ladders or using the First Ascent Pass to the...
Seymour Slot
Seymour Top is the first top crossed after climbing out of Murdering Gully when walking north-east along Kanangra Walls. It is best known for the...
Seymour Top
In 1864 Thomas Seymour climbed onto what is now called Seymour Top using a narrow ledge, 200 metres long, that traverses the eastern cliffs. He...
Shamash Point
Shamash Point is a large rock shelf at the south-western corner of Mt Barrallier. There are excellent views across Shamash Deep to the Boyd Range,...
Sinusoidal Ravine
The Sinusoidal Ravine was formed by a Birds Rock Creek, flowing east from Bird Rock to Carne Creek. As the little creek nears Carne Creek...
Skelton Trig
Skelton Trig is located on Skeltopn Hill, 4.8km north west from Green Cape Lighthouse, 100m off the Green Cape Road. The trig is surrounded by...
Spire Head
Spire Head overlooks Thurat Spires, Kanangra Deep and Kanangra Grand Gorge. There are spectacular views from the many rocky outcrops. Easiest access to Spire Head...
Splendour Rock
Splendour Rock is a rock platform at the southern end of Mt Dingo in the Wild Dog Mountains. There are wonderful views of the region's...
Stilwell Trig
Stilwell Trig is a minor trig station located at Mt Stilwell on Kangaroo Ridge near Charlottes Pass. Stilwell Trig is just under 1.5 kilometres SSW...
Stone Walls above the Glow Worm Tunnel
High above the Glow Worm Tunnel, hidden under the moss and by the bush are a series of brick and stone walls. The walls were...
Sunnyside Canyon
This canyon is about 600 metres long and can be walked. Ropes or tapes are not needed. In some places it is necessary to climb...
Sunnyside Ledge
Sunnyside Ledge runs for about a kilometre between the upper and lower cliff line at the western end of Sunnyside Ridge. The ledge is easy...
Sunnyside Point
Sunnyside Point overlooks the junction of Carne Creek and the Wolgan River with excellent views in all directions. It is at the end of narrow...
Table Mountain
Table Mountain is about 8.6km south-west of Hampton and overlooks the Kanimbla Valley. There are two rocky outcrops on Table Mountain. The western outcrop is...
Table Rock Trig
Table Rock Trig Station is surmounted on a rocky outcrop on Table Mountain, about 8.6km south-west of Hampton. Footholds have been cut in the rock...
Tallai Rib
Tallai Rib forms part of the Kittani Rim, the rimrocks on Kanangra Walls from Kanangra Brook to Johnsons Point. There are some amazing views from...
Tarpeian Rock
Tarpeian Rock is the remains of a huge old pagoda structure protruding into Rowens Hole. Erosion has steadily hacked into the exposed face leaving the...
Tarros Ladder
In the early 1930s Walter Tarr placed a bush ladder down a crack at the end of Narrow Neck Plateau. It became known as Tarro's...
Temple of the Shining Orb
The Temple of the Shining Orb is the summit of Mt Barrallier. Mt Barrallier slopes away from the summit in all directions. The summit is...
Ten Tunnels Funicular Railway
Supplies for the The Ten Tunnel Railway Deviation (Tunnels 8, 9 & 10) were transported down into the gorge using a short but steep Incline...
Ten Tunnels Railway Deviation
The Ten Tunnels Railway Deviation was built to replace the Zig Zag which had become a serious bottleneck. The deviation was constructed between 1908 and...
Terarra Creek Camping Area
Terarra Creek Camping Area is a small camp site in Nangar National Park. There are picnic and toilet facilities at the camping area. You need...
Tesselate Hill
Tesselate Hill is just north of Mt Irvine. Tesselate Hill was previously known as 'The Pavements' because of a series of rock platforms, just to...
Tesselate Hill Engraving
There is a single Rock Engraving on Tesselate Hill. There are a number of Grinding Grooves nearby. The Engraving depicts the outline of a woman....
Tesselate Hill Grinding Grooves
There are a number of Grinding Grooves and Water Pots on a large large rock shelf on Tesselate Hill overlooking the Wollangambe River. Some of...
Tessellated Pavement
The Tessellated Pavement is an inter-tidal rock platform divided into regular shapes or tiles when it cracked by movements in the Earth's crust. There are...
The Fort
The Fort is a rocky outcrop surrounding spot height 935 on Fort Ridge, 2k south-west of Mt Airly. It is a bushwalker's playground - pagodas,...
The Goat Track
The Goat Track Pass is an old pass through the Kedumba Walls cliff line. The pass was used by pioneers living in the Kedumba Valley...
The Granites Lookout
At 1266 metres, The Granites Lookout is the highest point in the Kanangra Range and one of the highest spots in the Blue Mountains. The...
The Great Wall
The Great Wall is a sloping wall of pagodas that runs north-south along the western side of Mt Airly for more than 1 kilometre. There...
The Grotto
The Grotto is a small walk-through canyon between Point Hatteras & Genowlan Creek. Iron ladders, foot bridges & railings used to make it much easier...
The Ladders Defile
The Ladders Defile is a small walk-through canyon that provides a route through the cliffs between Point Hatteras & Genowlan Creek. Rustic iron ladders make...
The Lost City
The Lost City lies just a few kilometres north of Lithgow. It is a series of unusual pagoda structures that resemble an old decaying civilisation...
The Place That Time Forgot
The Place That Time Forgot is a name used by bushwalkers to describe a beautiful gorge located between Little Rock Island and Rock Island. The...
The Pondage
The Pondage is a large basin surrounded by pagodas near Pt Cameron. During heavy rain, water pools in the basin until it can drain away...
The Pondage Canyon
The Pondage Canyon is about 150 metres long. The first 100 metres can be walked quite easily until the canyon floor drops suddenly at a...
The River Caves
The River Caves Canyon was formed by Budgary Creek eroding though the softer sandstone. There is an easy walk through this pretty canyon. The walk...
The Session Hut
The Session Hut was built just near Lake Birrell, about 400 metres south of the fire trail junction at Medlow Gap. The corrugated iron hut...
The Temples of Doom
The Temples of Doom is a group of large, smooth pagodas on the northern side of the Blackfellows Hand Trail, 3 kilometres from the Wolgan...
The Towers
The Towers is a collection of large Pagodas just to the north of Mt Airly, on the neck leading to Blacks Corner. Like many of...
The Walls
The Walls is a large area of exposed volcanic rock that provides a habitat for the vulnerable alpine lichens and mosses that live there. When...
Thommos Chains
Thommos Chains provide an alternate route through the cliff line at the southern end of Mt Dingo in the Wild Dog Mountains. The Chains are...
Thurat Tops
Thurat Tops is part of the Boyd Plateau, located north of Kanangra Tops, south of Sally Camp Creek and east of the Kanangra Range. The...
Thurat Trig
Thurat Trig is a minor Trig Station on Mt Thurat in Thurat Tops. Thurat Trig is a 2 kilometre walk from the Kanangra Road along...
Ti Willa Plateau
Ti Willa Plateau is a long narrow mesa on the southern side of Ti Willa Creek and SE of Mt Cloudmaker. Easiest access to Ti...
Ti Willa Top
Ti Willa Top is the peak at the southern end of Ti Willa Plateau and just on 950 metres SE from Mt Cloudmaker. High cliffs...
Torbane Balcony
The Torbane Balcony is a ledge running for some 750 metres along the western face of the pagodas of Mt Airly's 'Great Wall'. The ledge...
Torbane Blade
The Torbane Blade is a tall shard of sandstone separated from the main cliff wall shaped rather like the blade of a dagger. The Blade...
Torbane Oil Works
The Torbane Oil Works were built on flat land close to the Airly shale mines. Torbane was serviced by a single-track railway, linking it with...
Towac Pinnacle
Towac Pinnacle is a remnant volcanic dome located about 5 kilometres east of Mt Canobolas. There is a spectacular lookout on Towac Pinnacle, a 15...
Tracie Taylor-Young Memorial
In 1991 Tracey Taylor-Young died in Nepal after slipping while crossing an icefall. Later that year her friends placed a Park Bench on a very...
Tunnel Creek
Tunnel Creek rises 2 kilometres NNW from Deanes Siding. The creek flows generally north for about 3.5 kilometres before turning west Bells Grotto, through Tunnel...
Tunnel Creek Cavern
When the Wolgan Valley Railway was built in 1907 to transport Shale Oil from the refinery at Newnes, much of the landscape it crossed was...
Tunnel Creek Ledges
The cliffs above the Glow Worm Tunnel & the gorge used by the Wolgan Valley Railway are huge. There are 2 cliff lines, separated by...
Tunnel Plateau
The Plateau above the Glow Work Tunnel is an amazing place to visit. Once on top you are greeted by some amazing sights. Large areas...
Tunnel Terrace Gorge
Tunnel Terrace Gorge is a large blind canyon behind the Glow Worm Tunnel. The gorge was eroded by a Tunnel Creek tributary. The western walls...
Twins Canyon
Twins Canyon is a dual canyon system. Two short canyons drain into a small, well hidden gorge that opens onto the Wolgan Valley. The northern...
Ultimate Chute
The Ultimate Chute is a very surprising route up through the southern cliff line of Genowlan Mountain. The top of the slot is just 200m...
Ultimate Slot
The Ultimate Slot is a huge slot some 750m north of Genowlan Trig. It is possible to look down into the slot through a gap...
Upper Wolgan Tool Factory
Aborigines were the earliest culture to use stone tools. They used stone axes and adzes as well as knives and scrapers. Knives and scrapers were...
Valley Of The Dinosaurs
The Valley Of The Dinosaurs is a canyon about 300 metres north of Genowlan Trig formed by a Genowlan Creek tributary. The canyon runs north...
Valley Of The Kings
The Valley of the Kings is a deep gorge formed by a tributary flowing into Genowlan Creek. Huge pagodas adorn the cliff tops of the...
Vertigo Slot
Vertigo Slot, on the western side of the Great Dividing Range, starts as a deep narrow chasm and widens into a gorge. There are only...
Victoria Pass
Mitchell's Victoria Pass was built in 1832 and replaced Cox's Pass and Lawsons Long Alley. Early motor vehicles could not cope with the steep grades...
Wallaby Pass
Wallaby Pass provides a way from Pindari Top down to Tartarus Deep, Mt Bungin, Mt Bulgin & Mt Colboyd as well as Christys Creek and...
Wallarra Heights
Wallarra Heights is a ridge running from Kanangra Tops to the junction of Upper Christys Creek and Dione Dell, a distance of almost 3 kilometres....
Walls Pass
Walls Pass provides access from Cedar Head on Narrow Neck Plateau down to Cedar Valley. The pass was discovered in 1889 by the Wall brothers...
Waratah Ravines
The Waratah Ravines lie between Waratah Ridge (to the north) and Bungleboori Creek (to the south). Deep ravines and convoluted canyons have been eroded by...
Warrigal Head
Warrigal Head is at the north west corner of Mt Warrigal. There are excellent views to the north & to the west from a small...
Water Trough at Watertrough Hill
Watertrough Hill on Bell's Line of Road was named after a Water Trough carved into the native rock beside the old road in 1894. The...
Watertrough Hill
Watertrough Hill on Bell's Line of Road was named after a Water Trough carved into the native rock beside the old road in 1894. The...
Whalania Creek Junction
Whalania Creek Junction is where Whalania Creek flows into Kanangra Creek. Memorials to Norbert and Bert Carlon have been placed on a rock face not...
Whalania Falls
Whalania Falls is a lovely waterfall on Whalania Creek, some 2 kilometres upstream from the junction with Sally Camp Creek. The falls plunge 40 metres...
Whalania Heights
Whalania Heights is a raised area of land east of the Kanangra Range and north of the Krungle Bungle Range. Large areas were cleared for...
Wild Dog Mountains
The Wild Dog Mountains are located in the Blue Mountains, south of Katoomba, in an area bounded by Breakfast Creek to the north, Little Cedar...
Wilkinson Hill
Wilkinson Hill is 2.1 kilometres easy walking south of the Bell Trig Station located on Watertrough Hill. Surrounded by cliffs on 3 sides, Wilkinson Hill...
Wolgan Capertee Divide
The Wolgan Capertee Divide is a range of connected mesas and mountains that separate the watersheds of the Wolgan and Capertee Rivers. The Skyline Traverse...
Wolgan Falls
The Wolgan Falls mark the start of the Wolgan Valley. The Wolgan River plunges over the falls from the portal of a tight twisting canyon...
Wolgan Gap Trig
Wolgan Gap Trig is located on the western escarpment of the Wolgan Valley, just on 1,500 metres N from Wolgan Gap. A short track leads...
Wolgan Pinnacle
The Wolgan Pinnacle is all that remains of a large pagoda on the cliff edge overlooking Carne Creek & the Wolgan Valley. The effects of...
Wolgan Ravines
The Wolgan Ravines is an area of the Newnes Plateau that has been highly dissected by the Wolgan River and the tributary creeks that flow...
Wolgan Totem Pole
The Totem Pole is a fascinating conglomerate erosion residual located 26 kilometres down the Wolgan Valley from Newnes. The structural elements range from large water-worn...
Wolgan Trig
Wolgan Trig is located on Mt Davidson in the Wolgan Capertee Divide between Mt Jamson and Bue Rock Gap. Unforunately the Trig Station has collapsed...
Wolgan Valley
The Wolgan Valley was formed by the Wolgan River. The valley is almost totally surrounded by high cliffs. Aboriginal people lived in the Wolgan Valley...
Wolgan View Canyon
Wolgan View Canyon is dry canyon running west towards the Wolgan Valley. There are 2 narrow sections separated by a large open area. The walk...
Wollemi National Park
The Wollemi National Park is the second largest National Park in NSW. It is part of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area and includes...
Wombat Parade
Wombat Parade is a rough track traversing the eastern side of Mt Warrigal between Warrigal Gap and Black Horse Gap. In some places the route...
Wongarra Hill
Wongarra Hill lies between Wongarra and Oronga Gullies about 2.5 kilometres NW of Mount Banks. A track across Wongarra Hill makes walking very easy. There...
Wynnes Rocks
Wynnes Rocks is a rocky outcrop 3km from Mt Wilson and 4kmk west north-west of Mt Haystack. Wynnes Rocks Trig Station is located on the...
Wynnes Rocks Trig
Wynnes Rocks is a rocky outcrop 3km from Mt Wilson and 4kmk west north-west of Mt Haystack. Wynnes Rocks Trig Station is located on the...
Yalpur Point
Yalpur Point protrudes from the southern cliffs of Mt Barrallier and gives fantastic views to the south. There is a small rock platform where you...
Yeddonba Rock Art
Yeddonba Aboriginal Cultural Site at the foot of Mt Pilot contains a number of highly significant features - a shelter, an art site and bush...
Yerra Crags
Yerra Crags are erosion residuals, rocky outcrops at the top of a hill at the eastern end of Carmarthen Ridge, between Carmarthen Brook & Explorers...
Yileen Gully
Yileen Gully is small stream that starts on the southern slopes of Birrabang Ridge and flowss into Passes Pass Creek some 2.5km later. The stream...
Yileen Spur
Yileen Spur runs south from Birrabang Ridge for 1.5km to the Grose Valley escarpment. Yileen Spur is bounded on the east by Pierces Pass and...
Young Man Canobolas
The official name for this peak is Young Man Canobola but it is generally known as Young Man Canobolas. Young Man Canobola is the smaller...
Zorro Canyon
Zorro Canyon is a long narrow canyon that flows into the Wolgan Valley. The canyon has a long straight entrance passage and a long straight...