Lindsay wrote:Sounds like you had a great time Phil. I too have attempted photography from Bowtells bridge. Stills are OK, but video is right out! I'm curious though why you walked from Jenolan to Katoomba rather than the more usual other way?
Lindsay wrote:Sounds like you had a great time Phil. I too have attempted photography from Bowtells bridge. Stills are OK, but video is right out! I'm curious though why you walked from Jenolan to Katoomba rather than the more usual other way?
Turfa wrote:Lindsay wrote:Sounds like you had a great time Phil. I too have attempted photography from Bowtells bridge. Stills are OK, but video is right out! I'm curious though why you walked from Jenolan to Katoomba rather than the more usual other way?
If you are depending on catch the bus for one leg of this trip, I find it easier to get the bus out to Jenolan first & then just walk back to katoomba. (Going the other way means that you have to make sure you get to jenolan on time to catch the bus back)
Plus..... it means you're on the bus when you are at your least stinky !!!
colinm wrote:Some day someone's going to have to explain to me the sense of walking down into a valley so you can expend considerable energy walking up out of it again after you're worn out. The Aboriginals didn't do it, they stuck to ridges. I reckon they were on to something there.
Onestepmore wrote:Good pics, glad you had a great walk. I had planned on doing this solo this autumn, but need to a) work out the logistics of leaving my car at the Katoomba start - how safe do people think this will be? b) trying to find a week when I don't have a gazzillion things booked in already. I think I've probably left it too late now and will need to wait until spring.
That suspension bridge looks a bit hairy......
Grabeach wrote:Perhaps the biggest problem with the 6' Track is that very little of it is the original formation. My understanding is that only the last 3km down to the Coxes and 2km down to the caves are 'genuine'. The rest has been either re-routed due to private property considerations or bulldozed for roads. The current legal route negotiated by Alan Carey often follows public roads. If not for their existance, we probably wouldn't have a 6' Track at all. Hence bushwalkers, or even horse riders (it was constucted as a bridle trail), don't have any special claim to the current route.As skibug says, it would be nice to separate the vehiles from the walkers, but I think there is even less chance of obtaining the land to do that now than there was in the early '80s.
jonnosan wrote:If you want to camp away from vehicles, there is the Allum Creek reserve, it's about the half way point, so camping there probably means doing two long days, rather than 2 and a half days.
Onestepmore wrote:Thanks Marwood Mic and KB about the car and transport tips
Turfa wrote:There is another nice grassy flat only about 200m further along the track towards Jenolan. (between the crossings of Alum Creek and Little River) Does anyone know if camping is allowed there ?
greenpro wrote:Yes, that photo of Alum creek reserve is on private land, as I walked past it last week and it is one of a few parcels of land that has "for sale" signs on it !
I think it was $190k, so for those that want there own private campsite, it's yours if you want it !
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