Australia, NSW, Blue Mountains, Evans Lookout Road to Govetts Leap
Map
GDA66 UTM Topo map with GPS track superimposed on with a few waypoints.
Waypoints
WGS 84
Waypoint
Description
Degrees S
Degrees E
GMT
Local
Height (M)
302
Car Park
33.651220
150.314250
03-MAR-00 23:06
10:06
1000
303
Stream crossing
33.654830
150.314690
03-MAR-00 23:37
10:37
880
JROCK
Junction Rock
33.631190
150.335340
04-MAR-00 02:40
13:40
360
304
Cross to Braeside track
33.632360
150.313210
04-MAR-00 07:30
18:30
920
305
Exit - pick up point
33.640290
150.306020
04-MAR-00 07:49
18:49
970
Elapsed time: 8 hours 55 minutes
Sunrise 06:49
Sunset: 19:31
About 12 Kilimeters round trip
Account
WITS Staff: pg, ts, r?, ri
Getting There
From Sydney City, a 2 hour drive to Evans Lookout Road, slighty past Katoomba.
Provisions
3 litres Water
Lunch
Rain jacket in case of rain
The Walk
Parking at Evans Lookout Road.
The first 2 hours are a pleasant descent into the valley.
Beauchamp falls next. A relatively easy run to Junction Rock for Lunch.
Take a left towards Govetts Leap, ascending slowing towards the spectacular
Bridal Veil falls and cliff tops.
Look for any marked "X" and arrows as there are a few creek crossings.
From the base of the falls
ascend left to right along cliff face, with guide rails and steps
provided for the difficult sections.
Toilets are at the top at lookup, another good hour or more along
easy track back to the car.
R walked ahead to the car to pick up the remaining party at the exit waypoint,
mainly to save some time as it was starting to get dark.
GPS Notes
No Satellite lock in deep sections of canyon - not an issue really as there
is only two ways to navigate, forwards or backwards.
Good signal on medium forest flats to junction rock.
Wandering red blobs at junction rock and lookout as I forgot to turn
off the GPS and the US military "selective availability" program was
in good effect.
