Where: Glenbrook, Blue Mountains
Distance: 2.5km
Duration: Approx 1 hour
Despite living a stone's throw from Glenbrook and exploring the national park almost weekly, we hadn't yet been to this peaceful track overlooking Erskine Creek.
First up however, we stopped along the way at Blue Pool, a great walk for the smallest of people that still feels interesting and 'bushwalky' enough, even if you happen to be going at toddler pace.
I've been here a few times solo and always find it a stark contrast to the busyness of nearby uber-popular Jellybean pool. With Jellybean having its own large carpark it is a rare occasion when you can enjoy it without crowds. Unfortunately with crowds comes irresponsible people and in turn lots of rubbish. It's crushing to see how much litter is left carelessly at Jellybean, and likewise, how much makes its way down the creek to its confluence along the Nepean River.
On this day, we were able to enjoy the rubbish-free Blue Pool alone, before making our way to Nepean Lookout Fire Trail further into the bowels of the park.
A small parking area along the fire trail is signposted with Pisgah Rock. The walk itself is gentle and mostly flat with this expansive view up Erskine Creek at the end.
A large flat rock outcrop makes an inviting spot to sit.
You can turn back here or continue on with some slight scrambling off to your right along a less maintained bush track. Very soon you'll come across this fabulous tree where a gully drops down to your left in a cleft of rock.
Helping each other down the gully wasn't too strenuous, and once down the bottom we continued to the right to the lovely overhanging Attic Cave.
Attic Cave is a large sandstone shelter with signs of a fire circle and we later discovered there may have been a book to sign in a cake tin somewhere, but we'll have to go back again to look for that!
The kids loved checking out the cave with its many bed and chair like formations! :)
Distance: 2.5km
Duration: Approx 1 hour
Despite living a stone's throw from Glenbrook and exploring the national park almost weekly, we hadn't yet been to this peaceful track overlooking Erskine Creek.
First up however, we stopped along the way at Blue Pool, a great walk for the smallest of people that still feels interesting and 'bushwalky' enough, even if you happen to be going at toddler pace.
I've been here a few times solo and always find it a stark contrast to the busyness of nearby uber-popular Jellybean pool. With Jellybean having its own large carpark it is a rare occasion when you can enjoy it without crowds. Unfortunately with crowds comes irresponsible people and in turn lots of rubbish. It's crushing to see how much litter is left carelessly at Jellybean, and likewise, how much makes its way down the creek to its confluence along the Nepean River.
On this day, we were able to enjoy the rubbish-free Blue Pool alone, before making our way to Nepean Lookout Fire Trail further into the bowels of the park.
A small parking area along the fire trail is signposted with Pisgah Rock. The walk itself is gentle and mostly flat with this expansive view up Erskine Creek at the end.
A large flat rock outcrop makes an inviting spot to sit.
You can turn back here or continue on with some slight scrambling off to your right along a less maintained bush track. Very soon you'll come across this fabulous tree where a gully drops down to your left in a cleft of rock.
Helping each other down the gully wasn't too strenuous, and once down the bottom we continued to the right to the lovely overhanging Attic Cave.
Attic Cave is a large sandstone shelter with signs of a fire circle and we later discovered there may have been a book to sign in a cake tin somewhere, but we'll have to go back again to look for that!
The kids loved checking out the cave with its many bed and chair like formations! :)
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