Sydney - Into New South Wales - Nov 2024

Australia is vast and I determined that the best use of my two weeks was not to fly around the country but to get a taste of the 'Australian bush' from my Sydney base. And there is great variety on train journeys out of town and here I focus on the Heathcote National Park to the south of Sydney, the Northern Beaches and finally the Blue Mountains.

Carlton, New South Wales
Carlton, New South Wales
Carlton, New South Wales
Carlton, New South Wales
Carlton, New South Wales
Carlton, New South Wales
Carlton, New South Wales
Carlton, New South Wales
Carlton, New South Wales
Carlton, New South Wales
Waterfall
Waterfall
Waterfall - big truck turning
Waterfall - big truck turning
Heathcote National Park - into the Bush
Heathcote National Park - into the Bush
Heathcote National Park
Heathcote National Park
Waterfall and Heathcote National Park
Waterfall and Heathcote National Park
Heathcote National Park
Heathcote National Park
Heathcote National Park
Heathcote National Park
Heathcote National Park
Heathcote National Park
A glimpse of Kingfisher Pool, Heathcote National Park
A glimpse of Kingfisher Pool, Heathcote National Park
A different view of Kingfisher Pool, Heathcote National Park
A different view of Kingfisher Pool, Heathcote National Park
The route back to Waterfall through Heathcote National Park
The route back to Waterfall through Heathcote National Park
The route back to Waterfall through Heathcote National Park - the Bullawarring track
The route back to Waterfall through Heathcote National Park - the Bullawarring track
Waterfall and Heathcote National Park
Waterfall and Heathcote National Park
The route back to Waterfall through Heathcote National Park - the Bullawarring track
The route back to Waterfall through Heathcote National Park - the Bullawarring track
The route back to Waterfall through Heathcote National Park - the Bullawarring track
The route back to Waterfall through Heathcote National Park - the Bullawarring track
The Bullawarring track - although I climbed up this I would have turned back had I been confronted with this as the way down!
The Bullawarring track - although I climbed up this I would have turned back had I been confronted with this as the way down!
Back in Waterfall and an excitable cockatoo
Back in Waterfall and an excitable cockatoo
Waterfall
Waterfall
"Legendary Fish and Chips" - Waterfall
"Legendary Fish and Chips" - Waterfall
A proper truck trailer on the A1 motorway to Melbourne at Waterfall
A proper truck trailer on the A1 motorway to Melbourne at Waterfall
Waterfall and Heathcote National Park
Waterfall and Heathcote National Park
Palm Beach Wharf
Palm Beach Wharf
Palm Beach Wharf
Palm Beach Wharf
Palm Beach Wharf
Palm Beach Wharf
View into Pittwater inlet
View into Pittwater inlet
Snapperman Beach, and Palm Beach Wharf
Snapperman Beach, and Palm Beach Wharf
The view north across Broken Bay
The view north across Broken Bay
At Honh's Hole in One Cafe opposite Palm Beach Golf Club (no, not that one) I had hte wonderfully crispy Bahn Mi roll.
At Honh's Hole in One Cafe opposite Palm Beach Golf Club (no, not that one) I had hte wonderfully crispy Bahn Mi roll.
Palm Beach
Palm Beach
Palm Beach, looking down the peninsula to Barrenjoey Head - notice no palms!
Palm Beach, looking down the peninsula to Barrenjoey Head - notice no palms!
Slap up lunch in facilities at Governor Phillip Park
Slap up lunch in facilities at Governor Phillip Park
Bigola Beach and seawater swimming pool
Bigola Beach and seawater swimming pool
A house above Bigola Beach with its own curved bridge
A house above Bigola Beach with its own curved bridge
Bigola Beach
Bigola Beach
Bigola Beach
Bigola Beach
This is the Bicentennial Coastal Walk approaching Newport Beach
This is the Bicentennial Coastal Walk approaching Newport Beach
Footpath through original vegetation
Footpath through original vegetation
"Hanging swamps" above Newport Beach
"Hanging swamps" above Newport Beach
"Hanging swamps" above Newport Beach
"Hanging swamps" above Newport Beach
Newport Beach
Newport Beach
unidentified irridescent berries at Newport Beach
unidentified irridescent berries at Newport Beach
I changed buses - probably the hardest rain I encountered
I changed buses - probably the hardest rain I encountered
Holed up in the Colloroy Beach Club
Holed up in the Colloroy Beach Club
Colloroy Beach
Colloroy Beach
Trail down to Princes Rock Lookout, Wentworth Falls
Trail down to Princes Rock Lookout, Wentworth Falls
Princes Rock Lookout, Wentworth Falls
Princes Rock Lookout, Wentworth Falls
Wentworth Falls, Blue Mountains
Wentworth Falls, Blue Mountains
Looking west, the Blue Mountains leading into Australia
Looking west, the Blue Mountains leading into Australia
Wentworth Falls
Wentworth Falls
I went left
I went left
Undercliff trail - Blue Mountains
Undercliff trail - Blue Mountains
Undercliff trail - Blue Mountains
Undercliff trail - Blue Mountains
A glimpse of Wentworth Falls
A glimpse of Wentworth Falls
Undercliff trail - Blue Mountains
Undercliff trail - Blue Mountains
The view to the west
The view to the west
Undercliff trail - Blue Mountains
Undercliff trail - Blue Mountains
Undercliff trail - Blue Mountains
Undercliff trail - Blue Mountains
Undercliff trail - Blue Mountains
Undercliff trail - Blue Mountains
In Den Fenella Creek
In Den Fenella Creek
Not the only one on the trail
Not the only one on the trail
Lightning strike?
Lightning strike?
Classic Blue Mountain view
Classic Blue Mountain view
This is me - Blue Mountains
This is me - Blue Mountains
Trucking through the Blue Mountains (from the train)
Trucking through the Blue Mountains (from the train)
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