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Red Hands Cave | Megalong Valley | Woodford Academy Heritage Building | Valley Heights Rail Museum | Wentworth Falls and National Pass | Glen Davis and the Capertee Valley | Empire Pass | Waterfalls near Hazelbrook | The Carrington Hotel | Nepean River and the Lower Blue Mountains | Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, Mount Tomah | Mount Banks, Mount Wilson and the Grose Valley | Katoomba - Leura - Mt Hay | Newnes, Deep Pass, and the Glow Worm Tunnel | The Everglades at Leura | Towards the Colo / Bob Turner's Track | The Gorge Track | Walls Lookout Track | Two secret waterholes | Jenolan Caves | Picnic at Cox's River Campground

Wentworth Falls and National Pass

Most walks in the Blue Mountains are along the cliff tops or involve "passes" down into the valleys. The National Pass track is a bit different: you go only half way down the cliff and follow a ledge from one "pass" to another. Wonderful views, easy except for all the steps getting back. These pictures are taken from four visits: First from a National Pass walk by myself, another with the people I work with (motivated by the confession by one lady that she had never seen a waterfall). Another set was with some visitors from Ireland: we opted for a slightly less strenuous walk mainly above the cliff line; still wonderful views, and some distant pictures of walkers on the more demanding National Pass walk toiling up the steps. And then a repeat of that walk with my daughter a year later looking for an unusual flower I had noticed but neglected to photograph last time. (I didn't find it.)
From Lyre Bird Lookout From Lady Sees Lookout Rainbow in a waterfall - 1 Rainbow in a waterfall - 2 National Pass track, looking back View from National Pass track
Jamison Valley Empress Falls From National Pass Track Wentworth Falls, from National Pass Wentworth Falls, from National Pass On National Pass track
Steps on National Pass track Wentworth Falls View towards Kings Tableland Mount Solitary v3/17/342117/3/51534256.aq003.jpg g10/17/342117/3/50668752.C1AXzeMm.jpg
Not identified g9/17/342117/3/51534269.UiDOjKB0.jpg Boronia Phebalium A small cascade First Waterfall
Empress Falls Wooded scree slope Empress Falls Empress Falls Empress Falls Empress Falls
Empress Falls Empress Falls Empress Falls Empress Falls v3/17/342117/3/51534262.aq017.jpg Cascade beside National Pass Track
v3/17/342117/3/50668769.For_Pbasexpw093.jpg Yes, we are here, I think Euphrasia, I think Looking up at the sandstone cliffs - 1 Looking up at the sandstone cliffs - 2 Wentworth Falls - lower part
Wentworth Falls - upper part Wentworth Falls - the very top View down from the top of the steps Looking back to the way we had walked Cascades above Wentworth Falls Jamison Valley and Mount Solitary
Lunch in a cave The steep part - 1 The steep part - 2 Looking East Looking Down Top of the falls - 1
From Fletchers Lookout Cascades above the main falls - 1 Cascades above the main falls - 2 Top of the falls - 3 Banksia Callicoma