LITHGOW – started very fresh 3C, felt like -5C but at least mainly sunny- though strong cold wind still in the morning. I had already travelled through this area and would be doubling up a bit through the Blue Mountains NP – but lots I haven’t seen still -so I could check out places that I had not before. There would be one exception- and that it the Wentworth German bakery!! I def went back there!!
In Blackheath I did the short walk to Govett’s Leap lookout. The views of the valleys and sandstone cliffs is great -and Bridal Veil Falls is the cherry on top. I walked further to the falls, but it was not a good view of falls, rather of hanging swamp. Which is a rather interesting feature – I imagine that the Hanging Gardens of Babylon would have had a similar beginning.
Next stop was across the way so to speak: Hargraves lookout. A few kilometres of dirt road which I had to myself – even for lunch- before like 6 cars got there one after the other!
As I ate my takeaway black forest cake I was trying to figure out where to next and how to give Sydney a wide berth. My conclusion was to head south to Coledale for 2 nights.
That night it was sooooo windy I thought that my tent would blow away for sure!! I put in a few more pegs and tie downs. It was still very loud and moved drastically the whole night.
