Ampitheatre Track to Fairy Bower Falls, Bundanoon
Walking the Ampitheatre track in th Morton National Park at Bundanoon to Fairy Bower Falls
Fairy Bower, Bundanoon, NSW, Australia
Fairy Bower in the Morton National Park at Bundanoon, NSW, Australia.
Fairy Bower Falls, Bundanoon
A medium grade bush walk in Bundanoon, definately a good walk to take the kids on. Plenty to see from the old mine shafts, to lookouts over Morten National Park Gorges to the stunning Fairy Bower Falls.
Fairy Bower Falls - New South Wales Hiking
A short hike to Fairy Bower Falls near Bundanoon in the cetral highlands of New South Wales. The creek was flowing much better than I expected despite the very dry conditions of the area, which leads me to believe it may be fed by a perrenial spring.
Fairy Bower Falls
Lower Fairy Bower Falls and Upper Fairy Bower Falls in Morton National Park just outside Bundanoon.
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Fairy Bower Falls walk - Morton National Park, NSW
A short stroll to see some waterfalls. The falls are 5 minutes from Bundanoon, which is only 2 hours drive south west from Sydney.
Fairy Bower Falls
Abseiling at Fairy Bower Falls, Bundanoon
Fairy Bower Falls
Tiny waterfall system in the Morton National Park, Bundanoon, NSW. The water is crystal clear and cold.
Morton National Park - Fairy Bower Falls
Fairy Bower Falls is a beautiful little spot nestled away in the Morton National Park, located in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. It's not too long of a hike from the car park, but there is quite a number of steps though well worth the effort to make it there. The waterfall can be viewed from the top as well as a path looping down around to the bottom where this was filmed.
Fairy Bower Falls Morton National Park 2 10 2017
Description
Bundanoon Village, NSW, Australia
Bundanoon in The Southern Highlands has Excellent Accommodation, there are many Things to Do, Places to Go and many Restaurants, Cafes and even a wonderful Olde Worlde Pub. Just 90 minutes from Canberra and Sydney it is close enough to visit with young children, and you can experience a completely different Country Lifestyle.
There is even a Farm Stay called Morvern Valley where you can rent a cottage for a weekend or a week! Morvern Valley was one of the earliest guest accommodations in Bundanoon.
In Bundanoon you can go Horse Riding, or Visit the Sunnatarum Monastry. See Glow Worms in a ‘must do’ twilight adventure walk. The Morton National Park has great bushwalking including Fairy Bower Waterfalls, Erith Coal Mine. Coal Creek, Lovers Walk, Fossil Beds, Bonnie View, The Grand Canyon, Beauchamp Cliffs, Tooth’s Lookout, Gambell’s Rest and more!
Hamilton Hume (of later Hume and Hovell fame) has generally been credited as the first white man to find his way to the Bowral/Moss Vale locality in 1814. Dr. Charles Throsby first mentions this exact area in his diary in 1818. In his expedition diary he refers to Bundanoon as Bantanoon - from the local aboriginal name meaning place of deep gullies”.
The site of the present village of Bundanoon had been a meeting and trading place for the Wadi-wadi and Gandangara peoples for centuries. Coal creek which crosses Morvern Valley Bundanoon was a creek used by these peoples. There are sharpening grooves and rock paintings on the surfaces of the sandstone of Coal Creek near to Morvern Valley of these indigenous peoples.
The deep gullies at Bundanoon were seen as a barrier to communication and travel. Indeed Throsby realized looking out over the cliffs that there was to be no easy access to the coast from this area which is what he had been seeking. But the magnificent scenery of The Gullies so impressed Throsby, that he immediately began to urge Governor Lachlan Macquarie to declare what we call today a heritage reserve, of a thousand acres, over the area (granted in 1824) next to Morvern Valley Farm Stay. This natural reserve Charles Throsby was so dedicated to preserve, is today the Bundanoon section of the Morton National Park just a 500 meter walk from Morvern Valley.
The Gullies with their beautiful lookouts, waterfalls and escarpments were to later be one of the most important ingredients in the development of the village. The Gullies had immense visual value for tourism – indeed the deep gullies have made Bundanoon what it is today.
Early settlement of Europeans in this area of The Southern Highlands had mainly been in the vicinity of Berrima and Suttons Forest. But after the Land Act of 1861 was passed, selectors began taking up land towards present day Bundanoon. Travelling was very hard in the early days for these settlers as the railway did not arrive until 1868.
Horseback, Bullock teams and sturdy horse and carts were the only transport available for people, supplies and equipment. The Morvern Valley Original Homestead fronts onto Grey Gum Lane - this narrow lane was the original route the first explorers traversed to open up the Southern areas of NSW – the ‘main road’ of its time!
Bundanoon was merely a few scattered farms until the arrival of the Railway en route to Goulburn in 1868. Morvern Valley was one of those scattered farms since 1862. The Tooth Family were one of the very Earliest Settlers of Bundanoon. There were 86 guesthouses in Bundanoon and Morvern Valley operated as one of these as early as 1896.
Blue Mountains Walks: Katoomba Cascades September and December 2017
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There has been work in progress on the tracks around Katoomba Cascades. Although it's still incomplete, the track is open so that you can walk the circuit around the cascades once more.
The lookouts at Reid's Plateau are unfortunately still closed.
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