Bundanoon Short Walks, Morton National Park NSW

Two very short walks and nearby lookouts in Morton National Park near the quaint village of Bundanoon in NSW’s Southern Highlands.

Bundanoon Short Walks

Bundanoon is a quaint village in the Southern Highlands near to a number of good walks in Morton National Park. One day we stopped on our way back to Sydney from Canberra and did a couple of very short walks. These included the Fern Glen walk, and then the Amphitheatre Track plus a five minute section of Nicholas Pass to an area of clefts and waterfalls. We also took in a few lookouts, including Grand Canyon Lookout (at the start of the Fern Glen walk), and possibly Sunshine Lookout and Tooths Lookout (although I forget). 

Track notes at the end. There are other options but these photos will give you a taste of the area. There is a longer but still relatively easy walk to good viewpoints at the narrow end of Bundanoon Gorge. At the complete other end of the walking spectrum, this walk to Bundanoon Lost Lookouts is an advanced route requiring navigation and bush bashing (in case that is what you are really after.)

Bundanoon Short Walks: The Scenery

Bundanoon Short Walks
Views from Grand Canyon Lookout at the start of the Fern Glen walk.
Bundanoon Short Walks
A spot in Fern Glen, just 160m from the carpark apparently. Admittedly I had to scramble a little to get to this spot, but it was nice and ferny in the surrounds.
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Amphitheatre Lookout, possibly, although there were only broken views.
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We walked a few minutes from the Amphitheatre viewpoint along Nicholas Pass to this atmospheric spot.

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We stopped and turned around here on Nicholas Pass.

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Track Notes

Bundanoon Short Walks
We did these two short walks and stopped at a couple of lookouts that you can drive to. First was the Fern Glen Walk (bottom left), then the Amphitheatre Track and a short section of Nicholas Pass.

There a few options in the area for short walks and views straight out of your car. We did the very short Fern Glen Track, and got views from the start at Grand Canyon Lookout. We took our car to a couple more lookouts, possible Sunshine and Tooths Lookouts, although I forget.

We then drove to the start of the Amphitheatre Track and walked maybe five minutes further on Nicholas Pass to a nice area of clefts and waterfalls. 

Author: Edward Hathway

I'm a clinical psychologist and keen hiker.

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