When you’ve done the spectacular routes on the eastern side of Blackheath at the top of the Blue Mountains, try the network of tracks on the western side for an alternative mix of Upper Mountains scenery. The views are a bit less extensive, but you get up close and personal with sheer cliffs frequented by rock climbers, pass through rainforest, dry forest and heath vegetation, and can visit a small but atmospheric canyon along the way.
Track Notes
There’s a few options in this area and so you can choose your own walk, but we usually park at the end of Burton Road and walk in an anti-clockwise direction, with a possible side trip to Walls Ledge (not depicted in these photos, but we did it a few years ago so I’ll get to those photos eventually). We used the notes in the guide book A Day in the Bush, and this walk is also described on wildwalks.com. Not too strenuous, although there are steep sections.
Porters Pass, Blackheath: The Scenery
December 2017 was good for wildflowers around Sydney, and also in Victoria’s alpine regions, or else we just chose the right walks. Regardless, there’s a few more flower photos than usual in my selection below…
