Thursday 16/10/2025 Evans Lookout Road – Valley View Lookout – Cliff Top Track – Hayward Gully – Griffith Taylor Wall – Barrow Lookout – Govetts Leap Brook – Govetts Leap – Govetts Leap Lookout
Blue Mountains National Park, NSW
Gundungurra Country (Gundungurra people)
Participants: Stephen Davies (Photos), Sue Davies (Report)
This walk links Evans Head Lookout with Govetts Leap. We started after lunch on a warm afternoon with, thankfully, a gentle breeze to cool us down.
Thursday 16/10/2025 Evans Lookout Road – Valley View Lookout – Evans Lookout – Grand Canyon Loop Walking Track – Greaves Creek – Neates Glen Parking Area – Evans Lookout Road – Grand Canyon Carpark
Blue Mountains National Park, NSW
Gundungurra Country (Gundungurra people)
Participants: Stephen Davies (Photos), Sue Davies (Report)
We decided to revisit this lovely half-day walk as the weather was favourable and we were keen to build up our walking fitness.
Monday 13/10/2025 Katoomba Falls Tourist Park – Prince Henry Cliff Walk – Scenic World – Kedumba River – Katoomba Cascades
Tuesday 14/10/2025 Katoomba Falls Tourist Park – Katoomba Falls – Kedumba River – Prince Henry Cliff Track – Allambie Lookout – Lady Darley’s Lookout – Kedumba View – Echo Point Lookout – Spooners Lookout – Lady Carrington Lookout – Tallawalla Lookout – Honeymoon Lookout – Kiah lookout – Bridal Veil lookout – Leura Cascades Fern Bower Circuit – Leura Cascades Picnic Area – Tarpeian Rock – Olympian Rock – Elysian Rock Lookout – Gordon Falls Reserve – Pool of Siloam – Pool of Siloam Track – Golg Links Lookout – Grand Clifftop Walk – Willoughby Road – Sublime Point Road – Fairmont Resort Blue Mountains – Lillians Bridge Track – Valley of the Waters Track – Empress Falls – Conservation Hut – Shortcut Track – Overcliff Walk – Undercliff Track – Princes Rock Lookout – Wentworth Falls – Fletchers Lookout – Jamieson Creek – Darwins Walk – Wilson Park – Great Western Highway – Station Street – Wentworth Falls Train Station
Blue Mountains National Park, NSW
Gundungurra Country (Gundungurra people)
Participants: Stephen Davies (Photos), Sue Davies (Report)
I’ve wanted to complete this walk for a while. It opened in March 2024 and is recommended as a two-day walk. With a total distance of 19km, we decided to try it as a day walk. Just to wet our appetite, we wandered down from camp and had a look around the Scenic World section on the Monday evening.
Saturday 6/08/2005 Sligachan Hotel – Allt Dearg Mor – Allt Dearg Beag – Coire Riabhach – Sgùrr nan Gillean (954m)
Isle of Skye, SCOTLAND
Participants: Peter Davies, Stephen Davies (Photos, Report)
In August 2005, I set out with my brother Peter to tackle Sgùrr nan Gillean on the Isle of Skye—a peak whose reputation for drama and challenge absolutely lived up to the stories. We started from the Sligachan Hotel, boots becoming damp soon after we left the car park, as the heather and moorland soaked up morning drizzle. Even from a distance, Sgùrr nan Gillean towered above us, its pinnacled ridge looking impossibly sharp and untamed.
Friday 5/08/2005 Loch Brittle – Glen Brittle – Allt a’ Mhullinn – Loch an Fhir-bhallaich – Coire Lagan – Great Stone Chute – Sgùrr Alasdair (993m)
Isle of Skye, SCOTLAND
Participants: Peter Davies, Stephen Davies (Photos, Report)
Walking the Sgùrr Alasdair route on Friday, August 5th, 2005, with my brother Peter was a classic Skye experience—demanding, dramatic, and unexpectedly rewarding. The day began under a blanket of mild, clouded weather: steady, still, and almost serene. We started from Glen Brittle, tracing the well-trodden path that leads gently uphill toward Coire Lagan, where the moody cloud lent the corrie a mystical feeling and kept the mountain’s summit shrouded.
Australian Alps Walking Track (SOBO – South Bound)
Section 11 (7 days): Days 54 – 60 to Walhalla
25/5/2025 – 31/05/2025 Mt Selma Road – Fiddlers Green – Walhalla
Distance: 91.1km Total Ascent: 4,696m Total Descent: 5,552m
Time: 37 hours Moving Time: 25 hours
Participants: Damien Aggio (Report), Stephen Davies (Report, Photos)
Australian Alps Walking Track (SOBO – South Bound)
Section 10 (3 days): Days 51 – 53 to Food Drop 10
22/5/2025 – 24/05/2025 Jamieson-Licola Road – Fiddlers Green
Distance: 27.9km Total Ascent: 1,473m Total Descent: 1,817m
Time: 12 hours Moving Time: 7 hours
Participants: Damien Aggio (Report), Stephen Davies (Report, Photos)
Australian Alps Walking Track (SOBO – South Bound)
Section 9 (9 days): Days 42 – 50 to Food Drop 9
13/5/2025 – 21/05/2025 Selwyn Creek Road – Rumpff Saddle
Distance: 114.2km Total Ascent: 7,981m Total Descent: 7,623m
Time: 63 hours Moving Time: 32 hours
Participants: Damien Aggio (Report), Stephen Davies (Report, Photos)
Australian Alps Walking Track (SOBO – South Bound)
Section 8 (4 days): Days 38 – 41 to Food Drop 8
9/5/2025 – 12/05/2025 Cope Hut – Selwyn Creek Road
Distance: 42.3km Total Ascent: 2,802m Total Descent: 3,335m
Time: 26 hours Moving Time: 16 hours
Participants: Damien Aggio (Report), Stephen Davies (Report, Photos)
Australian Alps Walking Track (SOBO – South Bound)
Section 7 (3 days): Days 35 – 37 to Food Drop 7
6/5/2025 – 8/05/2025 Omeo Highway – Falls Creek – Cope Hut
Distance: 49.1km Total Ascent: 2,583m Total Descent: 2,624m
Time: 20 hours Moving Time: 13 hours
Participants: Damien Aggio (Report), Stephen Davies (Report, Photos)
Australian Alps Walking Track (SOBO – South Bound)
Section 6 (3 days): Days 32 – 34 to Food Drop 6
3/5/2025 – 5/05/2025 Benambra-Corryong Road – Omeo Highway
Distance: 44.0km Total Ascent: 2,854m Total Descent: 1,771m
Time: 23 hours Moving Time: 12 hours
Participants: Damien Aggio (Report), Stephen Davies (Report, Photos)
Australian Alps Walking Track (SOBO – South Bound)
Section 5 (4 days): Days 28 – 31 to Food Drop 5
29/04/2025 – 2/05/2025 Limestone Creek Campground – Benambra-Corryong Road
Distance: 67.2km Total Ascent: 2,826m Total Descent: 3,114m
Time: 28 hours Moving Time: 17 hours
Participants: Damien Aggio (Report), Stephen Davies (Report, Photos)