Sunday 19/10/2025 Broad Swamp Carpark – Broad Swamp Loop Walk – Camp Road
Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area, NSW
Wiradjuri Country (Wiradjuri people)
Participants: Stephen Davies (Photos), Sue Davies (Report)
We headed off on this walk through Broad Swamp on a clear and sunny morning. It was a gentle meander on the well-formed track through the bush. It is part of a group of wetlands called Newnes Plateau Shrub Swamps. These are found only in high valleys on sandstone rock.
Saturday 18/10/2025 Lost City Walking Track Carpark – Lost City Walking Track – Lost City Lookout – Lithgow State Mine Ventilation Shaft No. 4 – Marrangaroo Creek – Lost City
Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area, NSW
Wiradjuri Country (Wiradjuri people)
Participants: Stephen Davies (Photos), Sue Davies (Report)
After completing Lithgow parkrun, we drove to the Gardens of Stone Conservation area to complete this short walk. The walk has been recently built by NPWS, and the facilities are excellent. There is a graded carpark and new drop toilets. A wide track leads to the Lost City South Lookout which provides panoramic views of endless cliffs and pagodas as far as the eye can see.
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.
Thursday 18/09/2025 Charlotte Pass Village – Charlotte Pass – Kosciuszko Road – Snowy River – Merrits Creek – Kosciuszko Road
Kosciuszko National Park, NSW
Ngarigo Country
Participants: Jean Cane, George Copeland, Stephen Davies (Photos, Report), Sue Davies, Keith Tarlo, John Terrell, David Whittle, Peter Whittle
Based on a drenching of 150mm of rain over recent days and subzero temperatures overnight, I decided to try to minimise probable exposure to icy conditions for my trip today. With a sunny day forecast, our best bet seemed to be to keep out in the open, away from the shade of trees – a scenic tour along the Snowy River would be a nice way to start.
Wednesday 17/09/2025 Charlotte Pass Village – Sugarloaf – Guthrie Ridge – Spencers Creek – Spencers Creek Footbridge – Snowy River – The Snowies Alpine Walk – Charlotte Pass
Mount Guthrie Circuit
Kosciuszko National Park, NSW
Ngarigo Country
Participants: Jean Cane, Stephen Davies (Photos, Report), Sue Davies (Report), Simon G, John Michan, Anita Ullman, Naomi Ullman
After 150mm of rain over the last 36 hours, we woke to a solid cloud cover, which was forecast to clear around midday. It was now a -6°C apparent temperature with a light top-up of snow, but still very windy. A lower elevation trip amongst the trees seemed appropriate.
Monday 15/09/2025 Charlotte Pass Village – Charlotte Pass – Kosciuszko Road – Snowy River – Lake Albina
Kosciuszko National Park, NSW
Ngarigo Country
Participants: Stephen Davies (Photos, Report), Sue Davies
This morning, I offered to lead a trip to Lake Albina. This was one of about six trips that materialised over breakfast. It would only be Sue and I who went in the end, as most other people hadn’t skied for ages and thought it might be too far for their first day, or expected it might be too exposed to some strong wind that was in the forecast.
Sunday 14/09/2025 Perisher Valley – Kosciuszko Road – Perisher Gap – Betts Camp – Spencers Creek – Charlotte Pass – Southern Alps Lodge
Kosciuszko National Park, NSW
Ngarigo Country
Participants: Stephen Davies (Photos, Report), Sue Davies
With some ordinary weather in the forecast, we decided to place our bags on the oversnow transport to Southern Alps Lodge before skiing up for our week-long stay with the NSW Nordic Ski Club.
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)