Wentworth Falls in the wet

Rainy weather and still up for some tramping? Danes are not too scared of getting a bit wet, if we were, we would end up sitting inside our houses waiting for better weather most of our lives - at least true for the Danes having decided to use most of their lives back home in good old DK.

This "not too scared" approach has gotten me into some epic wet walks with Jarrod, who seems to have a even more extreme joy for feeling miserable, wet, lost and cold while tramping the Australian wilderness

Hence, it was not a big surprise that Jarrod was keen to come along for a bit of waterfall spotting in Wentworth Falls after a few weeks of big rain in the Blue Mountains. All that rain had secured record amounts of water in the falls and we were both keen to see the Wentworth fall at its best .. even with the forecast predicting more rain. From the beginning it all looked like a terrible idea. We used the first little hour walking along the Charles Darwin Walk towards the fall in heavy rain and misty conditions - no wildlife, no visibility and no dry clothes. Arriving at the falls, at first, we still did not have much visibility, but the roaring sounds of the fall was pretty impressive. I have seen the falls during a dry Australian summer as not much more than a trickle, the falling water hardly being able to make it to the bottom of the valley beneath, since most of the water evaporated into the dry hot air. Needless to say that waterfalls are more impressive when full of water - Our trip suddenly started to make sense. Standing at the top of the falls, we realized that luck was on our side, it had stopped raining, a breeze had found a way into the valley and the clouds surrounding us slowly began to lift - revealing some of the prettiest views I have had in Australia - A proper goosebumps moment! It is unfair to try to pack all that greatness into a 400 pixel wide photo and clicking to go to the higher resolution version only helps a little. Being wet, tired and having used three hours to get to the top of the falls also helped in making it all feel a little special - even the takeaway pie and coffee seemed to taste better that afternoon, how lucky can you be?..!

The TK Hits the Blue Mountains

Oh joy, Oh joy - The TK decided to take a break from the poison business and give those poor shareholders a deserved couple of green weeks. After nearly a week of full-on Sydney sightseeing it was finally time to hit the road and see some mountains - The blue type.

I nearly always take guests bushwalking around Wentworth Falls. On the life-of-Allan-bushwalking-scale it scores very very high, since it is manages to pack a punchy combo of wildlife, waterfalls, forest, vistas and good quality bushwalk into a package that can easily be unwrapped in less than 5 hours.

As expected TK was up for the challenge and had even dressed appropriately using camouflage colors supposedly being able to sneak unseen around in the wilderness. Indeed we were quite blessed with an impressive selection of wildlife on display.

Managed to get some decent photos of a relaxed water dragon sunning at the bottom of the falls.

But also the birds - Lyrebird above - and fish?..! were out in full force! ;-)


Great walk and a fantastic day in the mountains! After fueling up on coffee and some good quality Australian pies we fired up the Magna and drove west - the target destination being another good old favorite: Capertee Valley!