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Popular Things To Do | Other Things To Do Tips | All Tips (21) Bundanoon is just a wonderful place for people who love to walk. There are serious bush walks through Morton National Park. Do let the ranger or someone responsible know where you are going and when you expect to get back. Around the village there are many short walks an unusual one is to the Glow Worm Glen. At the end of this walk you come to an open ended cave where glow worms can be seen twinkling in the darker areas.
As many of the residents are very property proud those visitors interested in gardens will be pleasantly surprised.
For me I think the most fun thing you can do is hire a bike and wander along the many roads and pathways. The local cemetery is quite interesting in an historic way. Leave a Comment Address: Ye Olde Bicycle Shoppe Church St. BundanoonPhone: +61-2-48836043Directions: Centre of town next to the Post office
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I'll quote you here from an email I sent at the time:
"When I returned up the steps and back to the motorhome where I’d left Rosemarie I was removing my footwear when I heard so many birds I had to stop and listen to their raucous cries. Currawongs, whipbirds, wrens, kookaburras and at least half a dozen others were nearby. However, it was when I heard the kookaburra laughing that my mind started to whirl. A kookaburra chanting when it’s raining? As the gears synchronized in my head I realised all shrill notes were coming from the same spot. Could it be what I was thinking? It was, how fabulous. All the cries were coming from a rampant lyre bird, the king of bird song and the ultimate mimic of sounds. For around ten minutes, as Rosemarie and I got progressively closer, his shrill sounds penetrated every corner of the forest and kept us entranced. It’s moments like these that one realises why the bush is so wonderful."
The proper name is Superb Lyrebird (Menura Novaehollandiae). Leave a Comment
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The railway came to Jordan's Crossing in 1868 and its official name was changed to Bundanoon (place of deep gullies) in 1881.
In its heyday during and after the Second World War there were over 50 guest houses with honeymooners being a popular clientele. These days there is still plenty of accommodation catering for a varied market though perhaps nature lovers would be a large share of the market.
One of the attractions is the memorial gardens in Old Wingello Road. It's a very English thing with moss growing on some of the stones and a couple of large trees all interspersed with flowers and cut hedges. Leave a Comment
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What a neat place. This cafe is, in part, still a bike shop, though one suspects that coffee means more in terms of business returns these days.
Still, it's very atmospheric and the sort of place I tend to support, especially when you see the tempting range of cakes they have inside.
There's also a challenge listed on a large hoarding on the inside wall. It involves taking one of their hire bikes and riding it up the hill that is just down the road, literally. The catch is you are only allowed to use one gear which partly explains why there are so few names on the board. Leave a Comment Directions: Just up from the railway station
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On the way down I'd noticed the trail was semi-blocked at a few places but none was more dramatic than the one shown here. A block of sandstone (left of pic) had cascaded down the slope, crashed into the tree (where I'm pointing) and come to rest adjacent to the collision point. Above it there was a cleared section of bush clearly denoting the path of said object.
What was more scary was that it had obviously, judging by the still partly green growth on the fallen plants, crashed its way through in the last 48 hours.
It was just above this point that there was an opening that gives some idea of the vastness of the canyon (pic 2) with glimpses across to the escarpment on the far side. Leave a Comment
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There are some lovely colours around in Bundanoon, most notably in spring when the bedding blooms appear and the cherry pink and apple blossom white make their presence felt, along with the magnolia (pic 2).
In the forest other plants stand out, most notably the wattle (pic 3) and, if you keep your eyes peeled, mossy growth on the sandstone outcrops. Leave a Comment
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As I indicated earlier, the Fairy Bower Falls track links up with the Steep Track. On my second visitation I walked straight down the oh-so-appropriately-named Steep Track.
This is not a place for the faint of foot or those recovering from knee operations. Not only is it seriously steep, but in a couple of places a step is missing and you have to scramble your way down the section.
Though it's only a 3.8 kilometre return walk it is very strenuous.
The rewards at the bottom are few though I do love a couple of the reflective shots I managed to sneak off before the light arrived and made it too contrasting for good photos.
The Bundanoon River has certainy left its mark on the sandstone that predominates the area by carving the steep canyon that you find yourself in. Leave a Comment
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This spot had "wow factor" written all over it. The problem was, how to get to it.
Though it was clearly visible from the trail, access to it was difficult and definitely only for the adventurous at heart. Getting a few clear photos wasn't going to be easy and that was reaffirmed during my scramble up the precipitous slope, littered with ferns and rotting vegetation that clung to the steep side leading to the small balcony beneath the overhang.
I was so focused on getting there that when I realised I was in a safe area the effect of this wonder of nature was even more pronounced.
It was spectacular, dominating and overwhelming. In 60 years of life I have never been frightened that a cliff might collapse at any moment.........until now.
For sheer, and I use that word advisedly, drama, this cathedral like cliff takes some beating. The timeworn patterns writ large upon its surface and etched deeply into the grains would have done the artists proud at many a European cathedral I've visited.
Nature at times leaves a sense of wonderment that places like this not only exist but are so rarely recorded. Judging by the lack of evidence it was apparent that few, if any, had ever ventured insude these towering walls.
I felt priveleged to this day to have spent some time beneath them and to have had my camera to record the place for posterity. Remember, it won't be there forever, as clearly shown in my previous tip. Leave a Comment
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From my emails:
"In reality, Bundanoon itself is not a hamlet of high excitement, just a pleasant stop on the way to the National Park that lies just one kilometre down the road. It was here that we free camped the night as the ticket machine for the National Park wasn’t working. For more than twelve hours we saw and heard no-one, and the drizzle continued.
I opted for a walk to the Fairy Bower Falls after breakfast which turned out to be an excellent choice. The atmospheric mist among the eucalypts, the enhanced flow of the streams and the absence of any human contact lends a special aura to such an experience. "
The walk follows the waterfall pretty much except for one section that diverts wide around a section where the old walk collapsed. Leave a Comment
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The first shot shows where the trail heads off into more difficult sections, as distinct from the steep but relatively easy portion that takes you to the most photogenic area of the falls. It is where you head off along the lower escarpment to link up with the appropriately titled Steep Track, more of which you can read about in my later tips.
The second shows the pretty red rocks that you'll encounter on the new part of the track, a well constructed section that bypasses an earlier one that now lies in ruins. Leave a Comment
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on February 4, 2008
on August 30, 2006
