Katoomba, NSW
Jamieson Valley - Named after a good mate of Governor Lachlan Macquarie. Taken along the way on the bus trip down to the caves. We'd be trekking down in that valley soon enough.

Katoomba, NSW
Govett's Leap - Highest free-falling waterfall in the region. A "leap" is an old expression for a waterfall. Govett is the guy who discovered it. No, Govett did not leap off it.

Six Foot Track, NSW
A stream! A few hours into the first day, our first sign of water on the hike.

Six Foot Track, NSW
Stragglers - Shen and Lillian bring up the rear

Six Foot Track, NSW
Nestled in the shade, this area made a nice rest stop

Six Foot Track, NSW
Tim refilling the water bottles. He's perched a bit precariously, don't you think? A little nudge should do the trick...

Six Foot Track, NSW
Rest Stop - Those river rocks are slippery. I almost fell in. Twice.

Six Foot Track, NSW
Anna refused to get her feet wet again. So, after Tim crosses, he had to come back again and, chivalrous man that he is, carried his darling (including backpack) across the treacherous river.

Six Foot Track, NSW
The View Ahead - Past the river and on to a bit of open country. Imagine it - walking on a beaut day
with wonderful Aussie bush scenery, a nice soft breeze blowing. Not many things are as soothing as this.

Six Foot Track, NSW
The View Behind the View Ahead - Hmm. Can you spot a couple in the distance? Stragglers? Gee, wonder who they are.

Six Foot Track, NSW
The Yard - Mid-afternoon. More great scenery, even though we were beginning to get quite weary. At this point, we discovered we miscalculated our location on the map, and were, in fact 2 kilometers further away from campfall than we thought. The road you see is not, in fact, the road we took. The track we were to follow twisted around to the right in an Easterly direction.

Six Foot Track, NSW
Around the campfire preparing tucker for tea. We were meant to meet up with the group that went ahead, at this campsite. They arrived there at 2.30pm that afternoon and contrary to common sense, decided to forget that we had all agreed to camp there and push onwards. They left a note telling us that they had walked on for another hour and were going to camp there. What they failed to realise was that Shen had succumbed to a bad case of blistering in his feet and we had fallen 2 hours behind them. We got to the Cox's River campsite at 4.30pm. If we were to follow them, we would no doubt arrive where they were (wherever that was... turns out they didn't camp at a designated camping ground, which isn't exactly legal) at about 6pm.

In the valley, the sun slips behind the mountains quite early and 6pm would be way too late to set up tents and cook dinner etc. So, tired and annoyed, we decided to stay put. Stuff what the other group did! We had a long-drop toilet at our campsite! No digging holes for us! Somewhere in one of those bags are marshmallows. Toasting them is a fine art. "And the trick is to make it gooey but not black - like this. Look, it's coming along nicely... Aren't I good-- ah crap! It's on fire!!! Nooo!"

Six Foot Track, NSW
Bowtell's Bridge - A long wire bridge across Cox's River.
The sign reads, "Safety Restrictions - Only One Person
At A Time." A nice start to the third day.

Six Foot Track, NSW
Heroic Tim is the first one to cross again.
A worried Anna looks on as Shen and Lill psyche themselves for the crossing. I fail to see the reason for concern.

Six Foot Track, NSW
Bridge traversal *

Six Foot Track, NSW
The end! An exhausted pair (and photographer) stand at Explorer's Tree, marking the end of the track.