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Date: 30 March 2019
Par�cipants: Ewan Cain, Jon Hestelow, Hilary Richards, Tony Sandrussi, Michelle Smithson, Patricia Huang,
Steven Sim

Throughout the
A�er a wet night in the Blue Mountains, the weather morning the bush
forecast for today's walk had been less than auspicious, remained wet,
however, the day turned out quite well. and leeches soon
made their
The slight rain that had been falling on our arrival soon
presence felt by
dissipated, although it remained misty for a while.
some members of
The track was muddy at the beginning, and water was the group.
running in the some�mes dry creek, while the bush along
the track retained plenty of moisture after the previous We stopped for
night's rain, ensuring that rain jackets were worn. lunch at the

We followed the Hungerford track down to the river, which turnoff to Perry's
we were able to cross courtesy of some large boulders in Lookdown, in the
the river. impressive Blue
Gum Forest, with
From there we followed the track to Blue Gum Forest.
some adjourning
Walk descrip�on: Initially the track ran quite close to the river, later moving to a picturesque
Descending via the Hungerford track to theGrose River, we away from it. Large parts of the track appeared to be in spot in the middle
follow the track leading to the Blue Gum Forest and later danger of being enveloped by the surrounding foliage. of the adjacent
return by the same route. Descent/ascent of approx. 800m. Grose River.
River crossing,wet feetpossible ifrecent rain. Cartransport
required, will aim to start by 9.00am. Map: Mt Wilson
A�er lunch, we retraced our steps via the same route.
Progress on the return walk was a li�le easier, in part
Report: because the bush had by now dried out.
The route from Pierce's Pass to the Blue Gum Forest may
not a�ract as many walkers as some of the other routes to Finally, having crossed the Grose River again, all that was
the Forest from the other side of the Grose River, for le� to do was the ascent to the cars via the Hungerford
reasons such as that it is accessible only by road transport,
track, which we were all able to accomplish in due course.
but it loses li�le by comparison to the other walks.
We met at the turnoff to the Pierce's Pass road and made
our way to the carpark, to commence the walk.

Report by: Ewan Cain 8 Photos: Steven Sim