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New South Wales (Sydney Region) |
| Wentworth Falls | |
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small village of Wentworth Falls, named after the explorer William
Wentworth, is home to the restored nineteenth-century Yester Grange
(Mon-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat & Sun 10am-5pm; $5), filled with Victorian-era
antiques and a fine watercolour collection, its neat gardens set off by
their rugged bush backdrop (and there's a good tearoom).
Nearby, a signposted road leads from the Great Western Highway to the Wentworth Falls Reserve, with superb views of the waterfall tumbling down into the Jamison Valley. You can reach this picnic area from Wentworth train station by following Darwin's Walk - the route followed by the famous naturalist in 1836. |
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of the other bushwalks in the area start from the Valley of the Waters
Conservation Hut, about 3km from the station at the end of Fletcher
Street. Bus services are infrequent; a taxi from the station costs $6. The
NPWS Hut, with a great café (daily 9am-5pm; tel 4757 3827), is in a
fantastic location overlooking the Jamison Valley.
A wide selection of bushwalks, detailed on boards outside, ranges from the two-hour Valley of the Waters track, which descends into the valley, to a two-day walk to Mount Solitary. One of the most rewarding is the quite strenuous, six-kilometre National Pass, a walk which will conveniently get you back to the train station and takes in Wentworth Falls en route. After the bushwalk stop off for a calories-horrific German-style pastry at Patisserie Schwarz Renae Arcade, 30 Station St, Wentworth Falls. Closed Tues. Events |
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