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Darwin's Walk, Wentworth Falls

Lockleys Pylon

Confederation of Bushwalking Clubs NSW Incorporated

Mountain Trails Club

Sydney Bush Walkers

Byles, Marie

Dunphy, Myles

Rigby, Alan

Darwin's Walk

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Bushwalking

Darwin's Walk, Wentworth Falls

Darwin's Walk starts from Wilson Park Wentworth Falls and runs across a boardwalk and bush track through open forest, shrub, and hanging swamps to the national park boundary. It was in the valley at the end of Jamison Creek that Charles Darwin stood in 1836, struggling for words to describe the 'quite novel' scene before him, the 'immense gulf' and the 'absolutely vertical' sandstone cliffs where 'a person standing on the edge and throwing down a stone, can see it strike the trees in the abyss below'.

Lockleys Pylon

Lockleys Pylon, located in Darug country north of Leura, is a rock formation on top of Du Faur Buttress, 600 metres above the floor of the Grose Valley. The 360-degree view from the pylon take in the Illawarra and Sydney, mounts Hay, Banks and Tomah, the Darling Causeway, Hat Hill, Govetts Leap and the Fortress Ridge, as well as the mountains villages in between.With sites of significance to the Gundungurra and Wiradjuri close by, Lockleys Pylon looks down on to the iconic Blue Gum Forest, a haunt for bushwalkers and birth place of the Australian conservation movement. It was named by conservationists in honour of the supportive Sydney Morning Herald journalist JG '˜Redgum' Lockley

Confederation of Bushwalking Clubs NSW Incorporated

Umbrella organisation for non commercial outdoor recreation activities.

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Mountain Trails Club

Bushwalking club for men which became an important advocacy lobby for the conservation movement and in the formation of a professional parks service.

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Sydney Bush Walkers

Bush walking club that focused on protecting bushland from development as it did when there was a threat to the Blue Gum Forest.

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Byles, Marie

Pioneering woman lawyer, bushwalker and Buddhist who gave endless opportunities to women in law as she had herself overcome many obstacles to her chosen career.

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Dunphy, Myles

Conservationist who played a crucial role in the recognition and protection of wilderness areas throughout New South Wales and particularly in the Blue Mountains. By bushwalking and mapping, through the foundation of walking clubs, and lobbying for a professional park service his campaigns continued throughout his life.

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Rigby, Alan

Conservation and bush walker who campaigned for the protection of the wilderness in particular the Blue Mountains.

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Darwin's Walk

Walk starting from Wilson Park Wentworth Falls along a boardwalk and bush track through open forest, shrub, and hanging swamps to the national park boundary, where the walk meets Weeping Rock loop.

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