Charles Darweed Walk

Last September the second section of the Darwin’s Walk was completed and opened to the public. It was time to check it out! 

Darwin’s walk is not my favourite track but it is historically significant. During his stay in Sydney, Charles Darwin travelled to Bathurst via the Blue Mountains and stopped at Wentworth Falls. There he walked from the Weatherboard Inn and followed the Jamison Creek to the edge of the cliffs overlooking the Jamison Valley.
The track was badly damaged by the 2020 storms and closed. In March 2024 the first section was re-opened. The works were finished in September 2025 and the Darwin Walk is now fully opened to the public.

With its many raised platforms and bridges, this must be one of the most expensive track in the Blue Mountains but it should withstand the next big flood… The upper part of the walk offers a good display of the weeds that called the upper Blue Mountains home: dandelion, montbretia, fleabane, crabgrass, tickseed, etc. The walk offers some great views on the swamps that line the Jamison. It is an easy mostly flat track  but the best views are in the National Park.
The Weeping Rock track links the Darwin’s track to the Wentworth Falls Track. Under a rock, a confused Christmas Bells flower was showing off its colours. A new plaque indicates where Darwin allegedly saw the Jamison Valley.
We turned right and followed the Undercliff and Overcliff tracks to the Valley of the Waters track and up to the Conservation Hut where I had a delicious, well-deserved iced coffee! Then back to the  Picnic Area via the Shortcut track. A nice little walk on a hot day!