Abandoned Blue Mountains tracks and lookouts (and some newly renovated ones too)

The other day I was shown around a series of old, unmaintained tracks and lookouts in the Wentworth Falls area in the Blue Mountains. It's always a surprise to find something new (or in fact old) in such a heavily touristed place.

There used to be a walking track just above the busy Overcliff-Undercliff Track, complete with lots of rather exciting lookouts. The lookouts became more and more exciting as they aged and the guard rails rusted or worked loose, so National Parks stopped maintaining them and pretended they didn't exist.

They've abandoned the old tracks, but they've at least been doing great work on the ones they have decided to maintain.

 

Here's the magnificently renovated Undercliff Track.

 

And the Den Fenella Track