Six Foot Track, Blue Mountains

For SINGLE BUSHWALKERS 25 to 39 yrs
Saturday 4 - Monday 6 December 2010 (3 days)

Itinerary

CAMPING AT IT'S BEST!
The package includes snack packs, breakfasts,  lunches and delicious dinners such as fresh snapper, Thai chicken curries , french crepes - plus much more, as well as refreshments and alcohol (beer and wine). All group camping and cooking equipment is transported daily by our support vehicle. On night one you'll stay in a bushwalking lodge at Coxs River with comfy beds and on night two camp under the stars in with comfortable tents and air mattresses supplied with the deluxe package.

BUSHWALK GRADE: Medium
This walk is graded as medium and suitable for those with an average level of fitness. It is 44km - about 19 hours walking over 3 days. For those that want to skip the 3km uphill climb on the morning of day 2 - you can opt to stay behind to help pack up and get a lift up the hill with the support crew.

ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is a combination of multi share lodge and twin share tents. On night one you'll stay in an Eco-Lodge (multi-share, mixed gender) at Coxs River with comfy beds and on night two camp under the stars in unspoilt surroundings.

View Lodge  

FACILITIES
This is a camping trip and as such there are no permanent facilities.

A portable bush shower is provided for both nights and mornings. There is also an impressive granite rock pool on the first night for refreshing.

The bushwalkers lodge has a drop toilet. The tour operator also provides a portable potty (like toilets on a yacht) and there is always the natural option 'off going bush'.

WHAT TO WEAR
Please wear comfortable lightweight clothes (no jeans) wear a hat and good walking shoes for bushwalking.

Day Pack - What to Pack
Sunscreen, hat, sun glasses, camera, large water bottle or water bottle container and waterproof jacket.

Your Overnight Bag should include:
Full weather gear needed as climate is variable that you can remove when you warm up

• good walking boots/shoes - that have been walked in at least 4 weeks prior to the walk
• towel & swimmers
• insect repellent
• sleeping bag
• torch
• jumper & warm gear for night. (Black Range is 1200m above sea level it can be cold at night)
• plate, cutlery and cup
• any special medication
• a pair of shoes to get wet and a a pair of dry shoes
• clothes & underwear including 2 pairs of good thick walking socks
• band-aids and toilettries
• sleeping sheet & pillow

TRANSPORT

Sydney Hotel Pick Up:  For a little extra you be picked you up from any Sydney Hotel in the CBD and dropped to your hotel. Pick ups are between approximately 7:15 to 8:00am. Your pick up time will be confirmed around the week prior to departure.

When booking this service you must advise your pick up address; either your hotel or alternatively you may arrange a pick up from Wynard or Town Hall train station.

For your return transfer, Blue Mountains to Sydney the transfer will return approximately 5:30 to 6pm to Sydney.

Driving: Drive to Katoomba in the Blue Mountains then head to the Explorer Tree on the Great Western Highway, 2.5kms west of Katoomba Station. Turn left at the Explorer Tree into Nellies Glen Road and drive 200 metres to the parking area where our walk starts.

Train: Catch a train from Central Station Sydney to Katoomba Railway station. The tour operator can organise a pick up from the station to the start of the walk. You must send us an email at least 10 days in advance of day 1 to organise a pick up if you are taking this option and to pay for the service.  

MEETING POINT
Meet at 9 or 9:30am (will be confirmed closer to time of travel) at Nellie Glen Road Car Park, Katoomba, which is 200 metres past the Explorer Tree in the Blue Mountains. see driving instructions below or train timetables), 2.5kms west of Katoomba Station. Look out for your instructor, who will be wearing a Life's An Adventure T'shirts.

Read history of the track. Click here.

Day 1:
Meeting at 9:30am and then the walk starts near the Explorer Tree and follow the main track down to the clifftop lookout above the gorge of Nellies Glen from here you look down the Megalong Creek Valley in the direction you will be walking. We cross the Bowtells Swing Suspension bridge to our campsite on the beautiful Coxs River - bring your swimmers as this is a great place to take a dip and revitalise. Relax when you arrive yor campsite will be set up and ready for you - with your overnight bag transported from the start of the walk to the camp.

Day 2:
A challenging morning awaits with 3kms of steep track rising over 400 metres climbing the slope from little river to the ridge of Black Range. For those that want to skip most of the uphill climb - you can opt to stay behind to help pack up the campsite and be rewarded with a lift up most of the hill. The walk follows the fire trail along Black Range passing through wooded country. We overnight at Black range campsite.

Day 3:
We walk along the steep fire trail down Binoomera Ridge passing Carlotta Arch before arriving at Jenolan Caves. Free time is available to explore these amazing caves (bring additional money if you wish to view the caves entrance fees range from $25 to $38 depending on which caves you visit). From here we catch the 3pm bus for our return to the start of the walk.

Please allow $35 extra for your return bus trip back to the start of the walk.