Nepean Basin Falls: Valley of the Waters Creek
The Valley of the Waters falls down the escarpment through a long steep valley. It meets the Jamison Creek before the Burrogorang and the Nepean River.
There is an old trail that follows the creek to the valley floor. The trail is shut below Empress falls at the time of writing following a fatal rock fall and questions remain about how the area can be made safer for visitors. When open, the round trip may take half a day or more.
While the descent into the Valley of the Waters is challenging (and, in wet or icy conditions, dangerous), those who take the hike are never the same. It is said that those who survive live longer, smile harder and speak slower.
The trail down the valley follows a single stream segmented into a number of drops which in modern times have been given colonial names: Empress, Sylvia, Lodore, Flat Rock. While typical of ravine falls off the coastal escarpments, each fall is a little different. The steep trail features a number of lookouts and demanding sandstone …
There is an old trail that follows the creek to the valley floor. The trail is shut below Empress falls at the time of writing following a fatal rock fall and questions remain about how the area can be made safer for visitors. When open, the round trip may take half a day or more.
While the descent into the Valley of the Waters is challenging (and, in wet or icy conditions, dangerous), those who take the hike are never the same. It is said that those who survive live longer, smile harder and speak slower.
The trail down the valley follows a single stream segmented into a number of drops which in modern times have been given colonial names: Empress, Sylvia, Lodore, Flat Rock. While typical of ravine falls off the coastal escarpments, each fall is a little different. The steep trail features a number of lookouts and demanding sandstone …
