Uploads from Cameron Booth, tagged bluemountains, with geodata

Rusting

nobody@flickr.com (Cameron Booth) — Sun, 28 May 2006 01:32:39 -0700

I love the contrast between rough and smooth, colour and rust here. This hulk was lying halfway down a gully near the Knapsack Viaduct.

Stairway To Heaven?

nobody@flickr.com (Cameron Booth) — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 05:11:37 -0700

Cameron Booth posted a photo:

An obvious title perhaps, but this was taken at the Pulpit Rock lookout, so it seems somewhat appropriate. Do you forgive me?

Valley

nobody@flickr.com (Cameron Booth) — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 04:16:39 -0700

Cameron Booth posted a photo:

A small side valley joins the Nepean Gorge near Mulgoa on the far western outskirts of Sydney.

Nepean Gorge

nobody@flickr.com (Cameron Booth) — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 04:18:27 -0700

Cameron Booth posted a photo:

Looking south down the Nepean River Gorge from The Rock lookout near Mulgoa.

Rough Bark

nobody@flickr.com (Cameron Booth) — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 04:17:44 -0700

Cameron Booth posted a photo:

The texture of this tree is nothing short of extraordinary.

Green Fern

nobody@flickr.com (Cameron Booth) — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 06:12:55 -0700

Cameron Booth posted a photo:

Depth of field fun with some leaves by the track.

Here Be Dragons

nobody@flickr.com (Cameron Booth) — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 06:14:34 -0700

Cameron Booth posted a photo:

This little fellow was just basking on the track, and remained still long enough for me to take quite a few good shots of him. I'm not great on lizard identification, but I think he's some kind of Bearded Dragon. I love the blue colouration on his spikes.

St Thomas' Church, Mulgoa

nobody@flickr.com (Cameron Booth) — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 06:13:45 -0700

Cameron Booth posted a photo:

This delightful church dates from 1838, which must make it amongst the oldest churches in Australia. It shares a lot of architectural similarities with St Anne's Church in Ryde, which is of a similar vintage.

Knapsack Viaduct 2

nobody@flickr.com (Cameron Booth) — Sun, 28 May 2006 01:32:39 -0700

Cameron Booth posted a photo:

In the construction of the first railway line to the Blue Mountains, the Engineer-in-Chief, John Whitton, was compelled to cross the deep ravine of Knapsack Gully at the head of Jamison Creek. For this he designed a sandstone arched viaduct, 5.5m in width, to carry a single line of rail. The contract for its construction was let to W. Watkins in March 1863 and the work was completed in 1865. Its length was 118 metres and its height at the centre 38 metres above the creek bed.

This magnificent viaduct fell into disuse in 1913 when the railway line closed on the completion of the Glenbrook Gorge Deviation and was unused until 1926 when it was taken over by the Main Roads Board and incorporated into the Great Western Highway, which to this point had continued up Mitchell's Pass over the Lennox Bridge. To cope with increasing road traffic, the bridge was widened to 9.1 metres in 1939: the projecting supports on each pier can clearly be seen in this photo.

The viaduct continued to carry traffic up to the Blue Mountains until the 1990s, when it was bypassed by the current continuation of the M4 Motorway. Today it only carries a pedestrian and cycleway and allows access to the old Lapstone Zig Zag railway cuttings.

Knapsack Viaduct 1

nobody@flickr.com (Cameron Booth) — Sun, 28 May 2006 01:32:39 -0700

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Knapsack Viaduct 3

nobody@flickr.com (Cameron Booth) — Sun, 28 May 2006 01:32:39 -0700

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Ruins, Lapstone

nobody@flickr.com (Cameron Booth) — Sat, 20 May 2006 17:13:04 -0700

Cameron Booth posted a photo:

These are ruins of a gatekeeper's cottage along the old route of the Great Western Highway at Lapstone in the Lower Blue Mountains.

Sunset Clouds

nobody@flickr.com (Cameron Booth) — Sat, 20 May 2006 17:13:04 -0700

Cameron Booth posted a photo:

Evening clouds at Lapstone in the Lower Blue Mountains.

Lennox Bridge, Mitchell's Pass