Blue Gum Forest

I did the blue gum forest walk over the weekend with Adelle. The weather thankfully was quite cold for this time of year and when we started out everything was shrouded in fog and you could only see 50 metres. The walk from the blackheath train station to the start of the track was a dead flat 3 km that went remarkably quickly with a short side trip to the parks and wildlife building where I resisted the urge to further increase the weight of my pack with some of the lovely books that lay within. From Govetts leap car park we then had to walk to evans lookout as the track down govetts leap was closed due to a land slide. The walk to evans lookout was also dispatched rapidly as due to the fog there was little to see, however the fog started to clear as we approached evans lookout and it unveiled some nice views. The wander down to beaucamp falls was slippery but very interesting and due to the stream running through it was very wet and full of tree ferns which reminded me of home. At beaucamp falls we stopped for lunch on a large rock with splendid views of the valley and the falls. After eating so much we could barely walk we waddled on down to the valley floor passing some great swimming holes and a few eastern water dragons on the way.
We soon hit junction rock where we had a quick break before carrying on towards acacia flat on the way Adelle managed to catch a lovely little dragon which was quite friendly, although it eventually leaped to freedom and scampered off before we could get a photo.
After replenishing the water supplies at orangutang creek we headed on to acacia flat where we set up camp amongst some lovely blue gums and I discovered a leech had hitch hiked along in my shoe although for some reason it had not bit me. That night it rained steadily helping to lull oneself to sleep.
The next day we went for a quick walk through the blue gum forrest where we were attacked by hoards of hungry leeches luckly only one was quick enough to draw blood before I noticed it. After this it was time for the steep climb up to perry's lookout despite the sign at the bottom of the hill saying it should take 2-3 hours we did it easily in two hours with plenty of short stops to admire the view along the way. At the top we had a delicious lunch of soup and lebanese bread that Adelle had kindly hauled up the hill. All that then remained was a quick wander along the road to pulpit rock where we could join all the tourists gawking at the view from the cliffs as we wandered back to govetts leap car park. Had a good look around blackheath before getting some greasy burgers to subdue our hunger and a train back to sydney.