Carrington Park to Marguerite Cascades

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Getting There

Start (-33.7202004,150.3176958)
Mode Bus Car (There is free parking available.)

Track Notes

Getting started
From Carrington Park, the walk crosses Cliff Drive and goes down the stairs and past the sign for 'Blue Mountains National Park'. The walk continues down the stairs until reaching an intersection signposted with the way to 'Echo Point' or 'Leura Cascades'.....

An optional side trip to Jamieson Lookout.

Turn map	Directions & comments
	Start. After 30 m pass the "The Rooster French Restaurant" (40 m on your right).
	Veer left. After another 6 m pass the "Carrington Park" (6 m on your right). After another 20 m pass the picnic table (25 m on your right). Then pass a seat (20 m on your right).
	After another 25 m turn sharp left. After another 35 m pass the playground (45 m on your right). After another 20 m pass a seat (on your right).
	After another 125 m turn right.
	The starting point of an optional sidetrip. An optional side trip to Jamieson Lookout. To start this optional side trip turn left here. On returning from this side trip veer left when you get back to this intersection. Details below. After another 30 m turn right. After another 30 m pass the "Federal Pass" (on your right). After another 60 m pass a seat (on your left). After another 285 m pass the "Lila Falls" (9 m on your right).
	Turn right. After another 140 m pass the "Linda Falls" (on your left).
	The starting point of an optional sidetrip. Side trip to Leura Falls. To start this optional side trip continue straight here. On returning from this side trip turn sharp left when you get back to this intersection. Details below. After another 95 m continue straight. After another 50 m pass a seat (6 m on your left). After another 50 m come to "Marguerite Cascades".
	The starting point of an optional sidetrip. An optional side trip to Leura Forest. To start this optional side trip continue straight here. On returning from this side trip turn right when you get back to this intersection. Details below. Turn around here and retrace the main route for 990 m to get back to the start.
	Start. About 25 m past the end is a seat. "Jamieson Lookout". Jamieson Lookout Jamieson Lookout Jamieson Lookout is a fenced lookout at the east end of the Federal Pass track, and just off Prince Henry Cliff Walk. The lookout has a bench seat and provides great views up the Jamison Valley, along Kings Tableland escarpment and past Mount Solitary. The lookout is perched up on a large rock buttress, giving views unobscured by trees. + - Jamieson Lookout is a fenced lookout at the east end of the Federal Pass track, and just off Prince Henry Cliff Walk. The lookout has a bench seat and provides great views up the Jamison Valley, along Kings Tableland escarpment and past Mount Solitary. The lookout is perched up on a large rock buttress, giving views unobscured by trees. Turn around and retrace your steps back the 20 m to the main route.

An optional side trip to Leura Forest.

Turn map	Directions & comments
	Start.
	After another 95 m veer left.
	After another 160 m come to the end. About 10 m past the end is a shelter. About 60 m past the end is "Leura Forest". Leura Forest Leura Forest Leura Forest is a great picnic area in the Jamison Valley at the junction of the Federal Pass and Dardenelles Tracks. This place was home to a popular tea house (also known as 'Lady Carrington Dining Hall') from the late 1800's. Today walkers can still enjoy the historic rotunda and the foundations of the original tea house. The picnic area provides a great rest spot under the shade of the lilli pilli and coachwood forest. + - Leura Forest is a great picnic area in the Jamison Valley at the junction of the Federal Pass and Dardenelles Tracks. This place was home to a popular tea house (also known as 'Lady Carrington Dining Hall') from the late 1800's. Today walkers can still enjoy the historic rotunda and the foundations of the original tea house. The picnic area provides a great rest spot under the shade of the lilli pilli and coachwood forest. Turn around and retrace your steps back the 255 m to the main route.

Side trip to Leura Falls.

Turn map	Directions & comments
	Start.
	After another 125 m come to the end. About 35 m past the end is "Leura Falls". Turn around and retrace your steps back the 125 m to the main route.

Terrain

Carrington Park to Marguerite Cascades

Grading

	Class 4/6 Hard track
Length	2 km
Time	1 h 15 min to 2 h 30 min

Quality of track	Rough track, where fallen trees and other obstacles are likely (4/6)
Gradient	Very steep (4/6)
Signage	Directional signs along the way (3/6)
Infrastructure	Limited facilities, not all cliffs are fenced (3/6)
Experience Required	No experience required (1/6)
Weather	Weather generally has little impact on safety (1/6)

Some facilities on route

Shelter: There is one 990 m (plus an extra 305 m along side route) from the start.

Seat: There are 4 on route, on average they are 400 m apart with the largest gap of 1 km.

Order of key facilities on route

Item	From Start	Name & link to notes
Seat	50 m	[seat]
Seat	130 m	[seat]
Seat	370 m	[seat]
Seat	940 m	[seat]
Shelter	990 m + 305 m	[shelter]

Articles

Carrington Park
Carrington Park is a medium-sized park on a traffic island, at the junction of Cliff Road and Merriwa St, Katoomba. The park is partially fenced and has a picnic shelter, picnic tables, garbage bins and children's play equipment.

Jamieson Lookout
Jamieson Lookout is a fenced lookout at the east end of the Federal Pass track, and just off Prince Henry Cliff Walk. The lookout has a bench seat and provides great views up the Jamison Valley, along Kings Tableland escarpment and past Mount Solitary. The lookout is perched up on a large rock buttress, giving views unobscured by trees.

Fern Bower
Fern Bower is an especially pleasant part of the Blue Mountains National Park, protected from heat and providing a great environment for fern trees, bracken ferns and moss to thrive. Fern Bower is a signposted area along the Federal Pass walking track, just below Jamieson Lookout and next to Linda Creek. This is a nice place to stop, rest and enjoy the bird noises.

Lila Falls
Lila Falls is a thin waterfall on Linda Creek. The Federal Pass crosses the creek (on a bridge) in front of these falls, just below the intersection with the amphitheatre. The waterfall is not the most spectacular one in this valley, but it is a nice cool spot to catch your breath.

Marguerite Cascades
Marguerite Cascades are a series of small cascades finishing with a taller waterfall of a few metres height, dropping into a shallow sandy pool. The cascades are on Linda Creek and a small bridge crosses the creek at the base of the falls as part of the Federal Pass walking track. The cascades are a nice place to sit and listen to the water running and the local birds in this cool shady area.

Leura Forest
Leura Forest is a great picnic area in the Jamison Valley at the junction of the Federal Pass and Dardenelles Tracks. This place was home to a popular tea house (also known as 'Lady Carrington Dining Hall') from the late 1800's. Today walkers can still enjoy the historic rotunda and the foundations of the original tea house. The picnic area provides a great rest spot under the shade of the lilli pilli and coachwood forest.

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