The Blue Labyrinth is an area covering much of the southern part of
Blue Mountains National Park
The Blue Mountains National Park is a protected national park that is located in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, in eastern Australia. The national park is situated approximately west of the Sydney CBD, and the park boundary is ...
in
New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...
, Australia. It spans an area south of the
Great Western Highway
Great Western Highway is a state highway in New South Wales, Australia. From east to west, the highway links Sydney with Bathurst, New South Wales, Bathurst, on the state's Central Tablelands. The highway also has local road names between the ...
from
Wentworth Falls
Wentworth Falls (Postcodes in Australia, postcode: 2782) is a town in the Blue Mountains (New South Wales), Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, situated approximately west of the Sydney central business district, and about east of Katoo ...
to
Glenbrook, stretching from
Kings Tableland in the west to
Warragamba Dam
Warragamba Dam is a heritage-listed dam in the outer South Western Sydney suburb of Warragamba, Wollondilly Shire in New South Wales, Australia. It is a concrete gravity dam, which creates Lake Burragorang, the primary reservoir for water supp ...
and the
Nepean River
The Nepean River (Darug language, Darug: Yandhai), is a Perennial stream, major perennial river, located in the south-west and west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Nepean River, and, continuing by its downstream name, the Hawkesbury ...
in the east, and the
Burragorang Valley to the south.
Geographical features
Below are some geographical features of the Blue Labyrinth.
Creeks and rivers:
*
Glenbrook Creek
*
Erskine Creek
The Erskine Creek, a perennial stream of the Hawkesbury- Nepean catchment, is located in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia.
Course
Formed by the confluence of the Bedford and Glen Erskine creeks, the Erskine Creek (offici ...
*
Warragamba River
The Warragamba River, a river that is part of the Hawkesbury- Nepean catchment, is located in the Macarthur region of New South Wales, Australia.
Course and features
Formed through the confluence of the Coxs River and two minor tributaries, W ...
Caves and rocks:
*
Red Hands Cave
Red Hands Cave is an Australian Aboriginal rock art site in the Blue Labyrinth area of Blue Mountains National Park. It is a rock shelter located within walking distance from the town of Glenbrook, New South Wales.
History
The ochre handprints ...
*Attic Cave
*Pisgah Rock
Tracks:
*Oaks Fire Trail
*Andersons Fire Trail
*Murphys Fire Trail
*Ingar Fire Trail
*St. Helena Ridge Trail
*Kings Tableland Road
Rock art sites
The Blue Labyrinth contains many prehistoric Aboriginal rock art sites, many of which are charcoal engravings in rock shelters that depict animals such as
swamp wallabies
The swamp wallaby (''Wallabia bicolor'') is a small macropod marsupial of eastern Australia. This wallaby is also commonly known as the black wallaby, with other names including black-tailed wallaby, fern wallaby, black pademelon, stinker (in Que ...
,
eastern long-necked turtle
The eastern long-necked turtle (''Chelodina longicollis''), also known as the common long-necked turtle and common snake-necked turtle, is an east Australian species of snake-necked turtle that inhabits a wide variety of water bodies and is an ...
s,
bush rats, and other animals. The best-known Aboriginal rock art site in the Blue Labyrinth is Red Hands Cave.
See also
*
List of Blue Mountains subjects
This is a list of articles about the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia.
A
* Aboriginal sites of New South Wales (includes Blue Mountains)
B
* Bargo River
* Barrallier, Francis
* Bell railway station, New South Wales
* Bell, ...
References
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Geography of the Blue Mountains (New South Wales)