In this episode, I walk in the footsteps
of Charles Darwin, let's get to it.
Hello everyone, my name is "Just Mike" and welcome to Sensatious Hiatus" where I
highlight my travels, and share information with you on how I made those adventures happen.
In my last video, I showed some of the sights of the Blue Mountains near the town of Katoomba, but
in this episode I'm gonna highlight some of the walking tracks that it did near the town of Wentworth Falls.
I took the train here which got me within walking distance to the trailhead of the Charles Darwin walk.
Charles Darwin visited Australia briefly
in 1836 towards the end of his famous
five-year voyage aboard the HMS Beagle. 
 He visited the Blue Mountains and walked
along the Jamison Creek to the top of
some sandstone cliffs that provided a
stunning view of the Jamison Valley. 
 Darwin described the scene as an "immense gulf"
that was "quite novel;" and now I can
see why he described it that way.
Wentworth Falls is truly a spectacular
waterfall and this is only the middle-level
part of the falls.  I also want to
note that the track at this point is no
longer the Charles Darwin walk.  This is
the National Pass.  The National Pass was
originally built in 1906 using picks,
shovels, crowbars, and dynamite.
After 95 years of erosion from people and the
elements this track underwent a 1.5
million dollar restoration project in
2002 and it is definitely one of the
most memorable tracks I've ever been on. 
 I'll put a link to a documentary on the
National Pass in the description below
if you're interested in learning more about it.
After a large number of stairs and ladder climbs, I finally reached the bottom of Wentworth Falls.
I remember this being a very hot January
day and shortly after I cooled off down
here, it was time to head all the way
back up.
An awesome hike man, I really recommend
it if you're in the area definitely
check it out - and go definitely go down to the
Wentworth Falls area.  That was really
cool.
Alright catch you guys later.
