The walkway passes through several forest and shrub communities before climbing the gorse-lined historic ferryman’s track. Continue along one of several glacial and river-carved terraces to a good lookout point (about 45 minutes)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The walkway follows the rim of the gorge through spectacular geological areas, showing lava flows of rhyolite, pitchstone and andesite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It then descends into a gully under a canopy of mountain forest and shrub, to the site of the Snowdon coal mines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The entrances to several coal mine tunnels can be seen here, and the remains of equipment used for extraction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The track then climbs out of the creek to a sign-posted junction. The walkway forms a loop from this point, with the right-hand track climbing across tussock-covered terraces directly to the lookout point. The track then passes through the bush to loop back to the junction. A side track off the loop descends to the river (boat landing track 121m).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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