Yellow Rock

Yellomundee Regional Park

Today we drove down Singles Ridge Road to Yellow Rock.  The end part of this road that leads down to the lookout at Yellow Rock has deteriorated badly, with huge potholes, and I was fearful for our car in negotiating these hazards.  We do not have a four wheel drive so we drove very gingerly along it.  I don't think we will visit here again for a while, not until the road is repaired!  It was a beautiful sunny afternoon and the view, as always, looked spectacular.  There was an artist painting the view and he had captured the scene very well.  He said it was his first time at this spot.  I was hoping to see some wattle blooming in the bush, but there was nothing visible.  I was not able to walk very far as the terrain is very rocky and I am suffering with a painful knee at the moment.  Ken did a little exploratory walk around the area.

Here is the spectacular view from the lookout, looking down to the Nepean River.  The Yellomundee Regional Park is located on the Eastern escarpment of the Blue Mountains

Here is the artist, all packed up and ready to head back to his car.  He lives in Mulgoa.  You can see the painting attached to his easel.  I thought it was very good.  He said he thought it was a bit too light and would have to add some colour to it when he got home to his studio.  I think he had been painting all morning.

This deep chasm between two rocks looks rather scary.  I always think of the movie Picnic at Hanging Rock when I see dark crevices like this between rocks.

Part of the badly potholed road that leads down to the lookout.  I think four wheel drive vehicles are partly responsible for the deterioration of this road, as I can imagine, when they see a dirt road, they delight in driving fast along it, with little regard to how they rip up the surface!

Here I am resting by a tree.  The terrain was very rough and I was not able to explore very far without hanging on to Ken for support!


After leaving the lookout area, we drove around the streets in the residential area of Yellow Rock.  Yellow Rock is quite an isolated settlement in the Blue Mountains.  There are no shops, but there are many nice homes in neat suburban streets.