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Finding this waterfall was both a surprise and a relief. I walked through bush for a while, even had a mad slip down a mud slope, but this was the reward. After heavy rain, I feel that this probably would not normally flow very hard at all... Just like most of the mid mountains waterfalls. I would have to say I am happy with the hardship I went through to capture this awesome little scene.

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HAZELBROOK - MID MOUNTAINS
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The town was named after Hazelbrook House, built in the 1870s by Bronte Noelle. The name Hazelbrook was adopted in 1884 when the Hazelbrook railway station was opened opposite the home. Hazelbrook House no longer exists but Selwood House is a heritage-listed building in the nearby vicinity and now houses a science museum. Other attractions in the area include Terrace Falls, Victor Falls and Bedford Pool on the south side of the village, plus Lyre Bird Glen, Oaklands Falls, Horseshoe Falls and Burgess Falls on the north side.

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Thought I would try a bit brighter sky on this one...

The natural wonders of Leura can be discovered via the many walks. A great place to start is Sublime Point Road. Here you will find one of the world’s most spectacular golf courses as well as the popular Fairmont Resort.

At the other end of Sublime Point Road is Sublime Point at 900m above sea level, you are certain to stand in awe of the view from this point.

This is another image taken at sunset over the Hawkesbury River at Yarramundi

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Yarramundi is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Yarramundi is located 69 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Hawkesbury.

The suburb is named after Yarramundi, an Indigenous Australian of the Boorooberongal clan of the Darug people. He was a garadyi or 'doctor' and was called by Europeans 'the chief of the Richmond Tribe'.

This area was previously known as Kearns Retreat.

The Grose Valley arguably became the cradle of the modern conservation movement in NSW when Blue Gum Forest was saved from threatened destruction in 1931-32. A group from the Sydney Bush Walkers club, led by Alan Rigby, were camped in the forest when they chanced upon a Bilpin farmer, Clarrie Hungerford. Hungerford had a lease of the forest and told the bushwalkers he planned to clear the blue gums to plant walnuts.

The bushwalkers went away and started a campaign to stop him. Eventually, they raised 130 pounds which they paid Hungerford in exchange for his relinquishing the lease. It was a substantial amount at the height of the great depression. 80 pounds came in the form of an interest-free loan from James Cleary, then head of the NSW railways and subsequently chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Commission. Cleary was also a bushwalker.

Me... Nuff Sed...