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Photo 1: Soldiers Memorial Hall
Photo 2: The Bundanoon Community Quilt
Photo 3: Main street, Bundanoon
Photo 4: Sign at the station. How are horse riders to catch the train?
Photo 5: Fire truck passing Ye Olde Bicycle Shoppe
Bundanoon isn’t large, but I was told that the main street ”has some interesting shops” (it turned out that Pauline actually meant the word ‘craft’ – to me “interesting” means books, cameras or hardware LOL).
The Soldiers’ Memorial Hall is just a corner down from the Bicycle Shoppe. It was closed during our visit, but just inside the glass doors was a large quilt in a display case. My polarising filter was not handy, so the inevitable reflections prevent my photo (2) from doing the quilt justice. It was made as a “community quilt” and shows aspects of Bundanoon - and was good enough to take first prize at the 2007 Sydney Quilt Show!
I was suitably desolated that we had no opportunity to visit any craft-related shops, but I contained my disappointment by taking a photo (3) of the main shopping area. I always enjoy interesting signs, the one outside the station (4) saying“No Horses” was too hard to resist. Too bad if you just rode to the station to catch the train! As we walked back to our car, parked near the Olde Bicycle Shoppe, a fire truck went past with lights flashing and siren on – not far away furious efforts were being made to control a major bushfire in the Morton National Park. Address: Downtown BundanoonDirections: There's really only one major street!
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 Ye olde Bicycle Shoppe - great
coffee by Adagio1
As many of the residents are very property proud those visitors interested in gardens will be pleasantly surprised.
For me I think the most fun thing you can do is hire a bike and wander along the many roads and pathways. The local cemetery is quite interesting in an historic way. Leave a Comment Address: Ye Olde Bicycle Shoppe Church St. BundanoonPhone: +61-2-48836043Directions: Centre of town next to the Post office
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Our top priority was to have a coffee at Ye Olde Bicycle Shoppe. It’s been there for many years and, while the main subject of conversation once may have been “how are your spokes?”, it’s now “how do you want your coffee?” ! Yes, coffee culture is alive and well in Bundanoon and they do a fine job of producing a flat white here! More specifically, we had arranged a meeting with VTer Wal (Adagio1).
When we arrived Wal, who is a local resident, was waiting for us. Fortunately he had managed to capture a table, as the place was near full. Our time together flashed by very quickly, as always seems the case when VTers meet and chat … As we left, Wal gave us some directions for our travels (photo 2)
Coffee prices were about the standard $3.50-4.00 AUD and the quality was excellent. No wonder the place is kept busy! Address: Main street, Bundanoon – you can’t miss it!
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 Hardly sighted, often heard by iandsmith
"When I returned up the steps and back to the motorhome where I’d left Rosemarie I was removing my footwear when I heard so many birds I had to stop and listen to their raucous cries. Currawongs, whipbirds, wrens, kookaburras and at least half a dozen others were nearby. However, it was when I heard the kookaburra laughing that my mind started to whirl. A kookaburra chanting when it’s raining? As the gears synchronized in my head I realised all shrill notes were coming from the same spot. Could it be what I was thinking? It was, how fabulous. All the cries were coming from a rampant lyre bird, the king of bird song and the ultimate mimic of sounds. For around ten minutes, as Rosemarie and I got progressively closer, his shrill sounds penetrated every corner of the forest and kept us entranced. It’s moments like these that one realises why the bush is so wonderful."
The proper name is Superb Lyrebird (Menura Novaehollandiae). Leave a Comment
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 Gravestone in the
memorial gardens dating
from 19t by iandsmith
In its heyday during and after the Second World War there were over 50 guest houses with honeymooners being a popular clientele. These days there is still plenty of accommodation catering for a varied market though perhaps nature lovers would be a large share of the market.
One of the attractions is the memorial gardens in Old Wingello Road. It's a very English thing with moss growing on some of the stones and a couple of large trees all interspersed with flowers and cut hedges. Leave a Comment
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 Times past by iandsmith
Still, it's very atmospheric and the sort of place I tend to support, especially when you see the tempting range of cakes they have inside.
There's also a challenge listed on a large hoarding on the inside wall. It involves taking one of their hire bikes and riding it up the hill that is just down the road, literally. The catch is you are only allowed to use one gear which partly explains why there are so few names on the board. Leave a Comment Directions: Just up from the railway station
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Bundanoon is just a wonderful place for people who love to walk. There are serious bush walks through Morton National Park. Do let the ranger or someone responsible know where you are going and when you expect to get back. Around the village there are many short walks an unusual one is to the Glow Worm Glen. At the end of this walk you come to an open ended cave where glow worms can be seen twinkling in the darker areas.
As many of the residents are very property proud those visitors interested in gardens will be pleasantly surprised.
For me I think the most fun thing you can do is hire a bike and wander along the many roads and pathways. The local cemetery is quite interesting in an historic way. Leave a Comment Address: Ye Olde Bicycle Shoppe 9 Church St. BundanoonPhone: +61-2-48836043Directions: Centre of town next to the Post office
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 Half way down by iandsmith
"In reality, Bundanoon itself is not a hamlet of high excitement, just a pleasant stop on the way to the National Park that lies just one kilometre down the road. It was here that we free camped the night as the ticket machine for the National Park wasn’t working. For more than twelve hours we saw and heard no-one, and the drizzle continued.
I opted for a walk to the Fairy Bower Falls after breakfast which turned out to be an excellent choice. The atmospheric mist among the eucalypts, the enhanced flow of the streams and the absence of any human contact lends a special aura to such an experience. "
The walk follows the waterfall pretty much except for one section that diverts wide around a section where the old walk collapsed. Leave a Comment
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On the way down I'd noticed the trail was semi-blocked at a few places but none was more dramatic than the one shown here. A block of sandstone (left of pic) had cascaded down the slope, crashed into the tree (where I'm pointing) and come to rest adjacent to the collision point. Above it there was a cleared section of bush clearly denoting the path of said object.
What was more scary was that it had obviously, judging by the still partly green growth on the fallen plants, crashed its way through in the last 48 hours.
It was just above this point that there was an opening that gives some idea of the vastness of the canyon (pic 2) with glimpses across to the escarpment on the far side. Leave a Comment
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The first shot shows where the trail heads off into more difficult sections, as distinct from the steep but relatively easy portion that takes you to the most photogenic area of the falls. It is where you head off along the lower escarpment to link up with the appropriately titled Steep Track, more of which you can read about in my later tips.
The second shows the pretty red rocks that you'll encounter on the new part of the track, a well constructed section that bypasses an earlier one that now lies in ruins. Leave a Comment
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