EASY CAR CAMPING AT MT WILSON - beautiful camping, perfect for beginners

Join us for a relaxing night of super easy car camping, picnic dinner, good company, and a gorgeous logfire, at one of the most beautiful places in Sydney ... Cathedral Reserve in Mt Wilson. This is a beautiful peaceful camping area with no fees and no bookings required, it sits amongst the shaded greens of plane trees and fern groves, and is right next to the elegant beauty of Mt Wilson's stunning private display gardens, epic Blue Mountains scenery, and swathes of stars at night.

If you are not usually a camper, or you don't have a tent and other camping gear, it is very easy to just use your car ... if your car is large enough (say a moderate SUV) to fold down the back seat and create enough space to lie down, just bring an inflatable mat or other soft layers to lie on, warm bedding and your pillow, and you have a very comfortable, convenient and secure camping set up. Viola!

This day is part of our Blue Mountains adventure weekend on September 20 and 21:

• Sat 20 Sep – 10.45am Blackheath/Ikara Head wildlflower bushwalk
• Sat 20 Sep – 5pm Mt Wilson easy car camp & dinner under the stars
• Sun 21 Sep – 9am Mt Wilson spring gardens tour & Mt Tomah gardens

These events are designed to flow easily one into the next, so join us for some or all of them as you please for a big wonderful weekend away.

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THE PLAN
After the Saturday morning walk at Ikara Head/Mount Victoria winds up at about 3.30pm, we will head to Mt Wilson for the night.
If you arrive there before the group, just set yourself up and enjoy the peace :-)

We will set up camp on the lawn close, probably at the lower end of the reserve (near the shady trees, fireplaces, and toilet). You can choose any spot you like.

The camping area is simple and beautiful - it has no facilities other than toilets - so bring your water, food (you can cook, or bring takeaway dinner, or have cold meals), a torch, and chair to sit on.

If there are no fire bans, we will bring a bag of wood to have a lovely log fire to sit around.

If you feel like an evening or morning walk, the Cathedral of Ferns trail is right next to our camping spot - it is a very short and easy stroll looping through the mossy forest of giant ferns, beautiful if it is misty conditions. Insect repellent highly recommended in the forest.

Enjoy dinner and great conversation with the group, a peaceful sleep in the mountain air, and on sunday morning we will have a lazy start, breakfast.

If you are staying for the sunday activities, pack up your camp and be ready at 9am to head off with the group for the 8m walking tour around Mt Wilson finishing at about 2pm-3pm.

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TRANSPORT

By car:
Mt Wilson is on the north side of the Blue Mountains, 125km (2.5 hours) from Sydney directly via Richmond, Kurrajong to Bells Line of Rd and Mt Wilson Rd.

Or along Bells Line of Rd and Mt Wilson Rd of you are coming from Mt Victoria (21km) after the saturday morning walk, or from Pierces Pass (12km) after the saturday sunset walk.

You can post in the Comments section on this page if you want to offer a car pool and share fuel and highway toll costs with others.

There is NO access by train:
You can get a train as far as Mt Victoria (see the trip planner at www.transportnsw.info), but there is NO public transport from Mt Victoria to Mt Wilson.

You can post in the Comments section on this page if you want to seek a car pool with others, but you will need to make sure that you have a ride all the way to Mt Wilson and back to Sydney or a public transport node.

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GRATUITY
No contribution needed for this one - just looking forward to everyone's lovely company at camp :-)

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BRING

• torch (head torch, hand torch, or just use your phone light)
• your food (Saturday dinner, Sunday breakfast and lunch, you can choose to cook or just bring cold meals in a chiller box)
• water/drink (3 - 4 litres to last you for 24 hours, there is no clean running water at the camping reserve)
• insect repellent
• a good warm jacket, pants, and beanie for your head (the temperature drops fast at sunset in the mountains, and sometimes it is windy here)
• sturdy walking shoes
• towel or pad or folding chair to sit on at camp
• your camping gear (tent, mat, sleeping bag) or sleep in your car with normal bedding and pillow
• toiletries

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DISCLAIMER:
By your RSVP to this event you agree to the conditions of membership and participation which you can read in the WHAT WE'RE ABOUT section HERE.