McMahons Point, Wentworth Falls

The trip to McMahons Point about 40km return and is suitable to 2wds in dry conditions. After rain 4wd is recommended by NPWS.

When you get to McMahons Point there is a small parking area, toilet and some picnic tables. The walk to the lookout is an easy 800m one way.

The area was savaged by the 2020 fires and it’s great to see green returning. The walking track is almost overgrown in patches.

KEY POINTS for the walk

• Distance: 1.6km return
• Time: 60 mins return PLUS browsing time
• Best time of the day: Any time
• Kid-safe: Yes with supervision, but not little ones
• Dogs on-leash: No
• Steps: Very uneven ground
• Accessible: No
• Heights: Nothing really
• Must do rating out of 10: 9

Look out for lots of “fungi” on the walk, they look amazing. You can see them from the track. Don’t go into the bust looking for them as the bus is pretty fragile right now after the 2020 fires.

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The Tour on the left was shot 16th August 2020 and on right was shot 9th April 2021

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ALONG THE WAY: Check out “Battleship Tops“, there’s a small parking area.  Here: https://w3w.co/sulk.weekdays.bystanders

Battleship Tops’ is a group of high peaks located on the western side of Kings Tableland Road between Harris Hill and Pearces Mountain, Kings Tableland. One particular rock formation near the road is likened to a bow of a warship with turrets on top and gives this area its name.

Opposite Battleship Tops is a collection of really cool rock formations. Take the time to check them out.

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HISTORY: McMahons Lookouts’ are two observation points on the top of the cliff line on the most south point of Kings Tableland. Near these lookouts was the access track into the Burragorang Valley from the Kings Tableland. The packhorse track was in use from the 1860s and was upgraded to horse and cart in the 1870s. In the 1920s it was a road and known as the “one in four” gradient. The first men to travel on this track to Wentworth Falls were George and William Pearce. John McMahon moved into the Burragorang Valley in 1824 as a bonded employee to Denis Green. His ascendants lived on their property called Strathmore below McMahons Lookout. Thomas (Tom) and May McMahon were the postmasters for the Coxs River Post Office during the 1880s.

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