Track Notes: THE CASTLE
The Castle is one of the most spectacular, challenging and rewarding day walks in Australia. It is one of the singular features of the Budawangs wilderness, where the cliff-lined plateaus and valleys that extend south from the Blue Mountains end in crumbled cliffs and a maze of rocky gullies. From a distance it’s hard to see a way to the top of The Castle, which looks a bit like a giant two-tiered cake made of solid rock. But there is a way, although it involves a lot of rock scrambling and in several points hauling yourself up a sheer slope on a rope (when we visited these were safely in place but most guides recommend taking 20 metres of rope just in case). It’s not for the faint-hearted but the reward is a
