Solitary Restaurant to Fossil Rock
Download & Print Map and Notes15 mins
150 m Return
19 m
Moderate track
Solitary Kiosk and Restaurant
Solitary Restaurant offers fine dining in a heritage-listed building overlooking the beautiful Jamison Valley, as well as housing a kiosk for a more casual lunch. The kiosk is open for lunch 7 days a week, from 10am to 4pm (opens 11am weekdays in winter). The kiosk provides a casual dinning experience, with breakfast foods from $10 and lunches around $15 per dish. The restaurant is open for lunch 7 days from 12-4.30pm, and dinner on Fridays and Saturdays from 6pm. Light lunches start from $14, and dinners from $55 for a mouth-watering 2 course meal. Contact details – 90 Cliff Drive, Leura Falls Ph: 02 4782 1164. More info.
(0km) Int of Cliff Drive and Prince Henry Cliff Walk → Int of Cliff Drive and Fossil Rock Track
50 m
1 mins
3m
-6m
Easy track
From the top of the stairs, this walk follows Cliff Drive down the gentle hill towards the point, passing the restaurant and the sandstone pillar, to the signposted intersection of the Prince Henry Cliff Walk.
(0.05km) Int of Cliff Drive and Fossil Rock Track → Fossil Rock
20 m
1 mins
0m
-10m
Moderate track
Turn right: From the intersection, the walk follows the Leura Cascades sign down the wooden steps and along the short bush track to Fossil Rock Lookout.
Fossil Rock
Fossil Rock is a fenced lookout along Prince Henry Cliff Walk, near Katoomba. The lookout is close to Cliff Drive and gives great views along the Jamison Valley and over Mount Solitary, and along the far end of Kings Tableland. The sandstone floor of the lookout is mostly natural and has a few steps cut in it. The rock provides some natural sculptures to enjoy.
(0.08km) Fossil Rock → Bridal Veil Lookout
100 m
2 mins
1m
-19m
Moderate track
Turn left: Keeping the lookout and the valley to the right, the walk follows the bush track winding down the hill for a short while, before coming to the signposted intersection of the ‘Copelands Lookout’ track.
Veer left: From the intersection, the walk follows the track winding along the side of the hill, keeping the cliffs and the valley down to the right, soon coming to the signposted intersection with the track to ‘Bridal Veil Lookout’.
Turn right: From the intersection, the walk follows the ‘Bridal Veil Lookout’ sign along the bush track, heading down the gentle hill through the bush. The walk steps up onto a rock shelf, following it for a short distance before coming to the signposted ‘Bridal Veil Lookout’. At the end of this side trip, retrace your steps back to the main walk then Turn right.
Veer left: From the intersection, the walk follows the track winding along the side of the hill, keeping the cliffs and the valley down to the right, soon coming to the signposted intersection with the track to ‘Bridal Veil Lookout’.
Turn right: From the intersection, the walk follows the ‘Bridal Veil Lookout’ sign along the bush track, heading down the gentle hill through the bush. The walk steps up onto a rock shelf, following it for a short distance before coming to the signposted ‘Bridal Veil Lookout’. At the end of this side trip, retrace your steps back to the main walk then Turn right.
Bridal Veil Lookout
Bridal Veil Lookout provides a great views over Leura Forest and the Jamison Valley. Mount Solitary stands proudly in the distance. In keeping with its name, there are views of Bridal Veil Falls to the east. There is a small bench seat, but no shade.
Maps for the Solitary Restaurant to Fossil Rock walk
You can download the PDF for this walk to print a map.These maps below cover the walk and the wider area around the walk, they are worth carrying for safety reasons.
Six Foot Track | 1:50 000 Map Series | Six Foot Track | NSW-six-foot-track |
Katoomba | 1:25 000 Map Series | 89301S KATOOMBA | NSW-89301S |
Katoomba | 1:100 000 Map Series | 8930 KATOOMBA | 8930 |
Cross sectional view of the Solitary Restaurant to Fossil Rock bushwalking track
Analysis and summary of the altitude variation on the Solitary Restaurant to Fossil Rock
Overview of this walks grade – based on the AS 2156.1 – 2001
Under this standard, a walk is graded based on the most difficult section of the walk.
Length | 150 m | ||
Time | 15 mins | ||
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Grade 3/6 Moderate track |
AS 2156.1 | Gradient | Short steep hills (3/6) |
Quality of track | Clear and well formed track or trail (2/6) | ||
Signs | Clearly signposted (1/6) | ||
Experience Required | Some bushwalking experience recommended (3/6) | ||
Weather | Weather generally has little impact on safety (1/6) | ||
Infrastructure | Generally useful facilities (such as fenced cliffs and seats) (1/6) |
Some more details of this walks Grading
Here is a bit more details explaining grading looking at sections of the walk
Gradient
Around 50m of this walk has gentle hills with occasional steps, whilst the remaining 25m has short steep hills.
Quality of track
This whole walk, 75m follows a clear and well formed track or trail.
Signs
This whole walk, 75m is clearly signposted.
Experience Required
Around 50m of this walk requires no previous bushwalking experience, whilst the remaining 25m requires some bushwalking experience.
weather
This whole walk, 75m is not usually affected by severe weather events (that would unexpectedly impact safety and navigation).
Infrastructure
This whole walk, 75m is close to useful facilities (such as fenced cliffs and seats).
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Plan your trip to and from the walk here
The Solitary Restaurant to Fossil Rock walk starts and ends at the Int of Cliff Drive and Prince Henry Cliff Walk (gps: -33.721565, 150.31952)Your transport options to Int of Cliff Drive and Prince Henry Cliff Walk are by;
Bus. (get details)
Car. There is free parking available.
(get details)
Fire Danger
Each park may have its own fire ban, this rating is only valid for today and is based on information from the RFS Please check the RFS Website for more information.Weather Forest
This walk starts in the Central Tablelands weather district always check the formal BOM forecast or pdf before starting your walk.Forecast snapshot
Park Information & Alerts
Short URL = http://wild.tl/srtfr
Gallery images
There are other downloads I am still working on.
You will probably need to login to access these — still all free.
* KML (google earth file)
* GPX (GPS file)
Special Maps/ brochures
* A3 topo maps
* PDF with Lands Topo map base
* PDF with arial image (and map overlay)
I wanted to get the main site live first, this extra stuff will come in time.
Happy walking
Matt 🙂
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