Mermaids Pool & Tahmoor Canyon

This is one of the most beautiful hikes I've been on in Sydney - walking through canyons with a plethora of lovely waterfalls and cascades, and some enormous, turquoise pools and smaller pools with gorgeous reflections.  The only challenge was not holding everyone else up with all my happy snapping.  Thankfully I had some fellow partners in crime.

The stunning Mermaid Pool

Photo by Akshata

Beautiful waterfalls and whirlpools

Lovely reflections

Cool potholes

Great spots to sit and bask in the beauty

Fun to be had with the reflections

 

A friendly, fun group

 

Chances to leap and a photographer to capture it

What more could you possibly ask for?  All just an hour from home.  No wonder I look happy.  

Hike details

Length: 10 km
Duration: 5 hours

This stunning but relatively unknown hike starts from close to Bargo Station, about 75 minutes drive south of Sydney.  It's easy to find the way as a lot of it is signposted and marked.

From the Bargo Station, take the Great Southern Road north for 2.5 kilometers and turn right onto Charlies Point Road. After 3.8km , you will find a gravel parking area on the left.  Leave your car here and follow the short track to the Rockford Bridge. From here, the trail continues for a few hundred metres until you come to a fork. Take the left fork and follow the river to the stunning Mermaid Pools.

From Mermaid Pool, backtrack 100 metres back up the track and you'll find a steep path off to the left that leads up over the ridge. Make sure you stop off for wondrous views over the pool.  Follow the signs onto Tahmoor Canyon.

Related posts

• Mermaid Pools revisited  (September 2014)

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Weekend at The Breede River

I had such a super time at the Breede River with Russell and the Herd clan.

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Highlights included ...

• Driving there with Russell and his two married friends, Corrine and Dana.  They are both screams, and it was a lot of fun.
• A fun and adventurous paddle up the river with Brandon and Russell, pulling the canoe up some rapids, then enjoying going down them.  Brandon took his dog in the canoe and he loved every minute of it.
• Sleeping up in the loft (quite hard to get to!)
• Paddling by myself in the evening, enjoying the solitude and the breathtaking reflections on the river.
• The amazing sunset.
• Hilarious games in the evening. The most fun game involved writing a saucy sentence at the top of a page Then passing it to the person on the right who drew a picture reflecting the sentence.  Then folding it over so only the drawing showed and passing it on again to someone who had to write a sentence based on what the picture showed. And so on, until it passed the whole group.  Then we all compared the original sentence with the last one, with great hilarity.
• Getting the most electric kiss of my life.  I bent forward over a fence to breathe into a horse's nose (as one does!) and my lips glanced the fence which turned out to be electric.  My lips got the shock of their lives!
• Sword fighting with the paddles with Brandon's gorgeous little daughter.
• Dana tricking us into eating a raw olive at the Olive farm.  Probably the most bitter thing I've ever eaten.
• Visiting a cheese farm that didn't provide the greatest variety.  Gouda, Gouda or Gouda.

Berowra Valley NP walk: Thornleigh to Hornsby

This was another wonderful hike with beautiful, water sculptured rocks.  It was a hot day but well worth the effort.  It was especially lovely to meet up with Chrisèl again who I met on a hike in Sept 2013 and felt a great sense of connection with.

     

Macfarlane Reserve to Lindfield Station

A lovely 20 km walk along rivers and creeks in very hot weather.  I went with Meet Up.