Honeymoon Point

I have frequently mentioned the damage that was caused to many of the Blue Mountains tourist locations, principally due to fires and torrential rain induced landslides. 

The Blue Mountains most popular walking track is the Prince Henry Clifftop Walk, which meanders through/past clifftops, waterfalls, hanging swamps, temperate rainforests, babbling brooks, native flowers, rocky overhangs, bridges and breathtaking views into the Jamison Valley. It extends 6.8kms between the eastern Scenic World Skyway station, (see extra) past the Katoomba Falls, Echo Point, the Leura Cascades and onto Gordon Falls.

Aaaaanyway. This heritage protected tourist attraction has been blocked in several places due to landslides etc for two years or more and at last is in the course of being fully re-commissioned.  

This shot is from a section of the walk which has just been re-opened to the public. While the track itself has been restored, some features along the way remain cut off, pending additional work. One of them is this iconically quirky little lookout which overlooks one of the dozen or more out-of-the-way small canyons, which poke their way into the escarpment proper. It looks down a sharp cliff into the black abyss of a winter shadow.

There's a lot which is still to be done here for safety and convenience but I do hope this little railing feature doesn't get made "sensible" and bureaucrat compliant. From it, a honeymoon couple (or any other) can stand (as if in the prow of the Titanic) and shout "King of the World".