the 1850s it was planned that the main western railway line would be routed up the Grose River and through the forest. In 1875 Blue Gum Forest was the scene of an artists’ camp established by Eccleston Du Faur, of the Academy of Art. Several magnificent photographs by Joseph Philip Bischoff and drawings and paintings by William Piguenit resulted. Another outcome was that the whole Grose Valley and surrounds was reserved from alienation because it was ‘a national spectacle’. At the time there was no national park in Australia, and indeed Australia was not even a nation—but the reservation in essence was the country’s first national park. Gallery Major tracks The Blue Mountains National Park contains the following heritage-listed major walking tracks: Blue Mountains walking tracks Blue Gum Forest to Burra Korain Flat Blue Gum Forest to Perrys Lookdown Burra Korain Flat to Victoria Falls Lookout Govetts Leap to Evans Lookout (Clifftop Track) Govetts Leap to Junction Rock (Rodriguez Pass) Junction Rock to Blue Gum Forest Blue Gum Forest to Mount Hay Road (Lockley Track) Mount Hay Track Neates Glen to Evans Lookout (Grand Canyon Track) Evans Lookout to Junction Rock (Rodriguez Pass) Major lookouts - Anvil Rock - Baltzer Lookout - Evans Lookout - Govetts Leap Lookout - Grose Valley - Lockley Pylon - Mount Banks - Perrys Lookdown - Point Pilcher - Pulpit Rock Lookout - Walls Lookout - Victoria Falls Lookout See also List of Blue Mountains articles References Geography of the Blue Mountains (New South Wales) Hawkesbury River