Wentworth Falls

This guide to Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains near Sydney opens with the wind trick that can make Jamison Creek appear to flow uphill on a wild day. It traces the 1813 crossing by three colonists, including young William Charles Wentworth, and Charles Darwin's 1836 visit, when he stood at the cliff edge, guessed at the drop, and turned back because there was no way down. It follows the stonemasons known as the Irish Brigade, who set out to cut a staircase straight into the sandstone by hand. Try it on a windy day.