Having done the walk before I warned him we would have to leave very early as this walk keeps exceptionally busy as it is a very easy short walk and highly popular with families and for "Instagram selfies".
So we left first thing in the morning turning as we got to Berry and following Woodhill Mountain Road, turning right at Brogers Creek Road and right again at a small road that looks like a driveway and parked right at the start of the walk, first people there. Which if you're not there is plenty of parking on the side along the road, or if you need to you can park down the bottom of this and just walk up, which might be easier as it is a tight squeeze and get's very packed, very quickly.
This Father's Day it was pretty wet weather so some of the photo's I'm using to show the walk are from when I went on 26, August 2017.
Our first sight was a beautiful Lyrebird on the farm to the left of the start of the walk, and the grass was glowing golden from the morning sun but the Lyrebird quickly ran before I could get a photo.
The walk begins uphill so first thing in the morning it gets your blood bumping. Along this incline the Lyrebird ran out in front of us again.
We noticed as we continued the walk up that there we holes among the ferns that we assumed were Lyrebird nests.
The route up isn't hard to find but there are some spots where you need steady footing getting up the rocks. This isn't a long walk, and it's even shorter if you're a fast walker but it is nice to stop and look back as you progress up the slope and admire your surroundings.
About three quarters of the way up there's a small path you your right you can walk up to and there is a small lookout with a little cave nearby.
After this you walk through a small path with uneven ground with lumped with tree roots. Within 5 minutes you're up at the famed Drawing Room Rocks.
It's a beautiful spot and I was lucky to be able to show it to my Dad before hordes of people appeared. After exploring around and appreciating the scenery, even pointing out Pigeon House Mountain in the distance, we walked off track exploring randomly into the bush climbing down some rocks to find a little overhang where people had either camped or at least had a fire before.
From down here we heard the first two groups of people arrive, as we climbed back up we headed back walking past at least 30 groups of people (which was unexpected in the semi-wet weather). By the time we got down to the car to head off the road was completely full all the way down to Brogers Creek Road. It's a short walk with some beautiful sights recommended to see them or get your photo at least once and if you're coming from far away and it doesn't seem worth it for such a short walk you can always make a day of it, when I first did it with my fiancée we went into Berry to the Berry Tea Shop whilst I took my Dad to Kiama to Kiama Pie Shop for a Crocodile and Asparagus Pie and a Pepper, Kangaroo and Mushroom Pie.
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Thanks for reading! - Steven
