33 Parallel designed the lower lookout at Pulpit Rock after it was closed for public safety since the 2019/2020 summer bushfires, which destroyed all visitor infrastructure at the site. All three lookouts have now been upgraded with Australian Standard-compliant balustrades, new furniture and signage and improved walking track connections.
The upgrade included 250 metres of safety fencing, 1.6kms of walking track with 400 sandstone steps over some very steep terrain, signs, seating and upgrade and new roof for the burned-out ironstone picnic shelter shed and a fire-damaged ironstone pan toilet. Works also include major improvements to Pulpit Rock Road, formalised parking, native landscaping, track upgrades and drainage works.
According to Ask Roz Blue Mountains “You can't fault the quality of the work done”.
The new lower Pulpit Rock lookout with views north and east into the Grose River Valley and the Blue gum Forest. Photo; Ask Roz Blue Mountains
Photo; Ask Roz Blue Mountains
A steel bridge deck connects two sections of the lookout Photo; Ask Roz Blue Mountains
Photo; Ask Roz Blue Mountains
Photo; Ask Roz Blue Mountains
The lower car park with the start of the track to the lower lookout and new bioretention basin to prevent pollutants from entering the National Park
The burned-out ironstone picnic shelter shed and a fire-damaged ironstone pan toilet were restored as part of the project. Photo; Ask Roz Blue Mountains
Pulpit Rock Lookout has several viewing points connected by steps and boardwalks. There is a magnificent uninterrupted 210 degrees panoramic view over the valley of Govetts Brook, including Govetts Leap, Bridal Veil Falls, Grose Canyon and extensive sandstone cliffs. Below the lookout is a view into the temperate rainforest known as The Jungle. Photo; Ask Roz Blue Mountains
The sandstone block-lined track with sandstone steps. Photo; Ask Roz Blue Mountains
The view looking south-west towards Govetts leap. Photo; Ask Roz Blue Mountains