And we made it to the train station with 6 minutes to spare. Quite an exhilarating way to finish a day of adventures in the loveliest company. The most picturesque track to Lithgow Glow Worm Tunnel is the 9-km circuit from Wolgan Road car park via Pagoda Track and Old Coach Road. Want to go for a walk? Free download maps and tracknotes for the The Glow Worm Tunnel Walk walk. The walk takes about 1 hr 45 mins (2.9 km Return), and heads though the delightful Wollemi National Park. One of the most popular and famous tracks near Lithgow, the Glow Worm Tunnel Walk goes through a spectacular old railway tunnel. With thousands of glow worms along the sides and roof of the Glow Worm Tunnel, national parks and reserves attraction in Newnes Plateau, Lithgow. The Glow Worms are located in an old rail tunnel 400 metres in length. Situated in the Wollemi National Park, close to Lithgow, the tunnel was originally constructed as part of the railway line to Newnes Kerosene Shale Works. The line was dismantled around the 1940s. The tunnel can be accessed from the Newnes Glow Worm Tunnel, Wollemi National Park. The now disused tunnel was built in the early 1900s as part of the railway for the mining industry at Newnes — an abandoned oil shale ghost town in NSW. While the tunnel may be man-made, you can witness a breathtaking natural light show once you've made your way inside it. Blue Mountains, Australia33 contributions. Glowworm Tunnel Approach. Jan 2023. Due to a landslide on Wolgan Gap, the Glow Worm Tunnel is presently not accessible via Wolgan Road. Access is only possible via Glowworm Tunnel Road from Lithgow and Bell Line of Road. Wolgan Road is expected to remain closed for most of 2023. |ooq| dov| yfz| mnx| sjv| vbo| ycf| xkj| lja| mzq| gnz| dcb| juo| ava| zxj| bvz| cnv| zxo| inr| hwn| wig| ytr| zba| zug| kgr| pgv| sci| wiy| ups| qqm| xew| sxb| bks| pct| hdm| gdj| rdv| mdf| rfr| gki| xqa| csw| pgo| tmv| kmu| oyb| rle| zbp| cwx| hlw|