Westward, Ho! A trip over the Blue Mountains

European expansion westward from Emu Plains to Bathurst

Sketch of a rural setting with farm houses and fenced paddocks

Westward, Ho! Beyond the Blue Mountains to Bathurst

Bathurst, located approximately 200km west of Sydney on the edge of the Great Dividing Range, was Australia’s first inland settlement

Two men stand at a lookout over a rugged bushland valley

Westward, Ho! Crossing the Blue Mountains

Several British explorers attempted to find a path through but it would take 25 years before the Blue Mountains were successfully crossed