The Blue Mountains Camino 5-Day Walk held 12-16 September 2023 was Village to Village starting from Emu Plains to Blackheath. Pilgrim organised their own accommodation basing themselves at one place and catching the train daily or chose to walk with their gear and seek accommodation along the way.
A fantastic group of mostly newcomers to the 5-Day Walk and a couple of our regulars where able to join us.
There were 22 walkers who registered for all 5 days. They came from near and far including 3 from Victoria (Wodonga, Rutherglen); 2 from South Australia; 2 from ACT; 3 from Southern NSW and 1 from Central Coast. Other walkers from the Sydney basin and Blue Mountains.
This September Village to Village walk, we offered Day Passes of up to 3 single days. We have 15-day walkers join in with the 5-Day walkers.
Thank you to all the walkers who joined the September 2023 Blue Mountains Camino 5-Day Walk. Some of you heard about the BMCS 5-Day Walk at the 2nd AFoTC conference in Melbourne, fantastic! Thank you for generously sharing some of your photos to the What’sApp which we have used, gracias.
We hope you enjoyed seeing some of our beautiful countryside and that you will join us again for an end of the month walk or another 5-Day Walk. Buen Camino. Ulteria!
Thank you to the Admin Team, in particular Margaret, Sharise and Jen, and support for the recce of routes, marking yellow arrows, and bringing together organising of the September 2023 5-Day Walk.
A selection of wonderful feedback from the Reflections book- September 2023
“Miles & smiles – Buen Camino”
“A big thanks to BMCS for their hard work & commitment, support & camaraderie. Your’re incredibly lucky to have such a beautiful backyard & incredibly gracious & generous sharing with the wider camino community. Ulteria & Suseia”
“Thank you for a wonderful day – my first ever steps towards a camino next year. Thank you to all the walkers along the way for the welcome & the helpful tips”
“Thank you all so much for your friendship and camaraderie. To the organisers you have out done yourselves. The route was wonderful. Looking forward to more adventures”
“It was a great experience. Has inspired me to go ahead with Camino Frances plans”
“I appreciate the spirit of this walk and the people who organised it and the walkers who participated”
“Thankyou so much for a carefully planned delightful few days”
“This years route was fantastic”
“I enjoyed it all and the flexibility to jump off at train stations when needed”
And from our post walk survey, If you could sum up the 5-Day walk in three words or less, what words would you use?
