Bridal Veil Falls at Sunrise
Govett's Leap Lookout, Blackheath, Blue Mountains National Park, NSW, Australia
Image ID: AU-GOVETTS-LEAP-0004 Photo © Ilya Genkin
The Govett's Leap Lookout has glorious panoramic views across the Grose Valley and to the right Govetts Leap Brook ends in the Bridal Veil Falls (Govetts Leap Falls) - the highest falls in the Blue Mountains at 180m. Govetts Leap was named after William Govett, one of the first surveyors of the upper Blue Mountains, in 1831. A horse and rider monument in the park beside the Great Western Highway at Blackheath village tells the story about Govetts Leap. There is a dramatic legend that tells of an escaped convict - turned bushranger named Govett who, pursued by troopers, found himself trapped on the edge of a 300 metre cliff. Preferring death to capture, he wheeled his horse around and together they leapt over the edge. To dispel the legend, Govetts Leap wasn't named because he jumped off the cliff at this point. The Scots Dialect Dictionary compiled by Alexander Warrack MA describes a 'leap' as a 'small cataract' - a cataract is a waterfall. Therefore Govetts Leap actually refers not to the lookout, but to the falls in Govetts Leap Brook, often known as Bridal Veil Falls.
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