a lot more trees than the grand canyon

touted as being the blue mountains' "very own grand canyon" can i just say i found govett's leap lookout at blackheath to be far far more impressive than the famous three sisters (i am fairly certain my reaction exactly to that particular NSW natural icon was "is that it?"). govett's leap however was nothing short of breathtaking with a drop of over 600 metres down to the canyon floor, and fantastic sheer rock faces around the rim, with the massive valley stretching all the way out to the horizon. mands' family live in the blue mountains so far and away most of our time there is family time but i am making a note to myself right now to do one of the walks around govett's leap next time we are up there. a fact worth nothing is that this place is not named after a man who leapt to his death or anything gruesome (local tourist myth) - rather this govett was scottish surveyor working in the area in colonial times, and 'leap' is the scottish word for waterfall (many of them in the gorges making up the valley) or cataract.