'Dawn's early light' at the Jamison Lookout for 18 of the eventual 21 walkers - Barbara took the photo and Kas and Sue B slept in.
Above, walkers on the Grand Stairway, National Pass in 1912 and in 2016 ...
(photos of flowers that we saw before morning tea are towards the end of this report)
... and below,morning tea at the middle of Wentworth Falls.
'The Slacks Stairs.
For many years there was no connection between the Wentworth Falls end of the National and the Wentworth Passes.
Isaac Platt Slack was a resident of Wentworth Falls and Chairman of the Wentworth Falls Group of the Blue Mountains Sights Reserve Trust from 1920 and a Parramatta Real Estate Agent.
He pushed for the addition of this missing link to allow a circuit walk.
After funding finally became available the stairs were constructed around 1932.' From Sue S
And Elaine E - a happy beneficiary! 
John G near the end of a ladder and Kas ( who with Sue B caught up at morning tea) completes one.
Sue B lends a perspective to the bottom drop of the Wentworth Falls and Polly to an Angophora
Leader Sue S gives a description of this part of the walk: 'From this pool at the base of Wentworth Falls we followed the Wentworth Pass along the top of the slope with almost uninterrupted views of the Jamison Valley to our left and sheer sandstone rock faces on our right.
We eventually reached the Valley of the Waters Creek, or 'The Gorge' as it used to be known, and commenced our ascent.'
Lunch beside the Valley of the Waters Creek: Rhondda, Jill (Walks Committee), Sue S (today's walk leader), Ross, Kurt (walk leader) and Robyn F (walk leader)
In the Valley of the Waters: The Lodore waterfall and the upper Lodore waterfall
'The Sylvia Falls, silvery and illuminated by the sun' (Sue S). John G takes a look!
Our last waterfall, appropriately The Empress Falls.
... and wildflowers. The first five flowers before morning tea, and the last on the Valley of the Waters ascent
Necklace Heath Dracophyllum secundum Handsome flat-pea Platylobium formosum
Hibbertia Hibbertia saligna Swamp Heath Sprengelia incarnate
Rock Sprengelia Sprengelia monticola Brush Pepper Bush Tasmannia insipida
The escarpment above Valley of the Waters and Wentworth Pass
For the record: Sue S, Robyn F and Kurt led Barbara, Bill S, Rhondda, Helen A, Jill, John B, Nick, Polly, Guenter, Ross, Elaine E, Ros G, John G, Kas, Sue B, 2 visitors from France (who are staying with Ros and John) and Don B was Tail-end Charlie.
Photos by Barbara (1, 3, 5-10, 12-17, 23,24) and Sue S(2, 4[small flower], 11, 18-22)
Sue S provided narrative and all the flower names. Barbara and Sue supplied the place locations in the captions.