This wonderful shot of a group of people participating in the Palmer’s Mystery Hike No 2. was taken by the photographer Tom Lennon. This mystery hike took place on the 10th July 1932. During this year there were five mystery hikes that took place around Sydney that were organised by the railways and were sponsored by the department store, F.J.Palmer and Sons, hence the name of the hikes.
Hikers would turn up to Central Railway station on a Sunday and purchase a two-shilling ticket that would take them onto an unknown destination. These hikes were extremely popular and the third hike took almost 8,000 people. This particular image was taken during the trip from Valley Heights in the Blue Mountains onto Penrith. This photograph was taken at the start of this trip.
Photography by Tom Lennon
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