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New South Wales: Blue Mountains Directory

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The Facts

How to Get There: by road from Sydney via Gt Western Highway.
By train from Sydney via Blue Mountains line

Best Time To Go: the Blue Mountains is an all-year-round destination, however it is considerably cooler than Sydney and the coastal regions around the capital. In winter, The Blue Mountains can get quite cold and foggy, which can make viewing the region's scenic attractions difficult, and bushwalking away from the mort popular tourist spots quite dangerous. It is not unusual for The Blue Mountains to experience light snow falls in winter.
To ensure you have clear weather to view the scenery, check the weather forecast before leaving Sydney.

Major Centres
Towns and Villages

Places of interest

Places of interest

National Parks

Natural Attractions

  • Katoomba: Echo Point (Three Sisters Lookout, views to Mount Solitary, the Ruined Castle and the Jamison Valley); Prince Henry Cliff Walk; Rainforest Walk/Furber Steps/Scenic Railway Circuit Walk; Giant Stairway; Dardanelles Pass; Prince Henry Cliff Walk; Govett's Leap; Nelly's Glen; Orphan Rock; Narrow Neck Lookout; Golden Stairs; Ruined Castle; Cahill's Lookout; Six Foot Track; Megalong Creek
  • Wentworth Falls: Princes Rock; Jamison Valley; Weeping Rock Circuit Walk; Fletchers Lookout; Rocket Point Lookout over Kings Tableland escarpment, Waters Reserve; Asmodeus Pool; Edinburgh Castle Rock; Queen Victoria Lookout; Lyre Bird Lookout; Gladstone Lookout; Den Fenella Lookout; Lady Sees Lookout; Breakfast Point Lookout; McMahon's Lookout ; Wentworth Falls Lake; Jamison Creek
  • Blackheath: Govett's Leap; Grose Valley; Pulpit Rock; Cripps Lookout; Popes Glen Reserve; Rodriguez Pass; Govett's Leap Brook; Luchetti Lookout; Evans Lookout; Neates Glen; Grand Canyon; Grose Valley; Anvil Rock; Perrys Lookdown; Hargreaves Lookout (the Megalong Valley); Fairfax Heritage Track
  • Mount Victoria: Victoria Pass, Mt York, Bede's, Kanimbla Valley, Sunset Rock and Mitchells Ridge Lookouts; Mt Piddington
  • Hazelbrook: Lyre Bird's Glen; Meeting of the Waters walk
  • Lawson: Empire Pass walk; Dantes Glen; Echo Bluff
  • Lithgow: Capertee Valley; Grose Valley, Newnes Plateau; Wollemi National Park; Hassans Walls Lookout
  • Leura: Flying Fox Lookout; Sublime Point; Jamison Lookout; Pool of Siloan; Dardenelles Pass
  • Blaxland: Florabella Pass and Pippas Pass tracks
  • Medlow Bath: Bruce's Walk; Shipley Plateau
  • Bell: Hartley Valley; Wollangambe Wilderness; Wollangambe River; Mt Banks; Mt Wilson
  • Springwood: Hawkesbury Lookout; Yellow Rock Lookout; St Martin's View; Sassafras Park
  • Bullaburra: Red Gum Park walks; Bruce's Walk
  • Linden: King's Cave
  • Mt Wilson: Cathedral of Ferns; Chinamans Hat; Waterfall Reserve; Wollangambe River; Wynnes Rocks Lookout; Du Faurs Lookout; Happy Valley Walk
  • Woodford: Gypsy Pool; Murphys Glen; Wilson Glen walks
  • Yellow Rock: Yellomundee Regional Park
  • Glenbrook: Glenbrook Lagoon; Jelly Bean Pool; Blue Pool; Euroka Clearing; Tunnel View Lookout; Nepean Lookout; Pisgah Rock; Mount Portal; Glenbrook Gorge; Marges Lookout; Elizabeth Lookout

Waterfalls

  • Katoomba: Katoomba Falls; Leura Falls; Minnie Ha-Ha Falls; Bonnie Doon Falls
  • Wentworth Falls: Wentworth Falls Reserve; Queens Cascades; Empress Falls; Sylvia Falls; Lodare Falls; Vera Falls; Flat Rock Falls
  • Blackheath: Horseshoe Falls; Trinity Falls; Bridal Veil Falls; Beauchamp Falls;
  • Mount Victoria: Victoria Falls
  • Hazelbrook: Horseshoe Falls; Burgess Falls; Terrance Falls; Oaklands Falls; Victor Falls
  • Lawson: Frederica Falls; Adelina Falls, Cataract Falls, Federal Falls; Junction Falls
  • Leura: Bridal Veil Falls; Leura Cascades; Leura Falls; Linda Falls
  • Bullaburra: Minnatonka Falls
  • Faulconbridge: Clarinda Falls
  • Mt Wilson: Waterfall Creek Falls
  • Woodford: Mabel Falls

Caves

Historic Places

  • Katoomba: Explorers Tree; Convict Graves; Carrington Hotel (1882)
  • Wentworth Falls: Grand View Hotel (1930)
  • Blackheath: Blackheath Railway Station (1883); St Aidan's Church of England (1884); Post Office (1910); Gardner's Hotel
  • Mount Victoria: Mount Victoria Historical Museum (railway station); Imperial Hotel; the Toll Keepers Cottage
  • Lithgow: kerosene shale works, Wolgan and Capertee Valleys; Hartley Vale village; iron works ruins (1908); Newnes Glow Worm Tunnel; Glen Davis ruins; Small Arms Museum; State Mine Railway Heritage Park
  • Leura: Leurella House
  • Linden: grave of bushranger John Donohoe; Linden Lodge (1865)
  • Blaxland: Pilgrim Inn ruins (1825)
  • Jenolan Caves: Caves House
  • Medlow Bath: Hydro Majestic Hotel
  • Springwood: flying fox
  • Woodford: convict cells and whipping post, Ball's Camp
  • Faulconbridge: grave of the father of Australian Federation, Sir Henry Parkes, Faulconbridge Cemetery; Eurama ruins (1881)
  • Glenbrook: Lapstone zig zag railway cutting and ruins (1867); Knapsack Viaduct; Lennox Bridge (1833); Glenbrook railway tunnel (abandoned)
  • Hazelbrook: Selwood House (science museum)
  • Little Hartley: Rosedale (1839); Mead's Farm (1856); shale mine ruins
  • Mt Wilson: Turkish Bath Museum
  • Valley Heights: Railway Gatekeepers cottage

Misc. Places of Interest

  • Katoomba: Scenic World Skyway; Scenic Cableway; Katoomba Scenic Railway
  • Wentworth Falls: Hobby's Reach Historical Research Centre; Kings Tableland Observatory; Kings Tableland Aboriginal Site (axe grinding grooves)
  • Blackheath: Megalong Valley Farm; Rhododendron Garden
  • Mount Victoria: Mount Tomah Botanic Gardens
  • Lithgow: Zig Zag Heritage Railway; Lake Lyell (fishing); Lake Wallace; Mt Piper Energy Expo; Jannei Goat Dairy; Lithgow Pottery;
  • Leura: Everglades Garden; Toy and Railway Museum
  • Springwood: home of famous Austraian artist, Norman Lindsay; miniature rifle range; Springwood Model Railway Exhibition (annual event)
  • Faulconbridge: Jacksons Park and Prime Minister's Corridor of Oaks; home of artist Norman Lindsay; Aboriginal carvings on rock shelves in the area
  • Linden: Casey's Repluse (believed to have been built by Aborigines); Linden Observatory
  • Valley Heights: Valley Heights Locomotive Depot Heritage Museum
  • Winmalee: Hawkesbury Lookout
  • Glenbrook: Red Hands Cave Aboriginal rock art

Drives

  • Glenbrook: Grand Circular Tourist Drive

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