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Blue Mountains Highlights

You’ll love the blue-hazed beauty of the Blue Mountains World Heritage Area – one million hectares of tall forests, sandstone cliffs, canyons, waterfalls and bushland.

OVERVIEW Follow the original 1884 horse track from Katoomba to Jenolan on the Take in the breathtaking panoramas on a three-day Six Foot Track. Or follow the bushwalk, mountain bike, climbing rocks, easy Princes Rock Walk to a lookout over canyoning or abseiling. Marvel at natural Wentworth Falls, and attractions like Wentworth Falls and the . You can wade and boulder- Three Sisters – a trio of rocky pinnacles hop your way down the Glenbrook Gorge boutiques and bric-a-brac stores. Fine dine named after an Aboriginal legend. Explore on the Glenbrook Gorge Track. Or creep the underground rivers and chambers in front of a roaring fire or do coffee and up the sheer cliffs around Wentworth cake in an art deco café in Katoomba. Shop of , then walk the historic Falls on the challenging National Pass. Six Foot Track to Katoomba. In amongst for gourmet food at Blackheath or take high Trek the Pulpit Rock Track past swamps, tea in a majestic, historic home at Jenolan the sandstone outcrops and eucalypt eucalypt forests and open heathland to forests you’ll find great dining, luxury Caves. During June, July and August, you be rewarded with a 280-degree panorama can embrace the Yulefest celebrations with retreats, the world’s steepest railway of the of . and a vibrant community of artists. a Christmas roast and pudding around a roaring fire. Wherever you eat and drink, NATURAL ATTRACTIONS you’ll love the food prepared with care ABORIGINAL GUIDED TOURS You’ll marvel at nature’s majestic and the seductive mountain settings. Discover a rich Aboriginal heritage in the statements in the Blue Mountains. Blue Mountains – from the legend of the Pay homage to the Three Sisters from GREATER BLUE MOUNTAINS DRIVE Three Sisters to ancient art and ceremonial Katoomba. Then visit Wentworth Falls, a Take an adventure on the Greater Blue sites. Visit the shallow of Lyrebird picturesque waterfall on the edge of the Dell, an Aboriginal campsite around 12,000 Mountains Drive – a series of linked . Watch it plunge almost 300 drives and discovery trails that circle the years old. See fine hand stencils and prints metres and check out the valley views from at Red Hands Cave near Glenbrook. You 10,000 square kilometre Blue Mountains the walks that circle it. Stand on the top of World Heritage area. You can journey to can reach the cave on a walking trail past the narrow sandstone outcrop of Hanging Camp Fire Creek, where many years ago an surrounding regions such as Macarthur Rock and hear your voice echo through the and the Southern Highlands, Mudgee, Aboriginal tribe left axe grinding grooves enormous, forested valley below. Don’t on volcanic rock. Go walkabout with a the Hunter Valley and the Hawkesbury. miss the underground rivers, prehistoric Or explore magical places within the Blue local guide and learn about the formations and huge chambers of Jenolan songlines that connect sacred sites. See Mountains – including Kurrajong, The Caves, the world’s oldest open underground Mounts, Blackheath and Megalong – on bark and body painting demonstrations, cave system. Get goosebumps on a ghost taste bush tucker and swim in a crystal 18 discovery trails. If you tire of being tour or enjoy a monthly cave concert with behind the wheel, jump on the Zig Zag clear billabong under a rainbow waterfall. natural acoustics and fairytale ambience. Get up close to wildlife, explore sandstone Railway, a vintage steam train that follows In Mount Tomah Botanic Gardens, you can the original line from Bell to Lithgow. caves and listen to the Dreamtime step back in time with the Wollemi Pine, stories that wove this wilderness. one of the world’s oldest and rarest plants.

SIX FOOT TRACK DINING USEFUL LINKS Soak up the Blue Mountains scenery The Blue Mountains is a place to eat, drink Six Foot Track – streams, waterfalls, forested valleys, and indulge. Lunch on Leura’s pretty tree- www..com/en/itineraries/nsw- dark ravines and sheer cliffs – on one of lined streets, then browse the galleries, six-foot-track.html the many well-marked walking trails.