with the beryl-blue haze of eucalypt forests, the bounding landscape of the blue Mountains national Park spreads over practically 2,700km². Here’s exactly how to check out this abundance of natural charm only 90 minutes west of Sydney.
What should governor Phillip as well as co have believed when they looked the swaths of eucalyptus trees as well as towering 1000-metre-plus mountains in their western path in the 1780s? I believe the word they utilized was ‘impassable’.
Cook hadn’t understood what to make of the blue Mountains either. In fact, it wasn’t up until 1813 that any type of white guy managed, with fantastic effort, to blaze a trail.
It should have been so disheartening for them to discover that native peoples like the Gundungurra, Dharug as well as Wiradjuri had been living it up the valleys as well as peaks of Colomatta – the blue Mountains’ genuine name – for centuries.
These days, visitors admire the amazing vistas over the region for its sense of grandeur as well as scale rather than seeing it as an obstacle.
Here are our top 7 methods to see the very best the blue Mountains national Park has to offer.
1. Echo Point
Easily the very best vantage point to see the most significant draw card of the blue Mountains – the three Sisters rock formation.
Local Aboriginal legend has it that these rocks were when three sisters, who caught the eye of three siblings of a neighbouring tribe. The siblings tried to kidnap them, so to safeguard them a witchdoctor turned them to stone.
He implied to turn them back when it was risk-free again, however he was killed as well as so there they stand to this day, Meenhi, Wimlah as well as Gunnedoo – the three Sisters.
2. The huge Stairway
Round the base of the three Sisters is one of the much more prominent bush walks you can perform in the mountains. It’s an easy-to-medium walk as well as only takes about 1 ½ hours.
To get back up from the valley floor, you can take the beautiful railway funicular train or climb back up the Furber steps as you wish.
3. beautiful World’s beautiful Skyway
This cable television vehicle crosses the federal Pass Ravine from the beautiful world HQ to take you to the outstanding Cliff view Lookout.
From 270m up, your view from Australia’s greatest cable television vehicle is amazing. The centre of the vehicle has a glass bottom floor you can see all the method down to the valley at your feet.
4. beautiful World’s beautiful Cableway
This cable television vehicle goes from the valley floor back as much as the beautiful world centre. It’s the most significant cable television vehicle in Australia, holding as much as 84 people. If you look at the photo above you can just see the cable television car!
The 360-degree views from this vehicle out over the forests of the Jamison Valley are stunning.
5. beautiful World’s funicular railway
Certainly not for the faint-hearted, this train – the last working vestige of the coal mines that ran right here 130 years back – runs on a steep track to the bottom of the escarpment.
At 52 degrees, it’s the steepest railway in the world, so the views from the carriage are actually with the roofing system – I say thanks to you!
6. beautiful World’s beautiful Walkway
The 2.4km boardwalk leads you around the spectacular canopy of the forest in the mountain valley as well as is ideal for a unwinding stroll.
The pathway is elevated to minimise its effect on the regional environment, as well as teaches you a bit about what you can see as well as what this part of the blue Mountains was utilized for back in the day.
7. Bush walks
The Blue Mountains national Park covers an area of over 2,600km2 with numerous outstanding bush walks you can take. The walks variety from an hour’s walk to four days out in the wilderness.
Here’s a quick listing of a few of the walks with pdf maps as well as directions. otherwise the Katoomba YHA has much more comprehensive notes on bushwalks as does the blue Mountains visitor info Centre.
Bonus:
If you’re not in the mood for getting up close as well as personal or if the weather’s a bit dodgy, there are still lots of indoor choices to delight in the breathtaking views in as well as around the blue Mountains.
My new preferred method to ‘window shop’ the blue Mountains is from the comfort of the Hydro Majestic, a hotel as well as health spa with a stately seat looking down over the Megalong Valley. It does an outstanding high tea we extremely recommend.
Check out our evaluation of the Hydro Majestic as well as the high teas they do there.
Alternatively, try echoes shop hotel as well as Restaurant. The food they do there is sensational. We had dinner here, which was amazing, however because of the lack of sun we couldn’t see much of the views.
We returned the next day though as well as were rewarded with some outstanding scenery.
Have you been to the blue Mountains? Do you have any type of suggestions on where to opt for a fantastic view? tell us in the comments!
We went to Blue Mountains beautiful world as guests of Destination NSW.