Sights in Blue Mountains
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Everglades Garden
Leura, 3km east of Katoomba, is a gracious, affluent town, fashioned around undulating streets, unparalleled gardens and sweeping Victorian verandahs. in town is the National Trust–owned Everglades Garden, a magnificent 1930s garden created by Danish ‘master gardener’ Paul Sorenson. Fountains, waterfalls, terraced lawns, freestone walls, a museum, an art gallery and tearooms – Everglades is a must for green thumbs.
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Falls Gallery
As you head into the town of Wentworth Falls, you’ll get your first real taste of Blue Mountains’ scenery: views to the south open out across the majestic Jamison Valley. In town, the Falls Gallery is one of the Blue Mountains’ best privately run galleries. The paper and ceramic collections are displayed in a restored weatherboard house, surrounded by precisely maintained gardens.
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NSW Toy & Railway Museum & Leuralla Gardens
The NSW Toy & Railway Museum & Leuralla Gardens is an art-deco mansion set amid 4.9 misty hectares of handsome English gardens. The house is a memorial to HV ‘Doc’ Evatt, a former Australian Labor Party leader and the first UN president. Kids love the toy and model-railway museum (everything from Barbie to Bob the Builder). Make sure you cross the road to check out the awesome valley view.
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Norman Lindsay Gallery & Museum
Celebrated artist, author and bon vivant Norman Lindsay, famed for his saucy artworks, lived in Faulconbridge from 1912 until his death in 1969. His home and studio are now the Norman Lindsay Gallery & Museum, which holds a significant collection of his paintings, watercolours, drawings and sculptures. The fabulous Lindsay’s Café is here, too.
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Mt Victoria Museum
The Mt Victoria Museum is chock-full of quirky Australiana including old farm equipment, taxidermy and Ned Kelly’s sister’s bed. Inside an old public hall, the 130-seat Mount Vic Flicks is a wonderful step back in time. With ushers, a piano player and door prizes you’ll soon forget what you came to see.
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Jenolan Caves
The underground limestone Jenolan Caves is one of the most extensive, accessible and complex systems in the world – a vast network that’s still being explored today. Named Binoomea (Dark Places) by the Gundungurra tribe, the caves took shape 400 million years ago. White explorers first passed through in 1813. In fact, early European cave enthusiasts were remarkably forward thinking – the Jenolan Caves area was protected from 1866. One cave has been open to the public since 1860, and nine more are open today. Cave snobs will not be disappointed.
Classical concerts (1300 76 3311, 6359 3911; www .georgcello.com; adult/child $60/35; 4pm Sat twice monthly) in the caves a…
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Scenic World
To the west of Katoomba is Scenic World. If you can stomach the megaplex vibe and blaring Raiders of the Lost Ark theme, ride the 1880s railway down the 52-degree incline to the Jamison Valley floor. Wander the 2.5km forest boardwalk or hike the track to the Ruined Castle rock formation (12km, six hours return), then catch the Cableway, an enclosed, wheelchair-accessible cable car, back up the slope. There’s also a cable car called the Scenic Skyway, which floats out across Katoomba Falls gorge. Its glass floor gives passengers views of the valley canopies 200m below.
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