Walks In The Blue Mountains & Beyond

03/04/2026

Time to go back in time tomorrow ⏰

20/03/2026

Fantastic video of the history of the sandstone gate keeper cottages across the Blue Mountains.

I’ve known about many of them such at the one at Emu Plains which is opposite where Mitchells Pass meets the old highway that I’ve visited the ruins of and photographed as well as some of the others.

Along the early Blue Mountains railway line, small sandstone cottages once stood beside level crossings, home to the gatekeepers who controlled the movement ...

20/03/2026

A new cafe has opened in Katoomba, Bon Bakery Cafe in Lurline Street not far from Echo Point.

It has beautiful gardens and a nicely decorated interior so it’s sure to be a hit, very “Instacafe” vibes (aka “Sips Sweets & Selfies” )

12/02/2026

Blue Mountains in the international spotlight! CNN interviewed Graham from Ask Roz Blue Mountains about Lincoln’s Rock which has gone “Intstafamous” after a Kpop star featured the Lincoln’s Rock in a video…

“They’re not there to enjoy the view,” Graham Reibelt, who has lived in the Blue Mountains for 45 years and runs a local tourism website called Ask Roz, tells CNN. “They’re there just to be photographed on this spot.”

After a Blackpink star’s cliff-edge post went viral, Australia’s once-peaceful Lincoln’s Rock was flooded with selfie-seekers, forcing closures and igniting tensions between conservationists, residents and tourism-dependent businesses.

01/01/2026

Went on a solo bushwalk on Tuesday in the lower mountains where I haven’t been for about 5years, I went down the gorge track to Glenbrook Creek then up to Tunnel View lookout.

Then I went to the Red Hands cave track and took a detour via the Link track to check out the indigenous grooved rocks and then up to Red Hands Cave then back up the big hill back to the car park, about 12km.

I would have done the much longer walk I’ve done before out to Kanuka Brook and come out at the Duck Hole and back up the cliffs, which is over 20km, but it was getting too hot & also I was running low on water.

10/12/2025

Hopefully they get funding and open it up!

GLENBROOK TUNNEL: A year after the 'open weekend' at Lapstone Tunnel the BMCC is looking for funding to finish it.

Blue Mountains City Councillors this week voted to seek State and Federal Government support to bring the historic Lapstone Hill Tunnel back into public use.

Lapstone Hill Tunnel (also known as Glenbrook Tunnel) is a state heritage-listed railway tunnel on the former Main Western Line. It was built from 1891-1892 and was previously used in World War II to store mustard gas and later as a mushroom farm.

The state-owned tunnel is a significant historic structure with great potential for adaptive re-use and to contribute to the economy, visitor experience and liveability of the lower mountains.

Council hosted an open weekend at the tunnel in December which was attended by more than 1,500 people from across the Blue Mountains and beyond.

Photo: Melissa Ellison
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27/10/2025

What an absolutely amazing weekend I had away with a great group of friends .hand08 / .frougas / & Jess & Sam (our camp leader/organiser) from at the Warrumbungles…. We camped at a powered site near the NPWS visitor centre from Friday and explored the area.
We took in the views from various places and checked out Hickeys Falls just outside the park.
But the penultimate adventure was walking up the Grand High Top Walk above the Breadknife at 4:30am to be there in time for the sunrise 🙌

18/10/2025

Fridays aftter work bushwalk & swim down the Jack Evan’s track to Erskine Creek… temp was about 35C, so was very refreshing to have a dip in the creek, haven’t been here for a few years but I used to frequent this area as a teenager & ride my pushbike up from Penrith on a day trip and sometimes camp overnight.

Walking back up the track it was very hot & sweaty, then it rained and was so nice to walk in the rain 😎

Then I went to nearby Nepean Lookout to check it out.

23/09/2025

HEADS UP: NPWS advises of the following walking track closures for Wednesday, 24 September, for a helicopter operation in the Grand Canyon at Blackheath.

There will be no access to:

- Grand Canyon track
- Point Pilcher trail and lookout

https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park/parks/blue-mountains-national-park/local-alerts
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19/09/2025

On this day 2024, Waratah in bloom, Tablelands Road Wentworth Falls near McMahons lookout 🙌

08/09/2025

What a big day on Saturday!… Out for our monthly “At Large”contributor’s group for a sunrise photo expedition to Blackheath at the Anvil Rock area and I went up to Hen & Chicken Rock.

Then we met up for breakfast at the at Mount Victoria.

Then after that we headed down into the Megalong Valley and some of us stopped at Coachwood Glen to take photos of fungi and trees.

Then it was off to winery for a long relaxing lunch with friends 🙌

03/09/2025

A fantastic write up of our weekend with a group of Ask Roz Blue Mountains contributors by Hike Your Story 🙌

An epic hike across Mount Solitary via Golden Stairs, Ruined Castle, and the Korowal Knife Edge, finishing with camping in the Kedumba Valley.