Do check their website to plan in advance what you want to do. As well as the natural beauty, there are tours, guided walks, spas, restaurants, galleries, shopping, active sports as well as many festivals held there.
On our day trip we went to the viewing point at Echo Point. It has a clear view of the famous 3 Sisters, even with all the visitors bustling to get to the front of the railings. Once you get your breath back from admiring the views you can set off on one of the short treks. You won't need hiking boots for these trails.
We saw a variety of birds and lizards. There are much longer trails you can do but with our 2 kids we opted to undertake those another day when we were better kitted out.
The ground isn't concreted all the way round but it was fairly level. We did see a lot of people with strollers who didn't seem to be struggling too much.
Downstairs at the visitor information centre/car park, we stopped to watch a short performance about Aboriginal music & weapons. Be prepared to queue for the toilets here, if you can wait, walk the few hundred yards up to the viewing point which has more facilities.
Brunch was in one of the many cafes in Katoomba. Katoomba has a large supermarket if you need to stock up or use the toilet.
I discovered a cool street decorated in graffiti - The Street Art Walk. If anyone questions whether graffiti is art or vandalism they should take a walk along here. There are huge scale pieces in a variety of styles.
We saw a variety of birds and lizards. There are much longer trails you can do but with our 2 kids we opted to undertake those another day when we were better kitted out.
The ground isn't concreted all the way round but it was fairly level. We did see a lot of people with strollers who didn't seem to be struggling too much.
Downstairs at the visitor information centre/car park, we stopped to watch a short performance about Aboriginal music & weapons. Be prepared to queue for the toilets here, if you can wait, walk the few hundred yards up to the viewing point which has more facilities.Brunch was in one of the many cafes in Katoomba. Katoomba has a large supermarket if you need to stock up or use the toilet.
I discovered a cool street decorated in graffiti - The Street Art Walk. If anyone questions whether graffiti is art or vandalism they should take a walk along here. There are huge scale pieces in a variety of styles.
We treated ourselves to afternoon tea at the Hydro Majestic. The views over the mountains equal to the Art Deco interior. An expensive treat and not altogether satisfying. Long wait and the sandwich fillings were quite basic. The dessert plate pulled back some points. Interested to go back and try one of their other restaurants. We were lucky to get a window seat with those views as wallpaper, the downside was a few people leaned very close to take photos of the mountains.
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