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Leura Cascades Picnic Area

Blue Mountains

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Leura Cascades Picnic Area

Leura Cascades is a popular picnic area set amid tall eucalypts. Take a walk beside the nearby rapids on Leura Falls Creek, down to Bridal Veil Falls and Leura Falls. Other longer walks take you along the cliff tops to Echo Point or down through the Leura Forest and via the Federal or Dardanelles Passes to Katoomba.

Useful Information

  • Address: Leura Falls Creek, Leura NSW
  • More Info: www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/things-to-do/picnic-areas/leura-cascades-picnic-area

Do & See

The World Heritage-listed Blue Mountains offer many exhilarating adventures and experiences, from walking trails and abseiling to golf and gardens. Deeply connected to Aboriginal culture, the Blue Mountains also offer wonderful insights into The Dreaming and indigenous heritage. Enjoy tours with Aboriginal guides on walking trails through the spectacular wilderness and see traditional dance and music.

Bygone Beautys Treasured Teapot Museum & Tearooms Copyright: Bygone Beautys/Destination NSW for the Blue Mountains
Bygone Beautys Treasured Teapot Museum & Tearooms
Bygone Beautys is home to one of the world's largest private collections of teapots, spanning five centuries. More than 5,500 teapots are in the collection: Royal Doulton, Torquay Ware, Wedgwood, Bunnykins and Toby characters to name a few. From the elegant to the ostentatious, this is a unique antique emporium which also features a …
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Aboriginal Blue Mountains Walkabout Copyright: Aboriginal Blue Mountains Walkabout/Destination NSW for the Blue Mountains
Aboriginal Blue Mountains Walkabout
Travel back in time and learn about ‘The Dreaming’ — the mythical period when the earth, Aboriginal people, animals, and landscapes were created. This multi award-winning Aboriginal walkabout adventure will enrich you with its ancient wisdom. Aboriginal owned and guided, you will follow an original walkabout song line of sacred sites through a beautiful …
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Abseiling & Canyoning with Blue Mountains Adventure Company Copyright: Blue Mountains Adventure Company/Destination NSW for the Blue Mountains
Abseiling & Canyoning with Blue Mountains Adventure Company
The Blue Mountains Adventure Company is an abseiling, rock-climbing, canyoning and bushwalking specialist. Take on an action-packed adventure, combining an abseiling course and canyon trip: wading, swimming and a thrilling abseil await you. Operating for more than 30 years, the company offers courses for all levels of experience, from novice to advance …
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Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah
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Blue Mountains Cultural Centre Copyright: Euroline/Blue Mountains Cultural Centre/Destination NSW for the Blue Mountains
Blue Mountains Cultural Centre
Built on the highest point in Katoomba, the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre offers panoramic views of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area. The centre showcases innovative and diverse cultural programs for the enjoyment of visitors to the Blue Mountains, featuring the Blue Mountains City Art Gallery, the World Heritage Interpretive Exhibition, a library …
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Blue Mountains National Pass Copyright: NPWS/Destination NSW for the Blue Mountains
Blue Mountains National Pass
This 4.5-kilometre loop walk offers gorgeous views of the Jamison Valley and surrounding cliffs. Magnificent waterfalls inspire you at the beginning of your walk and reward you again at the end. The track crosses the midpoint of Wentworth Falls and follows a ledge halfway down the 185-metre high cliffs, leading you to the aptly …
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Golf Copyright: Hamilton Lund/Destination NSW for the Blue Mountains
Golf
The picturesque fairways of the Blue Mountains draw in many avid golfers from across the region and around the world. Choose from many notable courses, all with sensational views of the World Heritage wilderness. Wentworth Falls Country Club Blaxland Road, Wentworth Falls NSW +61 2 4757 1202 www.wfcc.com.au/cms Blackheath Golf & Community Club Brightlands Avenue, Blackheath NSW +61 2 4787 8406 blackheathgolf.com.au Leura …
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Govetts Leap Lookout Copyright: Jacques Bopp/unsplash
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Leura Cascades Picnic Area Copyright: NPWS/Destination NSW for the Blue Mountains
Leura Cascades Picnic Area
Leura Cascades is a popular picnic area set amid tall eucalypts. Take a walk beside the nearby rapids on Leura Falls Creek, down to Bridal Veil Falls and Leura Falls. Other longer walks take you along the cliff tops to Echo Point or down through the Leura Forest and via the Federal or Dardanelles …
Read more
Mayfield Garden Copyright: Ev Ko/unsplash
Mayfield Garden
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Norman Lindsay Gallery & Museum Copyright: Chris Carter/National Trust of Australia/Destination NSW for the Blue Mountains
Norman Lindsay Gallery & Museum
Recognised as one of Australia’s most renowned artists and authors, Norman Lindsay made his home in the Blue Mountains and produced an array of drawings, etchings, woodcuts, watercolours and sculptures. As the author of The Magic Pudding, a children’s classic, he is regarded as one of Australia’s literary icons. His sandstone home is …
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Scenic World Copyright: mastersky/shutterstock
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Three Sisters Copyright: Arjun Komath/unsplash
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Wentworth Falls Copyright: Brayden Stanford/pexels
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Blue Mountains Music Festival Copyright: Blue Mountains Music Festival/Destination NSW for the Blue Mountains
Blue Mountains Music Festival
Blue Mountains Music Festival of Folk, Blues and Roots is a three day festival of folk, roots and blues music, featuring selected artists from around the world and across Australia. In a variety of venues in Katoomba, see and hear world-class musicians in an intimate and relaxed atmosphere that has been raved about by …
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Blackheath Rhododendron Festival Copyright: Destination NSW for the Blue Mountains
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