by Louise Wallace
Blue Mountains Blog
Find out the best of what our destination has to offer.
Give your health a kick start on one of these accessible bushwalks in the Blue Mountains. By Julie Miller
“Rising mists everywhere, giving place to glorious sunlight, with peeps of blue sky above…: an atmosphere light, cold, and exhilarating in the extreme; such is the scene that greets us as we fling up our window at The Carrington, one of the most comfortable and convenient hotels in all Australia.” (Sydney Mail & NSW Advertiser February 1891)
At Archer & Hobb, high tea is elevated to a fine dining experience. By Julie Miller.
Built as a health retreat in 1901, Kurrara Historic Guest house is once again a place to find inner peace and wellbeing.
Lording over the main street of Katoomba, its imposing curved driveway announcing its grand and ornate exterior, is one of the Blue Mountains’ oldest hotels – The Carrington. Opened in 1882 and originally called The Great Western, the hotel heralded a new era of tourism for Katoomba, which had until then been a “nondescript little mining town” originally bearing the comical name of The Crushers.