Blue Mountains Stories

Beyond the busy lookouts and well-worn tourist trail, the Blue Mountains is full of places many visitors never discover. Some of the best can be found in the upper Blue Mountains villages of Blackheath and Mount Victoria.

Katoomba may draw its fair share of crowds with some of the region’s most iconic sights, but beyond the Three Sisters lie plenty of lesser-known gems just waiting to be discovered.

There’s always another breathtaking moment waiting around the corner on the Grand Cliff Top Walk.

When you visit The Carrington Hotel, you do more than stay the night or stop in for dinner or a cocktail. When you walk through those doors, you step into another era. Grand chandeliers hang overhead, ornate detailing frames the walls, and every corner hums with stories of dignitaries, travellers and generations of local families marking special occasions.

For over thirty years, Geoff White has quietly shaped one of the Blue Mountains’ most enduring creative spaces. What began as a shared dream with his brothers has evolved into Lost Bear Gallery, a pillar of Katoomba’s cultural life and a must-visit for art lovers.

There’s something reassuringly familiar about visiting Bilpin Cider. Starting with the journey to get there, a scenic drive that makes you slow down and meander past orchards and grassy paddocks that feel unchanged by time. That leisurely sense of place continues once you get there. This is a cidery shaped by its surroundings, where the land, the produce and the people create a welcoming space that is humble and inviting.