About the Blue Mountains

Australia, an ancient land! Australia is Earth's most arid continent, 50% is either desert or semi-desert. The City of the Blue Mountains is located about 1.5 hours west of Sydney, Australia's largest city which is located on the east coast.

The City is made up of small villages and towns from Lapstone to Mt. Victoria and is situated within The Blue Mountains National Park.
The main town is Katoomba at an altitude of 950 meters.

Tourists come from all over the world to visit the Blue Mountains which is really comprised of 3 National Parks. (Blue Mountains National Park, Wollemi Wilderness and the Kanangra-Boyd National Park).
Few ranges anywhere carry so many natural attractions as the Blue Mountains. The basic appeal is created by the great sandstone ridges and ravines, which spread and sprawl in fantastic fashion and which, over the eons, have become fissured and turreted by wind and rain to an extent that is awe-inspiring.

The view from the end of Fortress Canyon, showing the Grose Valley. Mt Banks is the dominant mountain in the background. From the top of the escarpment to the valley floor is a 900 meter drop

Photo (c) 1998 by Blue Mountains Ropewerx

The Blue Mountains were formed about the same time that Tyranasaurus Rex roamed the Earth (290-220 million years ago).

Several million visitors experience the beauty of the Blue Mountains every year and take part in many activities including bush walking, abseiling,
rock climbing, canyoning, horse riding and mountain bike riding.

The Blue Mountains has its own unique flora and fauna. The bird life is abundant. The natural beauty of the mountains imparts a feeling of peace and tranquility to all who visit or live here. The Smooth Barked Angophora trees are well known in the mountains, with their distinctive colours, peeling bark and twisting and contortions of their branches giving them a human figure-like appearance. Photo (c) 1998 by Blue Mountains Ropewerx