Coxs Cave, Mount Victoria

By | September 27, 2021

Coxs Cave is a must-visit if you have the ability to climb the ladder into the cave. This article is about the “round walk”. NB: If you intend climbing into Cox’s Cave, be warned it’s not suitable for little ones or anyone with a fear of high places. The ladder is not for the faint-hearted.… Read More: Coxs Cave, Mount Victoria »

Peckmans Plateau Lookout, Katoomba

By | April 13, 2021

Updated: 13th April 2021 If you’re looking for a lookout and picnic area that’s easily accessed and private, Peckmans Plateau Lookout Katoomba is ideal. It’s located on the northern end of Peckmans Plateau off Cliff Drive. This lookout overlooks Nellies Glen, Megalong Valley. It’s named after Henry (Harry) Peckman (1846-1934), who in the 1860s drove wagons and… Read More: Peckmans Plateau Lookout, Katoomba »

Lawson Visitor

By | May 5, 2022

Like many of the smaller townships in the Blue Mountains, Lawson is essentially a Community Village with some particularly beautiful bushwalks on both its northern and southern extremities. Its distinctive Blue Mountains Hotel alerts the traveller but it is only by leaving the Great Western Highway and travelling to the edges of the ridge that… Read More: Lawson Visitor »

Bowenfels Gun Emplacement – Lithgow

By | April 25, 2022

Lithgow’s Bowenfels Gun Emplacement is the only known inland heavy anti-aircraft gun emplacement of its type in NSW. Here: w3w.co/fractured.plantings.strikes The Gun Emplacements were constructed during World War II to protect Lithgow’s important mining, manufacturing and transport industries as well as the Small Arms Factory. Following the entry of Japan into World War II and… Read More: Bowenfels Gun Emplacement – Lithgow »