I have been coming to this park since I was in primary school or even earlier. The pool has changed…read morea bit with only the regular pool open now. The natural pool with creek water has been closed for years. The rocket ship play equipment has returned! I played on it when I was young, it was brown, pain worm away back to a shinny stainless steel and was in ok shape. In 1997 it was removed due to the stupid change in laws and safety concerns. In 2016 after some donations and the rotary club raised some money it was modified, safety equipment added, painted red and in 2018 it was returned to the park! This along with several other unique pieces of play equipment such as a biplane, car, stage coach and boot makes it a fun park for kids. There is plenty of places to sit and eat lunch. I suggest taking your kids to this park for a unique experience with this one of a kind play equipment.

My last stop before leaving the incredible Blue Mountains…read more Again the park has great posted maps and well marked trails. From the parking lot to the falls is about a 20 minute steep walk with 200 steps. The falls plunge 328 feet to the valley floor. They are beautiful and so is the hike. There are alternative paths back to enjoy different views. Take the Wentworth Falls trail and Weeping Rock trail, the Undercliff trail, or historic Princes Rock lookout track. You can truly spend days in this area and not see it all.

Awsum views gives you a chance to cool off in the water falls.. lots of people on the tracks…read morethough. Steep walks.. get ready for a workout people and don't wear thongs..

Looks like a nice place to picnic and the trails are super easy and you get to see a lot of little…read morewaterfalls and cascades! If you go a little further on the trail and then start climbing up to the right for a bit, you'll be able to look out on this beautiful big waterfall beneath you. That was definitely worth it.

800m, 40min return? Psh we'll be there and back in no time we said and ambled down the stairs. A…read morefew steps later and we were there - a bubbling stream, two little waterfalls and a bridge. Cute, but not as impressive as I thought. But then we looked to the right and saw more steps going down - I wonder where these go? And so we walked on, following the widening stream and discovered just how wrong we were. The two little falls just below the Leura Cascades carpark is just the teaser for the great walk it is part of. With plenty of steps and rails, the walk to the ACTUAL cascades is perfect for young and old, time poor and the unfit. Walking onwards, I was trying to think of the difference between a waterfall and a cascade. All I could think of was the beer. Which may be what you need after running back up the steps to the carpark but going down is a breeze with plenty of lush greenery and sandstone to admire, and you're rewarded at the end with the cool and calm of the cascades and a grand view over the valley. Afterwards, choose to keep walking along the circuit route or head back up the stairs to that other Cascade waiting for you in town.

If you want to get away from the tourist crowds and still get spectacular views of the Blue…read moreMountains.......head to Gordan Falls Reserve, a minutes drive from Katoomba. Although it wasn't running due to the dry conditions, the waterfall on the left of the viewing platform is supposed to be spectacular. You also get the back view of the three sisters. The viewing platform is a few minutes walk from the parking lot where there is also a childrens park with picnic benches. In addition, there is a swimming hole a short walk from the parking lot for those looking to cool off

Just a little park with ample seating to sit and soak in the sunshine. Watching the foot traffic in…read moreKatoomba's always interesting too, backpackers and throwback hippies vie with trendy cafe dwellers and the ever present tourists. Situated in front of the grand Carrington Hotel, you can pretend you've just wandered down to mix with the hoi polloi before retiring for a cocktail. Or, if you are of a historical bent, you could imagine you're a TB patient sent up here for the supposedly beneficial cool air, or at least hack up your lungs away from public view. I have too much time on my hands, I know it. Still, a bit of green space for kids to run around in while you munch on a Paragon chocolate or three.

It is a beautiful hotel. Bar staff was friendly, reception desk was not too friendly. Once they…read morediscovered I was not a guest, they did not care. Oh well, I only asked one question. I did ask the bar staff what the dinner options were and she had no clue. She mentioned Christmas in July and that was it. I only found out the next day (newspaper) that it was a expensive dinner. However, there is a casual menu placed on a stand right when you enter the front door of the hotel. I was confused. I decided to get a couple drinks as no restaurants were open for dinner yet in town. Drinks were fine and not as expensive as I was expecting. Would love to have stayed here, but alas a budget. It's worth a stop in for a drink to see a historic hotel. Come on, the Queen has stayed here!

Don't feed the waterbirds. (So says the sign). Do sit under…read morea tree. Do bring the kids to play on bright, shiny new play equipment including a pirate ship. Do bring a picnic, or food to bbq. Do keep an eye out for the endangered Blue Mountains Water Skink. Do marvel (well, be slightly impressed) at the 'hanging' swamp on the hillside. Didn't know swamps were capable of hanging. Do bring canoes. Do walk around embankment to the far side and seethe with envy at the people who live there. Do watch kids jump from ropes attached from trees into the tea-coloured water, or have a go if you consider a millisecond of flight worth the risk of major spinal cord injury. Do appreciate the organic stone carvings that look like they've just popped up from the depths of the earth. Do let the kids run around near one of the very few largish bodies of water in the Mountains.

The lookout itself is a breathtaking view of the mountains, but this particular trail is pretty far…read moreaway from Gordon Falls itself, so it's not the best lookout for the waterfall. Still beautiful!