A kind lady on duty at this station offered to help with my luggage. It has a lift, though it's a…read morebit confusing knowing where the ticket tap off points are.

Horrible experience. I had boarded a train with a bucket of bunches of daffodils. I have to be…read morecareful transporting them so I sat in the middle carriage and had a 4 seater and put the daffodils opposite me. Then 2 people come in the carriage with suitcases so I help them with the door and there is a city rail officer sitting in front of me and WITHOUT ASKING he pushes my seat I had the daffodils on and almost recked them I had to stop him. He was extremely rude, I was about to move I was just assisting these folks get in the train with their luggage first. I said to the city rail officer "you should have asked me first I have flowers here and I was going to move anyway" he responded with "sorry but you have to make room I don't care about your flowers" horrible attitude city rail. Horrible experience. 0/10 do not recommend city rail.

There are two main private trolley companies in Katoomba that will take guests to various points in…read morethe Blue Mountains area beyond the point where the public transit system ends at Echo Point. This was the only one offering a one-day pass vs. a minimum of 3 days with the other company. The cost at $25 per person ASD seemed a little steep, but we didn't have enough time to walk between all of the points we wanted to see, and so bought tickets. The buses run on time, and the drivers are friendly and give good information about the area. The only downside is that the majority of the stops are at resorts and stores rather than natural points of interest. This is fully disclosed in their brochure and on their website, so it was not a surprise! There are discounts at some local businesses that come with the trolley pass, and you can also combine the trolley with other activities such as the a gondola ride; so it is definitely possible to make this a good deal! In the end, we were pleased with being able to get to Leura Cascades without a long walk - but the $75 price tag for the three of us was a bit high given that was all we were doing beyond public transit. My suggestion would be to allow 2 days to explore the park and use public transit for one day to explore Echo Point and the surrounding area, and then use the trolley the second day to get to a few other points beyond the public transit area, and perhaps take advantage of some of the discounts!

I booked a Return Coach Travel to Jenolan Caves + Admission To Lucas Cave through Trolley Tours and…read moresince I've read so many warnings of booking ahead to avoid the queue (or else you may miss the scheduled tour[s]), I booked it online ahead of time. When I got there, there was a queue, but they were mostly for the Blue Mountains tour so I was lucky to have noticed Darrell (sp?) was inquiring if anyone had booked a Cave tour before he was about to head out the door. Darrell was the bus driver and turns out there were only 5 of us (in a bus capacity of 30+ people) who were going. =) [I am keeping my review focused on Blue Mountains Trolley Tours service, who provided us the transport and tickets. The Jenolan Cave tour itself was led by another entity and so I will withhold that review from here.] Darrell was great. I'm not much of a talker, but the banter he kept going with the 2 couples up front kept the ride to the caves easy-going, laid back and at times, quite funny. He did provide "Informative commentary and scenic stop at Govetts Leap Lookout, Blackheath" as the description read, and he got us to the caves in good time. After he retrieved our tickets for us, he gave us the down-low on how we should approach our day there (since not all of us were going on the same tour) and told us we'd need to be going back approx 3:10pm. With a few backpackers in tow, we were out of there by 3:15pm and, despite having to pull over for a random but mandatory sobriety test on the way, we got back to Katoomba sooner than expected (around 4:20pm).

I stayed here a few nights. Great undercover secure parking. Although our room was old the bathroom…read morewas all modern. Great atmosphere! The breakfast was included which was great. Ill be back here again!

I have visited this historic property several times for the Sydney Writers' Festival in May. In…read morefairness I have not stayed at the property but they handle special events seamlessly. The venue itself is exquisite. Every detail of the decor is charming and in line with the historical significance of The Carrington. Facilities are always clean and the staff patient despite the size of the crowd. I can't give five stars since I have never been in a private guest room, but if the public spaces are any indication, this is a great place to stay.

This is a large hotel which also has accommodation (due to the fact that a women went upstairs…read moreafter having a smoke, which is not surprising since this is Katoomba). There is a beer garden out the front that looks out onto the, well, railway station, so you can sit there and watch the goods trains go by, as well as the intercity to and from Lithgow. Unfortunately the wet weather put a real dampener on experience of this pub (because I like sitting outside watching trains go by). However the owner was really friendly, which is always a good thing, though this is what one should really expect from the owner of a pub.

This is a copy of my review from Trip Advisor…read more Hotel Gearin is supposedly undergoing renovations so to be fair, I will only rate the parts of the Hotel that are relevant to me. Before arriving, I had requested a single room and been quite clear about this over the phone, however I was booked into a room with two beds instead (thankfully, nobody booked into that second bed). But after a two long train trips, the sight of a bed was all I cared out. It was significantly cheaper anyway so I let that go. The room contained the two beds, a broken coffee table and some grotty walls. Haven't decided what kind of bodily fluid or otherwise that had run down the wall in the past but made sure I stayed away from it. Someone had also jammed the window shut on purpose so on a hot day/night, I suffered badly. The bed was terrible and saggy in the middle and by the end of the week I had lots of back pain. On the upside, the room had a sink in it. The first night I was there, there was a big fight upstairs which resulted in the police being called (I think anyway) and blood all other the bathroom which nobody seemed interested in cleaning up. There is no kitchen to speak of upstairs so I could not cook my own meals. The whole week I was there nobody cleaned out the kitchen bin so it stank. There is a fridge, a kettle and a microwave and for some reason a toaster in the corridor. But you can only use one at a time since there is only one power point. Has anyone ever thought of getting a power board ? The fridge hardly works so I couldn't drink the milk that I just bought except for one cup of tea. The kitchen was a HUGE MINUS for me. The toilets often run out of toilet paper and the shower is old and disgusting. There is also very little hot water so I could not have a comfortable shower. The lack of lounge room and wi fi was something that I could live with but still annoying. On the plus side, Hotel Gearin has a roof and doors and keeps the bugs away. Also it is open at 7am which is great and is next to the train station. It was nasty but really really cheap (for me anyway) but I would not recommend staying here. The old lady will be lovely once she has been fixed up but not at the moment.

This is it. 25 reviews in one day and about 125 in 32 days. I ought to look into what the Yelp 100…read moreChallenge is, but I've been too busy doing reviews. Plenty more to come, but I'm going to run out of free time soon. If Yelp opened up Mexico and South America, I would really kick butt. The town of Wentworth Falls is located 100 km west of the Sydney central business district on the Blue Mountains rail line and the Great Western Highway. The town of Katoomba, at the top of the mountain, is 8 km west. It is high up here with an elavation of 867 metres (2,844 ft). In the 2006 census, Wentworth Falls had a population of 5,650. In 1815, Governor Lachlan Macquarie named the township Jamison's Valley after a leading private citizen of the NSW colony, Sir John Jamison. In July 1867, the first railway journey to the Blue Mountains left Penrith station to Weatherboard Station, where the train terminated. In 1879, the township was renamed after a nearby system of waterfalls (Wentworth Falls), which themselves were named after William C. Wentworth, of the group Blaxland. Lawson and Wentworth that explored a path over the mountains in 1813. Not sure why they didn't just take the Great Western Highway, or the train - they pass right through here. Perhaps lack of funds put them on foot. Later on Charles Darwin stayed here and hiked up to the Jamison Valley near Echo Point. Wonder if he found any evolution along the way. This entire area is sacred to the Darug, Wiradjuri and Gandangara Aboriginal people, who used the area as a gathering place for at least 22,000 years. Wentworth Falls station opened in 1867 when the rail line came through, called the Main Western Line. It was called Weatherboard station then, after The Weatherboard Inn. A cute little railway station. Travel time to or from Sydney's Central station is two hours on a nice sleek train. When we lived in Faulconbridge, about 15 km east, we used to come up here to bushwalk on the falls trails, which begin close to the station. Bring your train schedule if you get the train; the trains are not frequent.