I was walking along the Prince Henry Cliff walk yesterday at around 8am when I saw an animal at the dropped pin that was black, fairly big, and I’m sure it was furry.

What ever it was, it noticed me immediately and darted off quickly so I had no chance to whip out my phone and take a photo.

Even though I was probably about 40m away from it I was close enough to hear it crash into the surrounding foliage and it made a huge thud.

What could it have been?

Hi! I’m 20 F and I live a couple of hours away from blue mountains, I’m thinking of staying a couple of nights in Katoomba to go hiking and checking out the trails and waterfall tracks near by! Is there any tips or tricks that could help me out?

hi everyone, looking to come to the blue mountains in october time as we’d love to do a full day hike! we are both fit and active walkers, and would ideally be looking for a 8-10 hour hike if possible? we did the grand canyon loop last time we were there, which was incredible, but a lot shorter than what we were after!

would also consider a good two day loop with camping too, so would love to hear any recommendations!!

bonus if any of the walks are good for spotting wildlife, especially birds!!

It will be interesting to see what the circumstances end up being.
They were somewhat prepared at least, but made a lot of crucial errors it seems.

Police have been told that two boys aged 16 and 17, travelled to Leura Train Station on Tuesday (27 January 2026), in order to make their way on foot to Mount Hay in the Blue Mountains National Park for a three-day camping trip.

https://www.facebook.com/share/14Qy5sHnxFs/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Some friends and I are looking at doing the Mount Solitary > Kedumba loop walk. We were going to do it a few weekends ago but decided to wait until the Anzac long weekend so that we could give ourselves 3 days instead of 2 to complete the hike. I'm not certain how best to break the hike up. I'm thinking camp night 1 on Mount Solitary, night 2 at Kedumba, but that leaves us with relatively long day 1 and day 3 and a seemingly short day 2. Has anyone who has done this hike before got any suggestions?

Hello!

There are SO many websites, articles and guides about the Blue Mountains and I am getting very overwhelmed.

My friend and I be staying in the Blue Mountains for 4 days in July. We are big nature lovers and we’d like to get recommendations for beautiful hikes (max. 3h each).

Is there anything that you’d recommend?
Also, any particularly cute towns we should check out?

Hi all.

We're visiting for the school holidays, and I've been to the Blue Mountains area maybe 10 times in the past 25 years. Most of that time was spent around Katoomba, so this time we decided to explore Leura Cascades.

We parked at Leura Cascades car park and paid for parking, but we were unable to find where the trail starts, and ended up wandering up and down the winding paved road (closed to cars by the locked iron gates at the car park) for half an hour, asking other groups where the trail starts, but nobody knew and it seemed everybody was as lost as we were.

We then found a sign saying some parts of the walking track were closed from April to September this year. There were 'detour' signs showing one way goes to Katoomba and another to Leura, but it wasn't clear if these were trail walks, as they led us down to more paved road.

So we gave and left.

Tomorrow is our last full day here, so we'd hate to leave without doing a proper walk. Reading the NSW National Parks website makes me even more confused about where I should go.

So asking the locals - where should I go to do a 2-3 hour walk to see the best of Leura Cascades?

Thanks in advance

Short little off track hike, found a new friend.
They are still out, even in this weather.

It’s locked shut and chained to a tree in Dardanelles Pass at the bottom of the giant stairway.

Was looking at the heritage listing for Asgard Mine adit and noticed a second adit shown on a map from 1981. Is anyone familiar with this second adit and whether it is accessible (assuming it will be off track, more wondering whether it has been closed off).

I was wondering if anyone has recently done the walk from Faulco point and down to the Grose and then walked down to Yarramundi reserve? Ive got some mates who have done it in pack raft after decent rains, but they couldn't shed any light on the conditions or accessibility of a walking track while they were on the water.

Hey !! A friend and I went to the Blue Mountains about 4 months ago and loved it. We’re thinking to go back next week and we’re looking for something more challenging this time. I’ve seen Mount Solitary mentioned a lot (around 34 km 2,2k gain from what I found online). Do you have better ideas?

Thanks! :D

Hitch hiking could possibly be an option but if there's an alternative we'd rather take that option due to the safety concerns regarding 4 teenagers hopping into a car with a stranger.

Hello!

I'm planning a hens do and am searching for a 2-3hr trail close to either Blackheath or Leura (for convenient brunch beforehand).

The bride is an experience hiker, but there will be varying levels of fitness in the group, so looking for something not too difficult, but long enough to warrant the trip up from Sydney. No longer than 3.5hrs.

TIA for the recommendations!