The Bradleys Head Walk is a short, family-friendly trail that leads to an iconic landmark in Sydney Harbour, with beautiful views from start to finish.
This walk starts from the Taronga Zoo ferry wharf and follows the Athol Bay shoreline before arriving at Bradleys Head, where you can spend some time sightseeing.
Reviews of seven of the best Blue Mountains day tours, rated on value for money, transport, inclusions, duration, highlights, and tour operator.
The Blue Mountains region is one of the most popular destinations for visitors to Sydney and New South Wales. Joining a guided tour is one of the easiest ways to experience the region’s highlights without the hassle of organising transport.
Discover the best dog-friendly walks in the Blue Mountains with this guide, featuring everything from short, easy trails to more challenging bushwalking tracks.
As a general rule, dogs are not allowed in National Parks. However, since the Blue Mountains region includes areas beyond the National Park boundaries, there are plenty of walking trails, parks, and other spots where dogs are warmly welcomed.
The Spit Bridge to Manly Walk is an iconic 10 km coastal walking track, featuring beautiful Sydney Harbour beaches, scenic bushland, picturesque bays, and panoramic lookout points.
In this article, we will guide you through the many highlights of this amazing walking track, one of the best coastal walks in Sydney.
Discover the best national parks in Sydney, featuring stunning walking tracks, waterfalls, lookouts, and thriving wildlife.
One of the great perks of living in Sydney is its proximity to numerous national parks, providing the perfect escape from the city’s hustle and bustle.
The Palona Cave Walk is a hidden gem in Royal National Park, featuring beautiful rainforest scenery, a large cave, and a small cascading waterfall.
This family-friendly walking track is one of the lesser-known walks in this otherwise popular national park, but it has a lot to offer.
Portal Lookout, located in the Glenbrook area of the Lower Blue Mountains, is a scenic vantage point with sweeping views of the Nepean River and beyond.
This wheelchair-accessible lookout is easy to reach by car, with several nearby sights and walking trails to help make a fun day out.
Located less than an hour from Sydney, the Royal National Park is one of the most popular and most visited national parks in New South Wales.
From scenic lookouts and pretty waterfalls to beautiful beaches and enjoyable walking tracks, this 15,000-hectare area offers something for everyone.
Part of the Greater Blue Mountains region, Kanangra-Boyd National Park is a remote wilderness area located just under 200 km from Sydney.
The most popular vantage point in this national park is Kanangra Walls Lookout, with various other highlights nearby to make a day of it, such as Kalang Falls, Dance Floor Cave, and Kanangra Plateau.
With so many beautiful walking tracks, the Blue Mountains is a paradise for bushwalkers keen to explore scenic waterfalls, deep valleys, and panoramic lookouts.
Hiking is by far the best way to take in all that natural beauty, and in this guide, we are sharing the 20 best walks in the Blue Mountains.
The walk to Asgard Swamp, Thor Head and Asgard Mine, often called the Asgard Swamp Track, is an adventurous track through beautiful Blue Mountains scenery.
This quiet trail on the Asgard Plateau passes several interesting sights and offers great views of the Grose Valley from a number of vantage points.
Less well-known than the Royal National Park or the Blue Mountains, Morton National Park in the Southern Highlands deserves far more attention.
With its remote wilderness, scenic waterfalls, dramatic gorges, rewarding bushwalking tracks, and panoramic lookouts, Morton National Park offers something for everyone. The area is a vast sanctuary for a diverse range of wildlife, including bowerbirds, lyrebirds, eagles, falcons, and ground parrots.
The Leura Cascades Walking Track is a family-friendly bush trail following Leura Falls Creek, ending at a lookout above a waterfall with beautiful valley views.
Extend your visit with a relaxing outdoor lunch at the Leura Cascades picnic area, one of the most scenic picnic spots in the Blue Mountains.
Not only is the Blue Mountains the perfect day trip destination to go hiking and visit amazing lookouts, but there are also many fantastic picnic spots where you can enjoy a lunch in the great outdoors.
We have shortlisted 15 of the most scenic picnic spots in the Blue Mountains, some easy to find with great facilities and others a bit harder to get to but with fantastic views.
The Bridal Veil Falls Circuit is a scenic bushwalk in the Leura area of the Blue Mountains, winding through a lush rainforest of waterfalls, creeks, and cliff walls.
The centrepiece is Bridal Veil Falls, also known as Leura Falls, a picturesque cascade on Leura Falls Creek that flows into the Jamison Valley.
The steep walking track from Perrys Lookdown near Blackheath to the Blue Gum Forest in the Grose Valley is a challenging yet rewarding bushwalking adventure.
Just 500 metres from the forest is the Acacia Flat campground, where you can pitch a tent and stay overnight in peaceful natural surroundings.
The short but scenic Nature Track in Wentworth Falls is a spectacular 3.5 km circuit that starts and ends at the Conservation Hut.
Often overlooked but highly enjoyable, this walking track follows the edge of an escarpment before descending to lower ground, where it passes through a section of the Valley of the Waters.
The walk from Bradleys Head to Chowder Bay is a short bush trail in Mosman on Sydney’s lower north shore with stunning Sydney Harbour views along the way.
This trail forms part of the Taronga Zoo to Balmoral Beach Walk, one of Sydney’s finest Harbour trails.
The Porters Pass Circuit is a stunning bushwalk in the Blackheath area of the Blue Mountains, featuring waterfalls, valley views, creek crossings, rainforest gullies, and slot canyons.
This challenging walk combines four different trails and ranks among the best in the Blue Mountains. One of the great things about Porters Pass is that it’s much less crowded compared to popular tracks like the Grand Canyon Walk.
Just 20 minutes northwest of Sydney’s city centre, Lane Cove National Park is a pocket of scenic bushland surrounding the banks of the Lane Cove River.
The 10-kilometre Riverside Loop, which follows both sides of the river, offers a fantastic way to explore the park’s natural beauty.