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Things to do in the Blue Mountains

There is a multitude of fascinating and indulgent experiences to try in the Greater Blue Mountains. Here's a sample of some of the best that you may like to try:

• Explore charming artistic towns and hamlets, full of galleries, antique shops, and gourmet produce.
• Learn how a didgeridoo is played and throw a boomerang at Muru Mittigar Aboriginal Cultural Centre.
• Play golf on a cliff-top golf course.
• Hop on and off the Explorer Bus or take a Trolley Tour of the major attractions.
• Watch the sun light up and change the colours of the Three Sisters at Echo Point; then climb the giant staircase which rises up from the valley.
• Take a thrilling ride on the Scenic Railway; then come back up from the bottom of the valley in the glass-bottomed Scenic Cableway.
• Visit the geological phenomenon of the Jenolan Caves.
• Sample a delicious Devonshire tea at the Megalong Valley Tea Rooms.
• See the precious Wollemi Pine tree in Wollemi National Park.
• Wander through the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah and World Heritage Exhibition Centre.
• Take a night tour of the fascinating Glow Worm Tunnel.
• Take the Greater Blue Mountains Drive which links the national parks and conservation areas across the Upper Hunter, Mudgee, Goulburn, Southern Highlands and Hawkesbury regions.
• Drop into the Vintage Hunter Wine and Visitors Centre at Pokolbin to plan which of the 140 wineries you want to visit.