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Jenolan Caves & Katoomba

Location: 
160 km west of the city in the Blue Mountains

Attractions:
There are a number of caves you can visit and it is unlikely that you will be able to visit all of them in a single day. The Lucas cave is particularly interesting; but all of the caves in the complex have unique features. A trip to and from Jenolan Caves will take you a full day to complete. There is a lodge in the village where you can stay for a night, or as long as you like. You enter Jenolan village through the Grand Arch, which is truly a spectacular sight. If you like "real caving" rather than conducted tours then you can book adventure tours of the caves through the National Parkes service.

Short History:
 The caves were discovered in the 19th century but because of their remote location they were little visited until the start of the 20th century and the introduction of the motor car. They are typical limestone caves and the hillside where they are is a honeycombed with caverns. 

Transport:

Travel by Bus Travel by Car  

The train goes to Katoomba, but from Sydney it's easier to book a day coach tour.

The Grand Arch at Jenolan Caves.
The arch shows how water played a central role in the formation of the complex

 

 The roadway into Jenolan village is long, narrow and winding. In the future you may enter the area by cable car.

Jenolan village nestles amongst the gum trees.

 

The three sisters at Katoomba are sandstone pinnacles that are famous around the world.
There are spectacular views of the  Jamison Valley from Katoomba and these are the areas greatest drawcard. 

 

The Sydney Tourist Guide on CD-ROM is your complete guide to the Olympic city for the year 2000. See places such as Bondi Beach, Sydney Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge and Botany Bay, the place where Captain Cook landed. Visit tourist destination such as the Blue Mountains, Jenolan Caves, Bondi Beach, Darling Harbour, the Sydney Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Taronga Zoo, Sydney Heads, the Gap, Cape Solander, La Perouse and the place where transported convicts first called home in Australia, the Rocks. Through an Herculean effort, Captain Arthur Phillip safely landed over 100 convicts, soldiers and settlers on the shore of Sydney Cove and established the city of Sydney on it's foreshore. Sydney today has a population of over four million people and in the year 2000 it will host the first Olympic Games of the new Millenium.