Blue Mountains National Park: Attractions, Access, Amenities & Ancillary Services

Blue Mountains National Park (BMNP) is a top tourist destination in Australia, offering attractions such as rock climbing, mountain biking, hiking trails, waterfalls, aboriginal rock paintings and towering rock formations. Access the park by car, coach or train. Stay at hotels or free camping grounds. Find banks, telecommunication networks, postal services and news agents in Sydney.

Blue Mountains National Park
Australia is land of dream destinations
characterized by many attraction sites
including coral reefs, wildlife, mountains,
spectacular beautiful vibrant cities and red-
earthed deserts offering you great
experience in adventure travel (Priskin, p.
638). Blue Mountains National Park
(BMNP) tops the list of tourist destinations.
Figure 1: Overview of BMNP (Hastings,
2017)
Attractions
The mountains lie west of Sydney named
due to many eucalyptus tree that protect
over half a million acres of wilderness. The
forest contains great attractive features
including:
 Waterfalls
 Aboriginal rock paintings
 Hiking trails
 Waterfalls
 Katoomba Scenic Railway
 Rock climbing and mountain biking
 Towering rocks formations ‘Three
Sisters’ (Malitz, p. 12)
Figure 2: Bridal Veils Falls (Steele, 2018)
Amenities
There are a number of amenities to make
your stay conformable at BMNP. The
government has offered free camping
grounds known as Old Ford Reserve in
Megalong Valley (Daly, p. 52). Some of the
hotels found in the New South Wales
include: Blue Mountains National Park
hotel, Blackheath Holiday Cabins, Kubba
Roonga Guesthouse, Gardners Inn Hotel,
Secrets Hideaway and Clan william hotel.
Similarly, there are many other tourist
operators offering tour guide at a fee.
Figure 3: Tourist camping site (source: Blue
Mountains Visitor Information Centre)
Access
There is variety of transport system to the
park. The popular transport for accessing
park is by car (Hardiman and Burgin, p.
264). A number of coach company offers
transport from Sydney to park. One can also
catch a train to Blue mountains.
Ancillary services
There are a number of banks, good
telecommunication networks, postal services
and news agents in Sydney (Given, p. 541).

References
Blue Mountains Visitor Information Centre,
2018. Camping in the Blue Mountains,
retrieved on April 15, 2018 from
http://bluemountainscitytourism.com.au/cam
ping/
Daly, T.J., 2000. Elements of the past: an
environmental history of the Blue
Mountains, Australia (Doctoral
dissertation).
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Hardiman, N. and Burgin, S., 2010. Visit
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Mountains, Australia: Canyoners’
perspectives and wilderness
management. Managing leisure, 15(4),
pp.264-278.
Hastings, K, 2017. 14 Top-rated attractions
in Australia. Retrieved on April 15, 2018
from Planet Ware:
https://www.planetware.com/tourist-
attractions/australia-aus.htm
Malitz, J., 2005. Rocky Mountain National
Park Dayhiker's Guide. Big Earth
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Priskin, J., 2001. Assessment of natural
resources for nature-based tourism:: the case
of the Central Coast Region of Western
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Steele, B, 2018. Bridal Veils Falls.
Retrieved on April 15, 2018 from Trevor:
https://www.trover.com/d/vqBN-bridal-veil-
falls-utah-county-utah