Blue Mountains Journal

We started our exploration heading out of the village towards Mount York.  At Barden's Lookout you get a great view of the countryside west of the Blue Mountains.

Mount Vic has a popular old style cinema - a real trip back in time.

Instead of going to Katoomba (which wasn't inspiring me at the time) we went further up the mountain to Mount Victoria.  This is the last of the villages before descending down the other side to the west - hence its slogan "Explorers gateway to the west". Let's do a little bit of exploring ourselves.

And of course there is some pleasant bushwalking to be done in the area.  This is Leura Cascades, a quite easy walk. This is the end of my short revisit to Leura.  I will move up the road to Katoomba in a week or so.

Also in Leura there is the Toy and Railway Museum at the historic home Leuralla and the Treasured Teapot Museum at Bygone Beauties tea rooms. Over the road from the Toy and Railway Museum Boofhead and Olive Oyl have a lovely mountain view.

Leura is known at the village of gardens - they run a great garden festival in the Spring each year where you can get a chance to visit a range of open gardens.  Perhaps the most famous of the gardens is the Everglades which is open all year and run by the National Trust.  It is a delight to visit whatever the season.

If shopping is your thing you will find lots of speciality shops.  One of my favourites is the Moontree candle shop, along with Megalong Books, but there are gift shops, homewares, galleries, clothing and more … and let's not forget the lolly shop.