Author: nOchAos

Katoomba/Leura the main centre in the Blue Mountains with a population of approx 12000. An alternative style town where people escape the big smoke for clean air and nature at your doorstep. Home to lots of artists, actors, grungy hippies, dropouts and millions of tourists. The town is over 1000mt above sea level or 3336 feet high and usually gets snow during the winter. Strangly the winter is the busiest tourist season with everyone coming up for yulefests and sitting around fireplaces.

Was a beautiful day today so thought I would capture a few images everything pictured is within a 30 minute walk of the town centre.

Enjoy
Katoomba Density

Highest carpark outisde the snowy mountains

Katoomba Landmark old smoeky in middle of town at the Carrington Hotel

New TAFE buildings thanks Kevy

Fire Brigade

Katoomba Railway with CountryLink train

Streetscape

Katoomba Street

Court House

Council Chambers

New Aldi Store and retail component under construction in main street

Katoomba Fine Arts

Typical Mountain home converted to a restaurant

Katoomba even has a sex shop

Several trolley buses run the tourists around town

Lots of little laneways

Old Bar

Carrington Hotel

Palais Royale lots of old hotels all around Katoomba many with valley views

Lots of street art throughout Katoomba

Bus Shelter

The Edge Cinemas includes an Imax theatre at 6 stories high able to show 70mm films and 8 regular cinemas

The Clarendon one of the best live venues in the mountains

The old Renaissance Centre artists colony falling into disrepair

HIVE Studios computer animation company has worked on some major movies recently

Darleys at Lillianfels an award winning 5 star restaurant and hotel

Approaching Echo Point and 3 Sisters

Notice the blue haze (evaporated eucalypt oil) in the distance hence the name Blue Mountains

Local Sculptures

Another Aboriginal with a big dick

Katoomba Falls

The original katoomba Cable car

One of the cable car pulley wheel things

The other cable car and the second part of Katoomba Falls to the left

Narrowneck Plateau

Lismore a city of 30,000 people (ABS 2006) I thought I would find some more interesting buildings and civic spaces however that was more than made up for by the very relaxed pace and nature of the place including its location on the Wilson River and nestled amongst some stunning countryside.

There is some major work going on in the main street at the moment to completely revamp it with lots of rainforest type trees and pedestrian friendly spaces and calming the traffic down.

Enjoy
Lismore Airport

Wilson River

Winsome Hotel was gay for years now is a homeless soup kitchen

Lismore Historical Society

Lismore Bath House fabulous swimming pool

Northern Rivers House not a commercial premise

Band Rotunda

Old Post Office

Hotel where the Queen once stayed in 1956

Main Drag now all dug up

Masonic Temple

Swimming hole nearby

Police Station

Court House Old and New

Anglican cathedral