Lithgow Area Attractions

Adams Shed in Hartley is a wine lover’s paradise with wines in stock from 20 regional wineries.

The first Sunday of each month a representative from the show cased wine of the month will host the tasting. Local produce...

Ambermere Rose offer a seasonal menu that features fresh locally sourced ingredients, handcrafted coffee and tea blends by Morgan’s and a fine selection of cakes, tarts and sweet delights made by in-house chefs.

Relax...

Surrounded by the wonders of World Heritage listed wilderness, the Capertee Valley is the world's second largest canyon. Sandstone cliffs dominate the escarpment, drawing down into a deep chasm carved into the environment over millions of...

Eskbank House Museum in Lithgow is a historic home, with splendid furniture, display of Lithgow Pottery and other period pieces, blacksmiths forge and a coach-house.

Built in 1842 by Thomas Brown, Eskbank House is a sandstone...

Good food, great coffee and a warm country welcome await visitors to The Farmhouse Cafe and the Lolly Bug, situated at the foot of the Victoria Pass just 15 minutes west of Katoomba.

Enjoy hearty farmhouse breakfasts, light...

The Gardens of Stone National park conserves almost 12000 hectares of varied

terrain from limestone outcrops to sandstone escarpments. The pagoda rock

formations are a prominent feature. They occur near...

The Glow Worms are located in an old rail tunnel 400 metres in length. It was originally constructed as part of the railway line to Newnes Kerosene Shale

Works. The line was dismantled c1940s. The tunnel is located 40 kilometres...

The need for a police centre in the Hartley Valley led to the construction of the Hartley Court House in 1837. Over the next 50 years a bustling village

grew around the court house. The area was the judicial and administrative...

Hartley Valley is a Teahouse, Gallery and Nursery all on the same property with established gardens, a fruit orchards and beautiful rural views.

The Teahouse is set in a quaint two-storey cedar cottage with wide verandas. They...

Hassans Walls Lookout is the highest lookout in the Blue Mountains at approximately 1100 metres above sea level. Look out to Mt Wilson, Mt York, Mt Tarana and Mt Blaxland and the whole Hartley Valley below. To the south are the Kanimbla and Megalong...

Be a world away from the hectic city life in the Japanese Bath House at the Blue Mountains Sparadise. Just a two hour’s drive from Sydney and is situated in front of Lake Lyell and set within over 300 hectares of farmland. It is designed...

Lake Lyell provides cooling water for both Wallerawang and Mt Piper Power Stations. The Lake is connected to Wallerawang Lake by pipeline and hence to

Wallerawang and Mt Piper Stations. Water for cooling is pumped from Lake...

Lake Wallace (Wallerawang Lake) is situated at Wallerawang off the Great Western Highway, 15 kilometres south west of Lithgow.

Facilities include: children’s playground, picnic and barbecue...

In 1906 the Australian Government decided that Australia could no longer rely upon Britain for her defence needs, and decided to build a factory for the manufacture of arms.

The museum, situated in the grounds of the Small Arms...

An open air museum consisting of a former colliery site and three kilometres of rail line, The State Mine Heritage Park and Railway offers mine museum guided tours, coal mining displays, picnic areas and Heritage rolling stock and...

Lockyers Road Walking Track is one of the most historic walking in the Blue Mountains. The track is one of the original 'roads' used to descend into Hartley Vale. Hand built by convicts, remnants of their handiwork can still be...

The McKanes Falls Bridge in Lithgow was completed in 1893 and is one of the seven McDonald timber truss road bridges remaining in New South Wales.

The bridge consists of two 90' (27.43m) truss spans supported at each...

The Energy Expo displays contain both visual aids such as computers with touch screens to allow user interaction with the information system, and displays of real equipment used in the power station. For those feeling fit enough there is exercise...

The Newnes Kiosk is within the bar of the now de-licensed Newnes Hotel, the last surviving building from the days of oil-shale mining at Newnes. The kiosk is open weekends and supplies information on the local Newnes area. Soft drinks, ice creams...

Newnes State Forest is located on Newnes Plateau and contains Pine Plantation of Radiator Pine, Natural Forest and Sandstone Escarpments. Provides access to Glow Worm Tunnels and Wollemi National Park. Bungleboorie Picnic Area provides a peaceful...