Katoomba Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Aaaah, the sheer beauty of the Blue Mountains west of Sydney.... Tuesday 6th January 2009. Up, breakfasted, packed and out of the apartment by 10am, we eventually got the car (pantechnicon) out of the garage and then down the narrow driveway (Watch out! We're too close! Mind that) and into the street as "Satty" the lady on the Satellite Navigati...

After packing up our kit bag and billabong stowed, we headed off on our voyage to the Blue Mountains. The Blue Mountains are called so, due to the eucalyptus oil that evaporates in the heat of the day... this creates a blue haze above the thousands of eucalyptus trees that create a brilliant green carpet around the bottom of the mountains. Our a...

My alarm was ringing at 7am... getting up was an effort! After having some breakfast I got the bus to the central station, booked my train to Katoomba and was on the rail just gone 9. Due to the forest fires I had to get a train to Blackstone and then had a coach take me to Katoomba. As soon as we drove into Katoomba it was apparent how misty it...

Up early again to catch a train just after 08.30 to Mount Victoria, where One Tree Hill, the highest point in The Blue Mountains can be found. A return ticket to Mount Victoria cost 5AUD. It's not actually much of a climb to One Tree Hill as you're already almost at that altitude when you get off the train, it's just a short uphill walk along a ...

Although we had sensibly done most of our packing last night, we still got up at 9am so we could shower and then spend some time uttering loud expletives whilst trying to get our rucksacks to shut. We checked out at 11am and headed straight towards the car hire place, fortunately our hostel had a free bag storage facility, so we didn't have to c...

After a day of faffing around trying to organise ourselves for the weekend. we finally hopped on the train to Katoomba, which is the main base to explore the blue mountains from. The train ride was 2 hours and only cost about £5. When we arrived we made our way to the hostel, which was about a 10 minute walk from the station. In the spirit of ad...

Seeing as we had done next to nothing the last few days, and there wasn't really anything else in the city that seemed appealing, we decided to get on a train for a few hours and visit the Blue Mountains. The trains in Sydney are fantastic. The subway system is a complete mess of lines that make it incredibly hard to navigate but there is always...

I arrived in Katoomba last Wednesday and checked into Katoomba Mountain Lodge. Not only was it the cheapest accommodation it also had free Internet. I threw my bags on my bed and headed out to Echo Point. Echo Point had a beautiful view of the Blue Mountains. 'This is the reason I came here' I thought as I stared down into the valley and over th...

Hejsa Alle sammen. Håber at i nyder sommervarmen derhjemme, for hvor jeg er lige nu ligger temperaturen på mellem 6 og 7 grader... Når man møder andre Europæere hernede er en af de første ting vi kommer til at snakke om altid: hvorfor var det lige vi besluttede os for at glemme alt om den Europæiske sommer for at tage til den Australske vinter.....

I am making a face because Marah has beaten me at Speed Scrabble---again. "The disciple has become the teacher," I say to her as we flip our tiles back over. She laughs. "Yup. I'm schooling you." The best thing about Marah ("Mar") and Michaela ("Mix") is that they keep me humble. When I go out hiking with other guests at the hostel I can puff my...