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27.07.2009

Scenic World

Scenic World, Blue Mountains, ECO CERTIFIED, and only a short drive from Sydney.  Exprience World Heritage Wonders, the worlds steepest railway or Australia's steepest cableway. A special Australian Traveller promotion.

Morning mist clearing from the Jamison Valley with the Three Sisters in the foreground. The Skyway crossing the gorge across Katoomba Falls. The world’s steepest passenger railway descends into the Jamison Valley. The Cableway nears the bottom station in the rainforest. Along the boardwalk, the longest elevated rainforest boardwalk in the southern hemisphere.
Scenic World is an eco-accredited attraction overlooking the Jamison Valley in the World Heritage-listed Blue Mountains. It provides safe, easy access to a Jurassic rainforest via the world’s steepest passenger railway or Australia’s steepest cableway. 

Visitors can experience Australia’s longest elevated rainforest boardwalk and take in the magnificent flora and fauna – including Lyrebirds. They can even drink water from a mountain spring.

They can also ride the Skyway, a cablecar with a partial-glass floor that crosses a deep gorge dominated by the Katoomba Falls.

There are two restaurants, a kiosk, cinema and large souvenir shop.

Open every day from 9.00am-5.00pm.


Scenic World Blue Mountains
Cnr Cliff Drive and Violet Street
Katoomba NSW 2780

P// 1300 SKYWAY or (02) 4780 0200
W// www.scenicworld.com.au

 

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