Blue Mountains History Tours

Immerse yourselves into dramatic Australian Colonial History, as we examine the physical evidence of these old roads, and their impact on unsuspecting English travelers who ventured through this exceptional upper Blue Mountains location.

Selected readings from original journals, and letters add to the sense of 'being there'. In addition to its history, this location has superb views, so bring a camera! Please bring a bottle of water, and wear comfortable walking shoes.

The Walking Tours at Mount York are divided into three tours:

Cox's Road, 1814/1815
Lawson's 1824 Long Alley
Berghofer's 1912 Pass Tour

These tours last one and a half hours, and all are a mixture of steep and easy grades.

Please inform us of which of the three you'd prefer before the date of the tour; or if you wish to do all walking tours on the same day.

Taking you back to an earlier age of elegance, this walking tour of the hotel's gardens and ground floor rooms investigates the social history of this Grand Hotel in the heart of Katoomba - the premier tourist destination of many people over the years. In addition to the splendid architecture within the Carrington, you'll enjoy hearing stories that bring the building alive - stories gathered from many former guests and former employees. Many old photos, menus, and artefacts are incorporated into the tour commentary. This tour lasts one and a half hours, and is an easy grade.

At the base of Scenic World's railway ride, you will find an intriguing world where rainforest and a coalmine once lived side by side. Come on a walking tour there, and hear stories of the turn of the 20th century coalmine, and its miners, while taking in the scenery of glorious Blue Mountains rainforest. There are spectacular views on this tour, so bring a camera. Many old photos and artefacts are included in the tour commentary. This tour lasts one and a half hours, and is predominantly an easy grade.

Quietly nestled in the lower Blue Mountains town of Faulconbridge is a corridor of oak trees; one planted for each Australian Prime Minister, some more than once! Using researched material, and more recent newspaper articles, this tour outlines the history of the site, (once owned by Sir Henry Parkes), as well as the history of many past Prime Ministers. Particularly poignant is the speech given by Alfred Deakin's daughter, at the planting of her father's tree in 1936, which opens with "I regard it as a great honour and privilege to plant this oak tree in memory of my dear father Alfred Deakin." This tour lasts one and half hours, and is an easy walking grade.