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One real day in visiting order — coffee through to where you'd sleep — dealt from a different region each time you visit. Turn a card over — hover, or tap — to read each listing's own words.

Morning
Black Cockatoo Bakery
A small Blue Mountains bakery working with organic, naturally leavened bread from stoneground flour, with ancient-grain loaves that rotate through the week. Alongside the Lawson shop it keeps a second counter in Katoomba, both pouring organic teas and hot chocolate to go with the day's bake.
Bakery · Lawson→ 11 km
Morning · Bakery
Black Cockatoo Bakery
A small Blue Mountains bakery working with organic, naturally leavened bread from stoneground flour, with ancient-grain loaves that rotate through the week. Alongside the Lawson shop it keeps a second counter in Katoomba, both pouring organic teas and hot chocolate to go with the day's bake.
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Mid-morning
ONE88 & Equilibrium
Part gallery, part retail, part therapy anteroom. ONE88's companion space Equilibrium stocks hand drums, ceramics by Tamara Pottier, jewellery by Felicity Grover, and raffia baskets alongside self-help books and psychology journals. Upstairs, four therapists take appointments. The logic holds: the shop floor is framed explicitly as a soft entry point into their offices — community infrastructure dressed as a gift shop.
Visual Art · Katoomba→ <1 km
Mid-morning · Visual Art
ONE88 & Equilibrium
Part gallery, part retail, part therapy anteroom. ONE88's companion space Equilibrium stocks hand drums, ceramics by Tamara Pottier, jewellery by Felicity Grover, and raffia baskets alongside self-help books and psychology journals. Upstairs, four therapists take appointments. The logic holds: the shop floor is framed explicitly as a soft entry point into their offices — community infrastructure dressed as a gift shop.
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Midday
Bowery Kitchen and Bar
A food-led kitchen and bar housed inside Katoomba's historic St Andrew's church, from the team behind the town's Avalon. The menu leans on fresh, local and seasonal produce, split between hearty mains and smaller plates built to share.
Restaurant · Katoomba→ 2 km
Midday · Restaurant
Bowery Kitchen and Bar
A food-led kitchen and bar housed inside Katoomba's historic St Andrew's church, from the team behind the town's Avalon. The menu leans on fresh, local and seasonal produce, split between hearty mains and smaller plates built to share.
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Afternoon
Echo Point Lookout
The most famous view in the Blue Mountains, and one of the most photographed in the country. From the railed terrace at Echo Point the sandstone pinnacles of the Three Sisters rise straight out of the forested Jamison Valley, catching the light gold at sunrise and rose at dusk. Beyond them the escarpment rolls away in blue haze - the tint, from fine eucalyptus oil in the air, that gave the mountains their name. The Giant Stairway drops from here into the valley for those who want to walk among the cliffs, and a paved path leads to quieter lookouts along the rim. It is busy for good reason; arrive early and the amphitheatre is yours.
Lookout · Katoomba→ 2 km
Afternoon · Lookout
Echo Point Lookout
The most famous view in the Blue Mountains, and one of the most photographed in the country. From the railed terrace at Echo Point the sandstone pinnacles of the Three Sisters rise straight out of the forested Jamison Valley, catching the light gold at sunrise and rose at dusk. Beyond them the escarpment rolls away in blue haze - the tint, from fine eucalyptus oil in the air, that gave the mountains their name. The Giant Stairway drops from here into the valley for those who want to walk among the cliffs, and a paved path leads to quieter lookouts along the rim. It is busy for good reason; arrive early and the amphitheatre is yours.
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Tasting
Mountain Culture Brewery - Katoomba
This award-winning brewpub operates from a restored 1900s heritage building just two minutes from Katoomba Station. Known for their craft beers and locally-sourced burgers, they offer a relaxed atmosphere with outdoor deck seating and were voted NSW's best brewery venue in 2023.
Brewery · Katoomba→ 7 km
Tasting · Brewery
Mountain Culture Brewery - Katoomba
This award-winning brewpub operates from a restored 1900s heritage building just two minutes from Katoomba Station. Known for their craft beers and locally-sourced burgers, they offer a relaxed atmosphere with outdoor deck seating and were voted NSW's best brewery venue in 2023.
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Stay the night
Bunjaree Cottages
Four cottages, each in its own hectare, built by hand from earth dug out of the land they stand on. There is no mains connection. A solar village system with a large battery bank runs the property, which rules out air conditioning and electric heating and leaves you a slow combustion fire, a rainwater fed bath house in Tea Tree and a solar powered spa in Wattle. The levy on firewood funds tree planting in the Capertee Valley.
Cottage · Blue Mountains
Stay the night · Cottage
Bunjaree Cottages
Four cottages, each in its own hectare, built by hand from earth dug out of the land they stand on. There is no mains connection. A solar village system with a large battery bank runs the property, which rules out air conditioning and electric heating and leaves you a slow combustion fire, a rainwater fed bath house in Tea Tree and a solar powered spa in Wattle. The levy on firewood funds tree planting in the Capertee Valley.
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In season October

4 things are running across 29 regions right now — each one from a published source, not a guess.

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Humpback whale migration
North to calve and south again with the calves alongside, close enough to the coast to watch from the headland.
April–November
Byron Bay, Coffs Coast, East Coast Tasmania +8 more
Where to goBlue Bay Whale WatchingBrunswick Heads, Byron Bay
Cherry harvest
Ladders down the rows, and fruit that will not wait — cherries are picked by hand and sold within days.
October–February
Adelaide Hills, Goulburn Valley, Granite Belt +6 more
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Wildflowers
Ground that reads as scrub for most of the year turns over to colour, then goes back.
June–November
Australia's Coral Coast, Australia's Golden Outback, Fremantle & Swan Valley +4 more
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A day in Blue Mountains

Black Cockatoo Bakery

Black Cockatoo Bakery

ONE88 & Equilibrium

ONE88 & Equilibrium

Bowery Kitchen and Bar

Bowery Kitchen and Bar

Echo Point Lookout

Echo Point Lookout

Mountain Culture Brewery - Katoomba

Mountain Culture Brewery - Katoomba

Bunjaree Cottages

Bunjaree Cottages

What's on

Workshop Open day and Hand Tool Event

In season October

Humpback whale migration

Cherry harvest

Wildflowers

Stories from the network

A Knife Shaped Object

Dinnele Wednesdays

For Desk and Departure Lounge

Checked one at a time

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