Mountains Tales

Mountains Tales "HISTORY IS EVERYWHERE
GO OUT AND FIND IT" My name is Sue Collins, I am a Leura Local who is proud to bring my love of the Blue Mountains to visitors.

Mountains Tales offers creative and entertaining historical tours of the Blue Mountains, through walking tours and coach commentary to seniors groups, school classes and conference events. During the COVID lockdowns I took the opportunity to invest in my passion for Australian history with my two foundation tours, The Leura Story Walking Tour, and the Katoomba Story Walking Tour. This process has

taught me to appreciate my village and how fortunate I am to call Leura home. Mountains Tales has grown to offer coach commentary tours for a variety of groups coming to the Blue Mountains; whether conference and events, social groups, or educational tours, I draw on my previous work experience to deliver the best experience for my groups. Having worked in Sydney in the corporate arena in Sales and HR, I understand what goes into a successful corporate getaway; time to chill, form connections, learn and have fun and laughter along the way. My private Social Group Day Trips are always full of laughter, no matter how many times you have visited the Blue Mountains, there are many stories to learn and enjoy, making for a memorable daytrip. My Educational Tours take me back to my childhood, as I learned the colonial stories of Sydney, and my family connection to our not-so distant past. Learning is achieved through storytelling and role play with the spectacular Blue Mountains as our classroom. During my tours I share the stories of the Blue Mountains, and a little of myself. My love for community; as a SES volunteer I enjoy giving back to my community in times of need, I am the coordinator of ANZAC Day services in Leura and involved in both Leura and Blue Mountains heritage committees. As a qualified adult educator, I know my guests will gain a better knowledge and understanding of the Blue Mountains. Join me on tour, and Iโ€™m sure you will fall in love with the Blue Mountains too.

๐€๐๐•๐ˆ๐‹ ๐‘๐Ž๐‚๐Š, ๐๐‹๐€๐‚๐Š๐‡๐„๐€๐“๐‡ ๐œ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ'๐ฌ - ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ!In 1948 an iron anvil was donated to the site by Blackheath holiday...
04/01/2025

๐€๐๐•๐ˆ๐‹ ๐‘๐Ž๐‚๐Š, ๐๐‹๐€๐‚๐Š๐‡๐„๐€๐“๐‡ ๐œ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ'๐ฌ - ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ!

In 1948 an iron anvil was donated to the site by Blackheath holiday maker.
In the 1970's the anvil was pushed over the cliff, and lost to time.
In 2005 the NSW Police Rescue found the anvil and retrieved it from the valley floor.
The original anvil was reinstated in 2008.
๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐€๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ ๐‘๐จ๐œ๐ค ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ค.

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๐Ÿ“Œ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ - ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ.
๐Ÿ’ป ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ
๐Ÿ‘ฃ Village Walking tours of Leura, Katoomba and Mt Victoria
๐ŸšŒ Coach Group Commentary tours across the Blue Mountains
โŒ›๏ธ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐Ž๐Ž๐„๐„ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“.From the Cooee March website : This great quality photograph of the C...
03/01/2025

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐Ž๐Ž๐„๐„ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“.

From the Cooee March website : This great quality photograph of the Coo-ees lined up outside the Royal Hotel at Hartley on Thursday morning, 4th November 1915, shows them standing at attention, wearing their new white hats and blue dungarees that they had been issued with at Lithgow, ready to set off on the Great Western Road to Mount Victoria.

The Royal Hotel building is still there and now an office for the NSW National Parks.

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๐Ÿ“Œ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ - ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ.
๐Ÿ’ป ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ
๐Ÿ‘ฃ Village Walking tours of Leura, Katoomba and Mt Victoria
๐ŸšŒ Coach Group Commentary tours across the Blue Mountains
โŒ›๏ธ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ.

๐ƒ๐ˆ๐ƒ ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐Š๐๐Ž๐–.......๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐š ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ!!!We love trivia, so much so that Mountains Tales hosts trivia each Thur...
03/01/2025

๐ƒ๐ˆ๐ƒ ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐Š๐๐Ž๐–.......๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐š ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ!!!

We love trivia, so much so that Mountains Tales hosts trivia each Thursday night at the Katoomba Family Hotel

Join us each week from 6.30pm, bring your family and friends for a great meal, cold drink and fun entertainment.

๐ˆ๐ง ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐‘๐ˆ๐•๐ˆ๐€ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜ - ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ง๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐š?

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๐Ÿ“Œ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ - ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ.
๐Ÿ’ป ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ
๐Ÿ‘ฃ Village Walking tours of Leura, Katoomba and Mt Victoria
๐ŸšŒ Coach Group Commentary tours across the Blue Mountains
โŒ›๏ธ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ.

๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฅ ๐•๐ž๐ข๐ฅ ๐…๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ (๐‹๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐š ๐…๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ) ๐‹๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐š, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ.This photo is one of my favourite Harry Phillips photos. The hikers are wear...
02/01/2025

๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฅ ๐•๐ž๐ข๐ฅ ๐…๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ (๐‹๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐š ๐…๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ) ๐‹๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐š, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ.

This photo is one of my favourite Harry Phillips photos. The hikers are wearing heavy rain jackets and some are carrying umbrellas. Just down from were the hikers are standing is weeping rock, a very popular photo stop of this period.

You may recognise this image from the side of the Commonwealth Bank in Katoomba.

Have you enjoyed this walk?

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๐Ÿ“Œ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ - ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ.
๐Ÿ’ป ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ
๐Ÿ‘ฃ Village Walking tours of Leura, Katoomba and Mt Victoria
๐ŸšŒ Coach Group Commentary tours across the Blue Mountains
โŒ›๏ธ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ.

๐ƒ๐ˆ๐ƒ ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐Š๐๐Ž๐–: Mitchells Ridge Lookout to the west of Mt Victoria was named after the Surveyor General who "discovered" a...
01/01/2025

๐ƒ๐ˆ๐ƒ ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐Š๐๐Ž๐–: Mitchells Ridge Lookout to the west of Mt Victoria was named after the Surveyor General who "discovered" a means to exit the Blue Mountains in 1830, this would then lead to Victoria Pass. Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell.

The lookout was opened by NSW Premier Jim Dooley in November 1921, with the timber archway established in 1932.

From the Lookout there are great views down over the Kanimbla Valley and the Victoria Pass. Worth a stop the next time you are travelling west. ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ž๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ?

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๐Ÿ“Œ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ - ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ.
๐Ÿ’ป ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ
๐Ÿ‘ฃ Village Walking tours of Leura, Katoomba and Mt Victoria
๐ŸšŒ Coach Group Commentary tours across the Blue Mountains
โŒ›๏ธ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ.

A quiet start to the day at Echo Point, the calm before the storm.Enjoy your day in the Blue Mountains, whatever you are...
01/01/2025

A quiet start to the day at Echo Point, the calm before the storm.
Enjoy your day in the Blue Mountains, whatever you are doing.

๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ! ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“, ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง? Looking forward to hosting more people across the Blue Mountains in 2025,...
31/12/2024

๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ! ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“, ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง?

Looking forward to hosting more people across the Blue Mountains in 2025, with stories, entertainment and sights.

๐’๐ž๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“.

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๐Ÿ“Œ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ - ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ.
๐Ÿ’ป ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ
๐Ÿ‘ฃ Village Walking tours of Leura, Katoomba and Mt Victoria
๐ŸšŒ Coach Group Commentary tours across the Blue Mountains
โŒ›๏ธ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ.

๐ƒ๐ˆ๐ƒ ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐Š๐๐Ž๐–: The convict built bridge on Victoria Pass opened in 1832. It has been known by a number of names "The Conv...
30/12/2024

๐ƒ๐ˆ๐ƒ ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐Š๐๐Ž๐–: The convict built bridge on Victoria Pass opened in 1832. It has been known by a number of names "The Convict Causeway", "Mitchell's Bridge", "The Victoria Pass Viaduct" and "The Victoria Pass Causeway"

The curved stone wall is 97m long on the uphill and 30 m long on the downhill.

In March this year the causeway was Heritage listed by NSW Heritage. The listing reads "The Victoria Pass Causeway is an outstanding example of the techniques, standards and practice of road engineering in the colony"

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ข๐ง-๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ญ, ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ'๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ?

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๐Ÿ“Œ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ - ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ.
๐Ÿ’ป ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ
๐Ÿ‘ฃ Village Walking tours of Leura, Katoomba and Mt Victoria
๐ŸšŒ Coach Group Commentary tours across the Blue Mountains
โŒ›๏ธ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ.

๐ƒ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ค?I love this NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service sign that explains...
28/12/2024

๐ƒ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ค?

I love this NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service sign that explains the evolution of the Blue Mountains landscape.

Talk about history being everywhere, you can see the erosion occurring today, most recently with the Jamison valley landslide that has closed the Federal Pass.

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๐Ÿ“Œ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ - ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ.
๐Ÿ’ป ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ
๐Ÿ‘ฃ Village Walking tours of Leura, Katoomba and Mt Victoria
๐ŸšŒ Coach Group Commentary tours across the Blue Mountains
โŒ›๏ธ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ.

What a great private tour yesterday.I was honoured to have the opportunity to show off the best of the Blue Mountains to...
28/12/2024

What a great private tour yesterday.

I was honoured to have the opportunity to show off the best of the Blue Mountains to the Yang family from Taipei.

At this time of year, private tours are a great way to see some more unusual places in the mountains.

๐“๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐‡๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐‘๐จ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐–๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐…๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ.The hotel had been opened in 1891 by Jo...
26/12/2024

๐“๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐‡๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐‘๐จ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐–๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐…๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ.

The hotel had been opened in 1891 by Joseph Tolls. Offering all the glamour available at the time including drawing and dining rooms, sitting rooms, reading and writing rooms. It was said the Mr Tolls motto was "comfort as well as elegance"

A sad loss to the Wentworth Falls when fire gutted the iconic building.

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๐Ÿ“Œ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ - ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ.
๐Ÿ’ป ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ
๐Ÿ‘ฃ Village Walking tours of Leura, Katoomba and Mt Victoria
๐ŸšŒ Coach Group Commentary tours across the Blue Mountains
โŒ›๏ธ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ.

Merry Christmas to all.We are taking a few days break, but you can find our walking tours available on our website mount...
24/12/2024

Merry Christmas to all.

We are taking a few days break, but you can find our walking tours available on our website mountainstales.com for the summer holidays.

Thank you to the team at Ask Roz Blue Mountains for the opportunity to meet with Robyn "Catchy" Catchlove on .1fm This ...
23/12/2024

Thank you to the team at Ask Roz Blue Mountains for the opportunity to meet with Robyn "Catchy" Catchlove on .1fm

This podcast discusses the coach tours Mountains Tales offers across the blue Mountains, to school groups, seniors groups and everyone in between.

You bring the bus, and we will provide the tour! As a local host, we can entertain your guests with stories, activities and locations across the Blue Mountains.

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๐Ÿ“Œ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ - ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ.
๐Ÿ’ป ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ
๐Ÿ‘ฃ Village Walking tours of Leura, Katoomba and Mt Victoria
๐ŸšŒ Coach Group Commentary tours across the Blue Mountains
โŒ›๏ธ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ.

EPISODE 100: Welcome to the Ask Roz Blue Mountains Podcast. This episode is a replay of the Radio Blue Mountains Ask Roz Tourism Show interview with "Catchy" Robyn Catchlove and Sue Collins from Mountains Tales. Mountains Tales offers creative and entertaining historical tours of the Blue Mountains,...

23/12/2024

Have you ever wondered about the evolution of a village name.

In the 1830โ€™s ONE TREE HILL was the name given to the hill in Mount Victoria, where did this name come from?

A quick trip to Sydney, sees me returning on the train.There are 25-30 people on the carriage, most are on their phones,...
22/12/2024

A quick trip to Sydney, sees me returning on the train.

There are 25-30 people on the carriage, most are on their phones, and Iโ€™m the only one reading a book.

๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ง?

What do you give to that person who has everything?๐€๐ง ๐„๐—๐๐„๐‘๐ˆ๐„๐๐‚๐„, ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž!Message ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ today, to coordinate...
21/12/2024

What do you give to that person who has everything?

๐€๐ง ๐„๐—๐๐„๐‘๐ˆ๐„๐๐‚๐„, ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž!

Message ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ today, to coordinate a gift voucher for your loved ones.
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๐Ÿ“Œ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ - ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ.
๐Ÿ’ป ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ
๐Ÿ‘ฃ Village Walking tours of Leura, Katoomba and Mt Victoria
๐ŸšŒ Coach Group Commentary tours across the Blue Mountains
โŒ›๏ธ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ.

๐‡๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐–๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐…๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐? This photo is c 1924, how wonderful are the cars out...
20/12/2024

๐‡๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐–๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐…๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐? This photo is c 1924, how wonderful are the cars outside.

The shops are Grocers, Ironmongers, Drapery, Stationary, Fancy Goods, Toys and Confectionary. Maybe they have not changed in the past 100 years!

What are your thoughts?

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๐Ÿ“Œ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ - ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ.
๐Ÿ’ป ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ
๐Ÿ‘ฃ Village Walking tours of Leura, Katoomba and Mt Victoria
๐ŸšŒ Coach Group Commentary tours across the Blue Mountains
โŒ›๏ธ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ.

Thank you to the team at Ask Roz Blue Mountains for the opportunity to meet with Robyn "Catchy" Catchlove on .1fm.This p...
20/12/2024

Thank you to the team at Ask Roz Blue Mountains for the opportunity to meet with Robyn "Catchy" Catchlove on .1fm.

This podcast topic is EARLY GUESTHOUSES OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.

Make yourself a cuppa, sit down and have a listen, and enjoy.

This podcast is both entertaining and interesting, enjoy!

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๐Ÿ“Œ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ - ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ.
๐Ÿ’ป ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ
๐Ÿ‘ฃ Village Walking tours of Leura, Katoomba and Mt Victoria
๐ŸšŒ Coach Group Commentary tours across the Blue Mountains
โŒ›๏ธ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ.

Welcome to the Ask Roz Blue Mountains Podcast. This episode is a replay of the Radio Blue Mountains Ask Roz Tourism Show interview with "Catchy" Robyn Catchlove and Sue Collins from Mountains Tails about early Blue Mountains Guesthouses. https://www.facebook.com/MountainsTalesNSW Radio Blue Mountain...

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Lapstone Tunnel
Lapstone Tunnel

Check out the Lapstone tunnel, this weekend, and take a step into history. Saturday and Sunday 10-2 only. (Different times for cyclists and pedestrians) __________________________________ ๐Ÿ“Œ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ - ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐Ÿ’ป ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ‘ฃ Village Walking tours of Leura, Katoomba and Mt Victoria ๐ŸšŒ Coach Group Commentary tours across the Blue Mountains โŒ›๏ธ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ.

Lapstone Zig Zag
Lapstone Zig Zag

The Lapstone Zig Zag walk is a 900m one way accessible walk, along the old railway line. This is a great walk at the base of the Blue Mountains, through our early history, you can still see the drill holes on the sandstone walls. __________________________________________________________________________ ๐Ÿ“Œ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ - ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐Ÿ’ป ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ‘ฃ Village Walking tours of Leura, Katoomba and Mt Victoria ๐ŸšŒ Coach Group Commentary tours across the Blue Mountains โŒ›๏ธ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ.

Lucasville Station
Lucasville Station

When walking the Lapstone Zig Zag, you will pass a disused railway station that was built by politician John Lucas, to access his holiday home. Imagine installing your own railway station for your family and friends! ๐‡๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž ๐™๐ข๐  ๐™๐š๐  ๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ค? __________________________________________________________________________ ๐Ÿ“Œ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ - ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐Ÿ’ป ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ‘ฃ Village Walking tours of Leura, Katoomba and Mt Victoria ๐ŸšŒ Coach Group Commentary tours across the Blue Mountains โŒ›๏ธ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ.

Lapstone Hill Tunnel
Lapstone Hill Tunnel

๐‹๐€๐๐’๐“๐Ž๐๐„ ๐‡๐ˆ๐‹๐‹ ๐“๐”๐๐๐„๐‹ This wonderful old railway tunnel will be open for you to walk through this weekend, 7 & 8 December. ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ Pedestrians 10-2 then Cyclists 12-2 ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ Cyclists 10-2 then Pedestrians 12-2 Pop on by to take a step through our history. _______________________________________________________________________ ๐Ÿ“Œ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ - ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐Ÿ’ป ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ‘ฃ Village Walking tours of Leura, Katoomba and Mt Victoria ๐ŸšŒ Coach Group Commentary tours across the Blue Mountains โŒ›๏ธ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ.

Knapsack Bridge
Knapsack Bridge

What a great walk, a must for Blue Mountains history lovers. Opps, mistake in my comments, the steam train was 1867, not 1868. __________________________________________________________________________ ๐Ÿ“Œ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ - ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐Ÿ’ป ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ‘ฃ Village Walking tours of Leura, Katoomba and Mt Victoria ๐ŸšŒ Coach Group Commentary tours across the Blue Mountains โŒ›๏ธ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ.

Springwood View Club
Springwood View Club

What a great morning at the Springwood View Club, discussing Blue Mountains history. If you are a member of a local club who engages guest speakers, drop me a line.

Lithgow Gun Emplacements
Lithgow Gun Emplacements

Have you been to the gun emplacements in South Bowenfels? What a step beac in time they are. Iโ€™m even told they were used in the filming of the 2008 film Australia.

Mt Piper Power Station
Mt Piper Power Station

Opps, I said POINT PIPER, not Mt Piper. Preparing for a seniors tour to the Seven Valleys next week, had me visiting a power station. Have you been to Mt Piper?

Local Business Awards
Local Business Awards

Looking forward to a night of local business celebrations, at the local business awards

RAHS Conference
RAHS Conference

Enjoying the annual conference by The ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY in Campbelltown. This weekendโ€™s topic is LOCAL HISTORY. Canโ€™t wait to learnโ€ฆ..

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