National Parks & Reserves of the
Greater Blue Mountains
WORLD HERITAGE AREA

• Blue Mountains National Park

  When the great biologist Charles Darwin gazed into the depths of the Grose Valley in 1836, he thought the chasm was so...

• Gardens of Stone National Park

  Gardens of Stone is a marketing name that stuck. After Wollemi National Park was secured in 1979, conservation groups such as the...

• Jenolan Caves Conservation Reserve

  Jenolan is most famous for its underworld, and for good reason. The caves are some of the most extensive in Australia and...

• Kanangra-Boyd National Park

  Gazing out from the justly famous wilderness viewpoint at Kanangra Walls, it is well to ponder what might have been, and the...

• Nattai National Park

  Nattai National Park is a wild park with limited vehicle access and minimal visitor facilities. Of its 50,000 hectares, two thirds are...

• Thirlmere Lakes National Park

  About 15 millions years ago, a river flowing through low sandstone hills was disrupted by Earth movements, perhaps associated with the uplift...

• Wollemi National Park

  In 1994, deep in a remote gorge of Wollemi National Park, bushwalker David Noble and three friends stumbled upon the ‘dinosaur tree’...

• Yengo National Park

  Yengo occupies the quiet corner of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, a place of subdued landscape and few visitors, a...

• Gardens of Stone - Stage 2 Proposal

  The Gardens of Stone Stage 2 Proposal consists of State Conservation Areas and National Park extensions. The reserve proposal of 39,800 hectares is...