Hello, and a question on camping in the Katoomba area

Hi Steve

Blackheath has a good caravan park, not cheap, but good access to the area.

If going to Jenolan Caves, give some thought to visiting Yerranderie an old silver mining town. A great drive starting from Jenolan Caves and there are some camping options along the way.

I've written about it in my blog...

Yerranderie - Whispers from the past...

Enjoy your visit.

Cheers, Baz - The Landy

Wallergerang, has a great camping area (near Lithgow).

Landsdowne forest camp at Coopernook (south of Port Macquarie)

Use wikicamps to find them

Hi Steve,
We stayed at the Blue Mountains Tourist Park - Katoomba Falls, http://www.bmtp.com.au/katoomba-falls.html
It is actually run by the council. It is very well located within a 10 minute bush walk of Scenic World. You might hesitate if you think of such tourist facilities, however we enjoyed travelling on the SkyWay, Scenic Railway and the new Cable Car. We bought a multi-use day pass which covers all three.
The caravan park has very good facilities and an excellent camp kitchen. However, being in such a tourist hot spot it is quite expensive and does require booking in advance.
Our day was to take the Skyway across the valley, walk around the cliff edge path, very safe, to Echo Point, walk down the Giant Stairway, adjacent to Echo Point, around the Federal Pass to the bottom of the Scenic Railway.
At the base of the Scenic Railway you will find a very extensive raised, 3 to 4 metres, boardwalk which traverses a number of ecosystems as well as coal mining history of the area. You can then either take the Scenic Railway up to the top or take the Cable Car ride. If you have a day pass you can have great fun riding both the Scenic Railway both up and down and likewise the Cable Car.
There is a National Park Heritage Centre near Govett's Leap and it is worth a visit. Lots of information plus a Virtual Reality activity. This does cost, however. About $10 per person.
Hope this helps
Robert

Oberon is good. Small van park.

Thank you all for the feedback, certainly some food for thought there, and the 'Places' search, WOW, overload. So much to do, so little time.

Cheers

Steve

I live in the Blue Mountains and apologise for no GOOD camping places. My only suggestion is Murphy's Glen. You can look at Perrys Lookdown and Blackheath Glen but they are very popular. A local resident has blocked the road to Ingar campground. The surrounding area has some really good camping at Newnes, Coorongooba, Dunns Swamp, Boyd River, Shooters Hill and Yerranderie.

Good luck.