Things to do, places to see
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Mount Victoria Village
Explore the village of Mount Victoria with its historic buildings dating from 1849, cafés, museums, antique shops and second hand book shops. Take a stroll around the markets held on the 2nd Sunday of each month. Visit the Mount Vic Flicks, an old style movie theatre
Nearby Attractions
- Some points of interest and lookouts are located
at Mitchells Ridge, Sunset
Rock, Engineers Cascade & Henry
Lawson Rock which are only minutes from the centre of the village.
- One Tree Hill is
the highest point in the Blue Mountains. Victoria
Pass and Mitchells Pass are convict
built roads and now form part of the Great Western Highway.
- Driving down the pass from Mount Victoria to Hartley
you will find the Hartley Historic Village, Hartley Vale & Little Hartley
and from here you can continue to the famous Jenolan Caves, Kanangra Walls and Cox’s
River.
- From the Caves you can walk back to Katoomba
on the famous Six Foot Track. There are
plenty of interesting art & craft galleries in the surrounding area.
- Just a short drive from Mount Victoria across the
causeway and down the Bells Line road to Lithgow
you will find the Zig Zag Railway, the Small Arms Museum and the State
Mine Heritage Park & Railway. Also in the Lithgow area you can
visit Hassans Walls, Lake
Lyell, the Mt Piper Energy Expo
or the Glow Worm Tunnel at Newnes.
- Also over on the Bells Line road heading towards Bilpin you can visit Mt Tomah Botanic Gardens and the gardens at Mt Wilson.
Bushwalks
- Take a hike on one of the many walking tracks such as a hard grade
walk to Victoria Falls (right), 3km return, or take a walk from the
Falls via Burra Korain Flat to Grose Valley, 7km one way, and let us
arrange to pick you up.
- From Mount York Road you will find the meeting point
of all the original historic pioneer roads - Lawsons Long Alley & Lockyers
Road 11km return - Cox’s Road 5km return and Berghoffers Pass 31/2km
return or just walk down to Hartley Vale and we will pick you up.
- From Fairy Bower picnic area walk to Cox’s Cave
2km return, or from Mount Piddington take an easy family walk to Witches
Glen 1km return or Horne Point 3km return or a slightly more difficult
walk to Ferris Cave 2km return.
- The Little Zig Zag 5km return is accessed from Kanimbla
Valley Road & Wilsons Glen, 1 km return, is found from Pulpit Rock.
- Or visit the Old Shale Mine 4km return from
on the Darling Causeway.
These are just the walks in and around Mount Victoria but there are plenty more nearby.
Horseriding
You will find all your horseriding adventures just a short drive away in the Megalong Valley.
Abseiling
Abseiling, rock climbing and canyoning are popular pastimes here in the mountains and many tour operators use the Mount Victoria area for their climbs.
Fishing
Nearby Lake Lyell is densely stocked with both rainbow & brown trout as well as Australian Bass
