With a one-hour round trip, this is one of the Mountains’ most popular and scenic treks. But be sure to come prepared with food and water, you will need a rest at the base before the steep trip back to Conservation Hut.

Very well known to everybody, Katoomba is one of the major tourist attractions in the Blue Mountains

With an easy to medium difficulty and very little foot traffic, this is a swimming spots where the locals go

The Bilpin Fruit Bowl opens its farm on weekends, and during harvest time you can go and pick seasonal fruit straight from the source. Fruits include nectarines, peaches and apples of many varieties.

Mount Tomah is known as the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, and home to an exquisite array of mature plants that are a nature lover’s dream

Trendy and eccentric, the Red Door has some of the best coffee in the Mountains, as well as the best lunch options.

Great coffee, with a fireplace and relaxing atmosphere, this is the best spot to get creative.

A chocolate bar, conveniently situated off the highway at Lawson shops, is the perfect stop in on your way up the Mountain. With a large collection of handmade chocolates and desserts, there is no shortage of snacking options to complement your coffee.

Dbl Ristretto also offers an alternative to the often hearty and heavy Mountains food, with healthy options throughout their food and drink menu.

From the casual reader to the serious bookworm,four proprietors and 3 locations in the town have been focussed on meeting the needs of the book-loving community in the lower Blue Mountains for 35 years

As well as a large selection of fiction and non-fiction books on all subjects, and a popular children's book section, Megalong carries a wide variety of books about the Blue Mountains, including titles on its history, guides to bushwalks and local flora and fauna and photographic books, among others.

With beef, cheese and bacon; lamb and rosemary; and the big breakfast pie on the menu, this is one of the best pie shops in Greater Sydney. All pies are made daily on site, and the owner Damian is always up for a chat as he makes you a coffee.

These sites include Glenbrook’s Red Hands Cave which hosts a collection of hand paintings on sandstone that were meant to represent the ‘Bora’, the transition of boys to men. Centuries-old, these hand prints represent the importance of the Blue Mountains to Indigenous people.

Along the same walking track you can see the carving site for hunting tools, with grooves still in the stone. This walk takes approximately 1.5 to two hours.

Initially the School of Arts during the early 20th century, the former auditorium has been converted into an independent cinema, where you can see all the new releases for $11.50 with a choc top and popcorn to boot.

Mr Pickwick has a total stock and storage offering of over 100,000 books, one of the largest in Australia. It occupies all three levels of the former Westpac Bank building which houses some 60,000 books, as well as a huge collection of fine Australian art, and many cabinets of exotic collectables and antiques.

Maison Montage is well established as one of Leura's leading homewares store, offering a gorgeous and eclectic range of fine quality products

There is shopping in the Mountains for everyone, particularly if you head to Trumps, who places a strong mantra of ‘shop local’ throughout.

This historic collection of buildings, established in 1884, has morphed into a sustainable living nook, with organic produce grown on site as well as a range of locally sourced items, including art and pottery. Lyttleton also run workshops for sustainable living, including indigo dyeing and cheese making workshops.

150-metre walk from Olympian Parade off Leura Mall, this is one of the most beautiful lookouts, with views of Sublime Point to the left and the back-side of the Three Sisters to the right.

Flat Rock lookout offers scenic views over the Coxcomb, Goonook and Killabakh nature reserves, as well as great picnicking and birdwatching opportunities.

If you time it right, you can see the silhouette of trees as the sun sets over the mountains in the distance. Top tip: grab a pizza from Papadino’s in town and eat it with a plus one as you watch the sun set.