Blackheath is a suburb located near the highest point of the Blue Mountains, between Katoomba and Mount Victoria in New South Wales.
After crossing the Blue Mountains in 1815 and returning from Bathurst, Governor Lachlan Macquarie renamed the settlement as "Black-Heath", in reference to the colour and texture of the native shrubbery in the area.
I know people love to visit the Blue Mountains. Is this something of a tourist destination? I just wonder if there are some interesting shops or made over to house small museums in the old buildings.
@Weezilou The Mountains are a wonderful place to visit - you would need at least a week to explore and there would still be more to see. Besides the main town of Katoomba where you can see the 3 sisters and a beautiful vista out across the ranges there are lovely towns like Leura and Blackheath with beautiful gardens and bush walks and parks as well as wonderful shops and museums. I love going there and could spend hours/days exploring
OK, my question was only about the town of Blackheath. I've been to Katoomba and seen the Three Sisters. Leura sounds quite familiar, too. We've twice visited friends in Sydney and they took us up there, but of course we didn't have a lot of time to linger as you happily can do!
@annied OK...this is getting funny! I must ask some questions of friends. When we arrived in NS, some of our first best friends included the nieco of one of the top 10 Rhododendron specialists in the world! They were just arriving back from a trip to Oz. Dick Steele has since died, but I heard him speak a few times in Lunenburg. I long ago discovered that the world is a very small place if you just find the one small connecting word!
@Weezilou the world is a small place indeed - the mountains are the perfect climate for rhodos and Blackheath has the most amazing garden full of them and azaleas - it is stunning at any time but beautiful in Spring http://rhodogarden.org.au/
A stunning B/W shot Annie ! but the signs have stirred my imagination -- what a trio to be next to one another !! -- my little story goes as follows !! "Having stayed in the cabin for a few days holiday , he purchased beef sausage for tea from the butcher next door . Unfortunately he under-cooked them and became ill . So he had to "dash" to the Pharmacy for a cure " !! Sorry for that feeble attempt --lol !!
