Western Sydney and Blue Mountains is part of the Greater Western Sydney Region, and includes the Local Government Areas of Auburn, Blacktown, Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury, Holroyd, Parramatta, Penrith and The Hills.
A fun, non-technical canyon in the Newnes area of Wollemi National Park, Deep Pass alternates between dark and narrow slots, and more open sections filled with ferns. The loop walk passes some picturesque cascades and swimming holes.
A pleasant and fairly easy bushwalk which explores the many indigenous sites along the Linden Ridge Firetrail in the Blue Mountains.
An off-track bushwalk from the Bowen Hill Trail in the Wollemi National Park. It passes the Dragon Teeth Rocks and other interesting rock formations along what has been coined Revelations Ridge.
The Bald Head via Hat Head bushwalk starts with a gentle ascent of Hat Hill, before following the ridge to the end. Two cliff-top vantage points on Bald Head offer spectacular Grose Valley views.
The Hippocrene and Vera Falls Loop is a challenging but spectacular bushwalk in Wentworth Falls. It descends deep into the valley via some remote tracks, before returning via a cliff-top track. The bushwalk passes 11 waterfalls and many lookouts.
A loop walk down the Sassafas Gully and back via the Sassafras Ridge Trail, which passes Clarinda Falls and the spectacular Numantia Falls. A short section is off-track.
The historic and now abandoned Stonehaven Pass in Wentworth Falls is a short loop walk that goes past four spectacular lookouts.
The Wonderland Track, Sunbath Track and Colosseum Track form part of the network of historic Hydro Majestic walking tracks. They offer some great Megalong Valley views, and a steep descent through narrow slots in the rocks to the base of the Medlow Bath cliffs.
A lesser-known trail on the Kings Tableland in the Blue Mountains, the bushwalking track along the ridge to Lions Head offers some sweeping views over the Kedumba Valley.
A firetrail along Faulconbridge Ridge finishes at the Grose River Lookout, which has some sweeping views. It also provides access to the Grose River via an interesting bushwalking track down to a nice swimming hole.