The Greater Blue Mountains has some of the most spectacular waterfalls that can be found around Sydney, with many of them easily accessed – often from multiple vantage points. Spend a day around Leura or Katoomba after there’s been some decent rain and you’re guaranteed to get some spectacular photos!
See also waterfalls in Sydney’s north / Sydney’s south / Central Coast.
A long series of cascades along Leura Falls Creek, surrounded by rainforest. The
popular and photogenic Leura Cascades is easily reached.
- Blue Mountains National Park
- Type of waterfall: Cascade
- Total drop: 10
- Rating: 3
- Ease of access: Easy
- Trail from Leura Cascades Picnic Area on Chelmsford Drive
Not the most spectacular waterfall in the Blue Mountains, Lilla Falls ie one of three waterfalls along Linda Creek near Leura.
- Blue Mountains National Park
- Type of waterfall: Cascade
- Total drop: 10
- Rating: 1.5
- Ease of access: Easy
- Park at Kiah Lookout along Cliff Drive (Leura)
Discovered in 1893 (by Europeans), Linda Falls along the Federal Pass track has a single drop of about ten metres.
- Blue Mountains National Park
- Type of waterfall: Horsetail
- Total drop: 10
- Rating: 2.5
- Ease of access: Easy
- Park at Kiah Lookout along Cliff Drive (Leura)
A small but beautiful waterfall, Little Terrace Falls is next to the walking track between Terrace Falls and Bedford Falls in Hazelbrook.
- Terrace Falls Reserve
- Type of waterfall: Tiered or multi-step
- Total drop: 8
- Rating: 3.5
- Ease of access: Easy/Moderate
- Locked gate at end of Terrace Falls Road, Hazelbrook
Lizards Leap is a small waterfall along Corral Creek on Narrow Neck, on the western side of Redledge Pass.
- Blue Mountains National Park
- Type of waterfall: Block or Ledge
- Total drop: 8
- Rating: 2
- Ease of access: Easy/Moderate
- Locked gate along Narrow Neck Plateau Trail
Marguerite Cascades near Leura consists of three small waterfalls along Linda Creek, accessed via the Federal Pass walking track.
- Blue Mountains National Park
- Type of waterfall: Cascade
- Total drop: 10
- Rating: 3
- Ease of access: Easy
- Park at Kiah Lookout along Cliff Drive (Leura)
A small and infrequently visited waterfall along Meeks Gully, which is best viewed after heavy rain.
- Blue Mountains National Park
- Type of waterfall: Tiered or multi-step
- Total drop: 7
- Rating: 2
- Ease of access: Easy/Moderate
- Trail from Meeks Crescent, Faulconbridge
A pleasant and short walk to a less-visited waterfall. Minnatonka Falls is picturesque, but not very impressive unless there's been very heavy rain.
- Red Gum Park
- Type of waterfall: Block or Ledge
- Total drop: 6
- Rating: 2
- Ease of access: Easy
- Boronia Road, Bullaburra
- Blue Mountains National Park
- Type of waterfall: Cascade
- Total drop: 6
- Ease of access: Easy/Moderate
- Mount Hay Road
Dropping into a deep pool within Deep Pass Canyon, Nayook Falls is a spectacular Wollemi waterfall and swimming hole. It's a very shoRt walk from the Deep Pass campground.
- Wollemi National Park
- Type of waterfall: Plunge
- Total drop: 6
- Rating: 5
- Ease of access: Easy/Moderate
- Carpark at end of Deep Pass Trail
A beautiful waterfall which drops into an idyllic pool, surrounded by rainforest-like vegetation. While Numantia Falls is most spectacular after rain, the falls & swimming hole are always photogenic!
- Blue Mountains National Park
- Type of waterfall: Cascade
- Total drop: 10
- Rating: 2
- Ease of access: Easy/Moderate
- Sir Henrys Parade (Victory Track) or end of Sassafras Gully Road
One of the most picturesque waterfalls (after Horseshoe Falls) along the Burgess Falls Track, Oaklands Falls drops over a wide ledge
- Horseshoe Falls Reserve
- Type of waterfall: Block or Ledge
- Total drop: 7
- Rating: 4.5
- Ease of access: Easy
- Oaklands Road, Hazelwood
Paradise Pool is a spectacular swimming hole in Linden in the mid Blue Mountains. A waterfall drops into the deep pool, which has steep cliffs on one side and a sandy beach on the other.
- Blue Mountains National Park
- Type of waterfall: Block or Ledge
- Total drop: 8
- Rating: 5
- Ease of access: Easy
- Carpark on Railway Parade, Linden
Peggys Pool (and Peggys Falls) is a small and secluded waterhole in Faulconbridge. Nearby is Freezing Hole, a deeper pool and swimming hole.
- Type of waterfall: Block or Ledge
- Total drop: 6
- Rating: 3
- Ease of access: Easy
- Meeks Crescent opposite Faulconbridge Childcare Centre
A beautiful and popular waterfall and swimming hole in Leura, the Pool of Siloam is reached via a short bushwalking track that descends through lush rainforest.
- Blue Mountains National Park
- Type of waterfall: Cascade
- Total drop: 15
- Rating: 4
- Ease of access: Easy
- Gordon Falls Reserve on Lone Pine Avenue or end of Gladstone Road, Leura
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