Get off the beaten track and explore these hidden nature gems on your next Central West road trip. Let quaint Hartley village in Hartley Historic Site take you back in time, discover the world’s second largest canyon in Capertee National Park, see jaw-dropping World Heritage-listed surrounds in Wollemi National Park and visit gorgeous Goulburn River National Park to see a spectacular natural phenomenon.
Step into this historic settlement among the sandstone buildings of Hartley Historic Site, on the western edge of the Blue Mountains near Lithgow. Stay in the renovated historic cottages, take a short walk, visit Talisman gallery, enjoy a tour, or hire St Bernards Church for a wedding.
Free park entry
Capertee National Park offers spectacular birdwatching, walking, camping as well as heritage homestead accommodation, west of Blue Mountains, near Lithgow.
Free park entry
Pagoda Lookout walking track is a short but steep walk near Rylstone in Wollemi National Park. Enjoy incredible views over ancient pagoda rock formations and the Cudgegong River.
The Drip walking track, in Goulburn River State Conservation Area, meanders beside Goulburn River to The Drip, or 'the Great Dripping Wall’. Rain water trickling through the porous rock wall makes it a cool oasis.