Getting to Blue Mountains: By car

Take the M4 out of Sydney, then continue as the M4 becomes the Great Western Highway on Lapstone hill. Sydney to Katoomba is 103km and takes about one hour and fifty minutes in good traffic. The traffic is much worse leaving Sydney on a Friday night, or returning to Sydney on a Sunday afternoon. Read More »

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