Touring Winmalee
The district Winmalee of in Blue Mountains Municipality (New South Wales) is a subburb located in Australia about 139 mi north-east of Canberra, the country's capital place.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 26°C / 78 °F
Morning Temperature | 17°C / 62 °F |
Evening Temperature | 24°C / 74 °F |
Night Temperature | 20°C / 67 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 56% |
Air Pressure | 1021 hPa |
Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 9 km/h (6 mph) from West |
Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 82% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Sunday, 17th of November 2024
34°C (93 °F)
20°C (68 °F)
Heavy intensity rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 18th of November 2024
31°C (88 °F)
17°C (63 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Tuesday, 19th of November 2024
24°C (75 °F)
18°C (64 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, scattered clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Mercure Penrith
Storey Grange
Value Suites Penrith
Videos from this area
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Penrith Whitewater Stadium Rafting
Video of my dad whitewater rafting at the Whitewater Stadium at Penrith, NSW, Australia. He is rear left on the raft.
Tim whittaker glenbrook progress edit
Its the first vid i've uploaded, and this is the first of many edits to come.
Susan Artup - Civil Celebrant
Susan is a Glenbrook, Blue Mountains based Civil Celebrant servicing the greater Sydney Basin. Susan has been a celebrant at over 1000 ceremonies. Susan can be contacted at ...
Wascoe Siding July 2011
A day at the model railway park called Wascoe Siding, in the Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia. Passengers board the train at the station and do three laps of the park, including two laps through...
James Beech Stack on Bike
Idiotic James kills himself while nose diving off his bike, trying to clear a gap. Extremely funny.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Warrimoo, New South Wales
Warrimoo is a village in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. Warrimoo is located 75 kilometres west of Sydney, in the local government area of the City of Blue Mountains. At the 2006 census, Warrimoo had a population of 2,285. Warrimoo borders the townships/suburbs of Blaxland, Mount Riverview, Sun Valley and Valley Heights.
Winmalee, New South Wales
Winmalee is a town in New South Wales, Australia. Winmalee is located 80 kilometres west of Sydney, in the local government area of the City of Blue Mountains. At the 2006 census, Winmalee had a population of 6,345. Originally known as North Springwood, Winmalee was officially established in 1972. Springwood is historically significant as the first settlement in the Blue Mountains. Winmalee is surrounded by Blue Mountains National Park.
Blaxland, New South Wales
Blaxland is a town in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. Blaxland is located 70 kilometres west of Sydney in the local government area of the City of Blue Mountains. It is at an altitude of 234 metres and borders the townships/suburbs of Glenbrook, Mount Riverview and Warrimoo.
Faulconbridge, New South Wales
Faulconbridge is a village located in the Blue Mountains 77 km west of Sydney, New South Wales and is 450 metres above sea level. At the 2006 census, Faulconbridge had a population of 4,014 people.
Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum
The Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum is based in Faulconbridge in the Blue Mountains, Australia. The property is a stone cottage on a 42 acre (170,000 m²) block of land which was originally owned by the Australian artist and writer Norman Lindsay. The property also contains some smaller buildings including two used as an oil painting studio and an etching studio.
Springwood, New South Wales
Springwood is a town in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia. Springwood is located 72 kilometres west of Sydney in the local government area of the City of Blue Mountains. At the 2011 census, Springwood had a population of 8,437 people. It is largely Anglo-Celtic. Springwood is near the Blue Mountains National Park and the Greater Blue Mountains Area World Heritage Site.
Valley Heights, New South Wales
Valley Heights is a small township of the City of Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia. It is approximately 77 km from Sydney and is located east of the township of Springwood. At the 2006 census, Valley Heights had a population of 1,337 people. Valley Heights developed its own piece of the ridgeline that has been the main route west from Sydney since colonial history, and has some strong evidence of a rich pre-colonial inhabitance.
Castlereagh, New South Wales
Castlereagh is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Castlereagh is 67 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.
Emu Heights, New South Wales
Emu Heights is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Emu Heights is located 58 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith. Sitting on the Blue Mountains escarpment and on the western side of the Nepean river, the suburb is just outside the Sydney metropolitan area. It is bounded to the east by the Nepean River and to the west by Blue Mountains local government area.
Mount Riverview, New South Wales
Mount Riverview is a town off the Great Western Highway about 2 km NE of Blaxland in the Lower Blue Mountains, New South Wales, 70 kilometres west of Sydney, Australia. At the 2006 census, Mount Riverview had a population of 2,993 people. Mount Riverview borders the townships/suburbs of Warrimoo, Blaxland, Emu Heights and Yellow Rock. Mount Riverview offers some stunning views over the Sydney area, including views of Centrepoint Tower some 55 kilometres away.
Springwood High School
Springwood High School is a public high school situated in the City of Blue Mountains, New South Wales. Despite its name, geographically the school is actually in Faulconbridge. The school was established in 1967. Its motto is "Press Onward."
Blaxland railway station
Blaxland railway station is an urban railway station on the Blue Mountains Line of the CityRail interurban network, serving the suburb of Blaxland in the Lower Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia. The station opened in 1867 with the opening of the Main Western railway through the area. The station has an island platform and is served by one train each way per hour in off-peak, with additional services during peak hours.
Warrimoo railway station
Warrimoo railway station is an urban railway station on the Blue Mountains Line of the CityRail interurban network, serving the suburb of Warrimoo in the Lower Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia. The station opened in 1918. The station has an island platform and is served by one train each way per hour in off-peak, with additional services during peak hours.
Valley Heights railway station
Valley Heights railway station is an urban railway station on the Blue Mountains Line of the CityRail interurban network, serving the suburb of Valley Heights in the Lower Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia. The station has an island platform and is served by one train each way per hour in off-peak, with additional services during peak hours.
Springwood railway station
Springwood railway station is an urban railway station on the Blue Mountains Line of the CityRail interurban network, serving the suburb of Springwood in the Lower Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia. The station opened in 1867 with the opening of the Main Western railway through the area. The station has an island platform and is served by one train each way per hour in off-peak, with additional services during peak hours. Some trains in peak hours terminate at this station.
Winmalee High School
Winmalee High School is an Australian public school situated in the North of the suburb of Winmalee in the city of Blue Mountains, Australia. The School is near the National Park which has been recently placed on the World Heritage List and surrounds the City. It was established in 1985, and teaches students from year 7 to year 12. The school is famous for its Autumn Art Festival, which supports well-known local artists from throughout the region.
Valley Heights Locomotive Depot Heritage Museum
The Valley Heights Locomotive Depot Heritage Museum is a railway museum located in Valley Heights, New South Wales, Australia. It is operated by the Blue Mountains Division of the New South Wales Rail Transport Museum. The Valley Heights Steam Tramway is also located in the former locomotive depot. The facility is located 300 metres north-west of Valley Heights railway station.
Hawkesbury Heights, New South Wales
Hawkesbury Heights is a small town in the state of New South Wales, Australia in the City of Blue Mountains. It is located between the townships of Yarramundi and Winmalee. At the 2006 census, Hawkesbury Heights had a population of 426 people. To the south is Yellow Rock. The only road link to the suburb is Hawkesbury Road, which becomes Springwood Road to the east.
Yellow Rock, New South Wales (Blue Mountains)
Yellow Rock is a small village in New South Wales, Australia. Yellow Rock is located 78 kilometres north-west of Sydney, in the local government area of the City of Blue Mountains. At the 2006 census, Yellow Rock had a population of 600. Yellow Rock is situated on the eastern, lower slopes of the Blue Mountains and the western side of the Nepean River extending back some way from it, the elevation rising from the river.
Yellomundee Regional Park
Yellomundee Regional Park is situated on the eastern escarpment of the Blue Mountains, part of the Great Escarpment formed by the orogeny that created the Great Dividing Range, north-west of Penrith. It stretches 8.6 kilometres in a north-south direction from Yarramundi to Mount Riverview and Emu Heights. It contains a mountain bike and hiking track, and several lookouts. It is west of the Nepean River, overlooking and for a good length touching it.
Glenbrook Lagoon
Glenbrook Lagoon is a fresh water lagoon located in Glenbrook, New South Wales at the foot of the Blue Mountains. Bordered by suburban-style streets and houses on four sides, it serves as a reminder of the area's historic bush past. Best known for being discovered by William Lawson, William Wentworth and Gregory Blaxland on their crossing of the Blue Mountains in 1813, the waterhole was later used to cool the engines of the early trains.
Lennox Bridge, Glenbrook
The Lennox Bridge (also known as The Horseshoe Bridge) is a stone arch bridge designed by David Lennox situated in Glenbrook, Australia. It is a single arch of 6m (20-feet) span and 9m (30 feet) above water level, with a road width of 9m (30 feet) The bridge, opened in 1833, is the oldest surviving stone arch bridge on the Australian mainland. It crosses Brookside Creek (also known as Lapstone Creek) on the road known as Mitchells Pass.
Castlereagh Aerodrome
Castlereagh Aerodrome was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) emergency landing ground and dispersal ground during World War II at Castlereagh, New South Wales, Australia. The runway was 5,000 ft long x 150 ft wide . The airfield was to become home to No. 94 Squadron's Mosquito aircraft and had been upgraded by No. 9 Airfield Construction Squadron, however the aircraft did not arrive before No. 94 Squadron was relocated to RAAF Base Richmond and disbanded.
Castlereagh International Dragway
Castlereagh International Dragway was a drag racing venue in the outer suburbs of Sydney, Australia used between 1947 and 1984. Originally an airstrip far away from residential development, as the urban sprawl came closer the land became more valuable as housing. Drag racers in Sydney then moved their activities to the 1000 foot strip at Oran Park Raceway.
Blue Gum Swamp
The Blue Gum Swamp is situated at Winmalee in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, Australia. Sometimes it is called the Blue Gum Forest, however, this may cause confusion with the more famous Blue Gum Forest further west in the Grose Valley. In the distant past, the valley floor was blocked. This caused a residual alluvial deposit, which resulted in relatively deep and fertile soils. The tall Mountain Blue Gums in the gully may reach 50 metres in height.