The Leura is located on the edge of Blue Mountain National Park (Blue Mountains National Park) in eastern New South Wales, about 100 kilometers from the capital Sydney urban area of New South Wales, and only 3 kilometers from cartoon bar (Katoomba), the most famous core town in the Blue Mountain area.
the railway blue mountain line (Blue Mountains Line,BMT) from sydney has been walking along the ridge in the blue mountain section. there are more than a dozen small towns on both sides of the railway line, Leura is one of them.
Leura is a dream mountain town, beautiful, quiet, pleasant climate, often selected in all kinds of Australia's most beautiful town rating list. The average elevation of the town is 985 meters, the average maximum temperature in summer is 22 degrees, the average maximum temperature in winter is about 10 degrees, and occasionally there will be snowflakes floating.
Leura has a long history of buildings and beautiful gardens, single-family house, pointed roof, small and exquisite garden, with the forest as the backyard, green grass as the vestibule, full of life, the main street a row of cherry trees will be separated up and down the sidewalk, every flower season blooming, everywhere brimming with poetry, let people seem to be in the romantic country of fairy tales.
Leura best known is the annual Spring Leura Flowers Festival (Leura Gardens Festival), when the whole town will be surrounded by a variety of flowers, beautiful.
How to arrive:
- It takes about 1.5 hours to drive from Sydney.
- Take the Blue Mountain Line (Blue Mountains Line) from Sydney central Station (Central Station) and get off at Leura Station to get to the town center for about 2 hours one way.
