The Blue Mountains are one of the most popular daytrip destinations out of Sydney, particularly in the hot, sweltering summer.
In winter, this is, of course, the place to go for the Yulefest festival which runs from June to August.
The Blue Mountains -- with their spectacular rock formations, cliffs and ravines, and a wilderness you can get hopelessly lost in -- are an hour's drive from Sydney -- give or take an hour, or even two, if you're traveling at a leisurely pace and stopping at many sites along the way.
From the Sydney central business district, provided you can get to the M4 freeway right away, you could be in the Blue Mountains foothills, just after Penrith, in less than an hour.
Cool, relaxing day
And if you’re right at the western edge of sprawling Sydney, you could be an hour to most tourists’ favorite Blue Mountains destination -- Katoomba.
Outside this frame, you could take as many hours in a day getting up to, and coming down from, the high blue yonder.
Not that it matters really, especially if you’re mainly after a cool and relaxing day.
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