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The magnificent Carrington Hotel.

Skip this ‘forlorn’ Blue Mountains town? You’ll be missing out

Poor old Katoomba has seen better days, but to suggest it be bypassed en route to other sights in the area does the town a major disservice.

  • Julie Miller

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Welcome to Katoomba, the town that time forgot.

Millions of visitors drive through this town every year. Some tell them to skip it

The gateway to one of the state’s top tourist attractions has become a “blighted, deteriorating town”.

  • Julie Power
The Paragon in Katoomba.

The state of the iconic Paragon Cafe left everyone in shock. Now ‘enough is enough’

The NSW government is taking action against the owner of the heritage-listed art deco cafe in the Blue Mountains.

  • Julie Power
Paragon, Katoomba

Inside the once-charming Paragon, a heartbreaking discovery is made

It epitomised glamour and fine dining for 110 years. Now, as our photos show, vandals have trashed its interior.

  • Julie Power
Nick A’Hern has discovered disturbing levels of forever chemicals in his blood, after his tap water supply was contaminated. A’hern, his partner actress Joanne Samuel and his son have all recovered from cancer.

Nick and his family were stalked by cancer. Then came a blood-test bombshell

Nick A’Hern and his actor wife left Sydney for a pristine place to raise their children, but have since discovered their tap water was toxic.

  • Carrie Fellner
14 properties for sale in NSW.

The 14 best homes for sale in NSW

Looking for your next home within NSW? We’ve got you covered.

  • Pauline Morrissey and Lou Sweeney
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A new mobile water filtration plant will be installed at Katoomba to remove cancer-linked PFAS contaminants from tap water supplies.

‘This is a great win’: Forever chemicals to be filtered from tap water

A mobile filtration plant will clean up tap-water supplies tainted by a plume of cancer-linked “forever chemicals” in the Blue Mountains.

  • Carrie Fellner
Katoomba bistro-style spot Tempus.
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Tempus Katoomba

Sustainability is at the heart of this bolthole.

A spectacular section of the Overcliff-Undercliff track.

Australia’s great new hike is just 90 minutes from Sydney

The beauty of the Grand Cliff Top Walk is that it can be done in bite-size chunks, so hikers can join the walk for as long as they choose.

  • Julie Miller
Police have offered a $500,000 reward for information about the 2018 death of Cecilia Devine.

Singer Cecilia Devine bought warm gloves and a scarf. She was never seen alive again

Police have posted a $500,000 reward for information after a coroner was unable to determine what caused the death of a vivacious musician in the Blue Mountains.

  • Carrie Fellner

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