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Nearest 5 top hotels

Lilianfels Blue Mountains 28.76km 17.87miles
The Observatory Hotel 112.62km 69.98miles
Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney 112.82km 70.1miles
The Menzies Sydney 112.95km 70.18miles

Nearest 5 top restaurants

Vulcans Restaurant 27.42km 17.04miles
Darley's Restaurant 28.78km 17.88miles
Restaurant Como 56.61km 35.18miles
Lochiel House Restaurant 61.29km 38.08miles
Tonic Restaurant 80.63km 50.1miles

Nearest 5 top sights

Sydney Opera House 113.58km 70.58miles
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia 605.61km 376.31miles
Willandra Lakes Region 657.21km 408.37miles
Lord Howe Island Group 882.55km 548.39miles
Greater Blue Mountains Area
Greater Blue Mountains Area

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The Greater Blue Mountains Area consists of 1.03 million ha of sandstone plateaux, escarpments and gorges dominated by temperate eucalypt forest. The site, comprised of eight protected areas, is noted for its representation of the evolutionary adaptation and diversification of the eucalypts in post-Gondwana isolation on the Australian continent. Ninety-one eucalypt taxa occur within the Greater Blue Mountains Area which is also outstanding for its exceptional expression of the structural and ecological diversity of the eucalypts associated with its wide range of habitats. The site provides significant representation of Australia's biodiversity with ten percent of the vascular flora as well as significant numbers of rare or threatened species, including endemic and evolutionary relict species, such as the Wollemi pine, which have persisted in highly-restricted microsites.

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