Bushwalk to Therabulat and Norths Lookouts, Katoomba

Norths Lookout, Katoomba

If you’re looking for a great “out of the way” walk to do this weekend check out this wonderful walk. Walk to Therabulat and Norths Lookouts and return, Katoomba. It’s an easy walk that the whole family could enjoy. Allow 90 mins for the 3.5km return walk.

Park at the corner of Stuart’s and Farnell’s Road, Katoomba. Parking is very limited. Park HERE>> https://w3w.co/hugged.entertainer.satins

Head off along the Bonnie Doon Track. The first lookout you’ll come to is Therabulat, the indigenous name is Dhurabulla. You’ll reach the turnoff to the left in about 5 minutes. There are no signs.

Therabulat was the name of an aboriginal tribe that lived in the Megalong Valley. Walk on to North’s Lookout about 30mins further on. Return the same way.

You can access Norths Lookout 2 ways.

The first from North’s Lookout, Katoomba. To do it this way, you need to park your car near the Explorer’s Tree and walk down to Norths Lookout to start the walk. This adds about 20 minutes to the walk. You return the same way.

The way we recommend is to park at the corner of Stuart’s and Farnell’s Road, Katoomba. Parking is very limited. Head off along the Bonnie Doon Track.

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• Distance: 3.5km
• Time: 90 mins return PLUS browsing time
• Best time of the day: Any time
• Kid-safe: Yes with supervision when you get to Norths
• Dogs on-leash: No – Bonny Doon is a Nature Reserve
• Steps: Many
• Accessible: No
• Heights: Nothing until you get to Norths
• Must do rating out of 10: 8.5

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Norths Lookout named for John Britty North (1831 – 1917). John Britty North is commonly referred to as “the father of Katoomba”. He figured prominently amongst the men who undertook the task of exploiting the area’s coal and oil shale resources in the 1880s and 1890s and built and operated the Katoomba coal mine on the site of the present Scenic Railway. He provided employment for many miners and for the butchers and bakers and candlestick makers of Katoomba.

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The walk: http://www.askroz.com.au/event_detail/index/walk-to-therabulat-and-norths-lookouts