Blue Mountains welcomes new $10m Grand Cliff Top Walk after years of track closures

The two-day 19km-long track is a tourism boost to the area, which was hit hard by bushfires and La Niña

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A $10m walking track in the Blue Mountains has been opened by the New South Wales government in the hope of attracting more international visitors to a region still healing from years of flooding and bushfires.

“The Grand Cliff Top Walk provides visitors with a new, adventurous opportunity to connect with nature while exploring this track through the Blue Mountains National Park,” said the NSW environment minister, Penny Sharpe.

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