Greater Blue Mountains
The unique plants and animals that live here relate an extraordinary story of the evolution of Australia's unique eucalypt vegetation and its associated communities, plants and animals. It is an area of breathtaking views, rugged tablelands, sheer cliffs, deep, inaccessible valleys and swamps.
The Greater Blue Mountains was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2000.
The Greater Blue Mountains was one of 15 World Heritage places included in the National Heritage List on 21 May 2007.
Heritage values
Relevant links
- New South Wales Department of Environment and Climate Change
- New South Wales Department of Environment and Climate Change - Greater Blue Mountains information
- Jenolan Caves Reserve Trust
- World Heritage Committee information for Greater Blue Mountains Area
- World Heritage Monitoring Centre Blue Mountains natural site data sheet
- The Colong Foundation for Wilderness
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