Glenbrook Accommodation - Blue Mountains
As you drive up to the Blue Mountains from Penrith, Glenbrook is the first village you will come to.
Most people stop in Glenbrook to visit the Blue Mountains Visitor Information Centre, open from 8.30am every day. It is an excellent starting point for a trip to the Mountains. Helpful and knowlegeable staff can assist with maps, brochures, books and good advice on what to see and do on your trip to the Blue Mountains.
Glenbrook is a small village with some good cafes, interesting shops, a cinema and pretty homes typical of the Blue Mountains area.
Behind the Visitor Information Centre there is a large park - perfect for families. You will find covered gas barbecues, picnic tables, tennis courts and two playground areas for children.
Glenbrook is the first place from which you can enter the World Heritage listed Blue Mountains National Park.
Blue Mountains National Park, Glenbrook
Camping is available in the National Park at the Euroka camping area however bookings and payment must be made in advance.
At the entrance gate to the Park you will receive a small map. A couple of short bushwalks are the Red Hands Cave loop (about a one hour walk) and the Jack Evans Track down to Erskine Creek (about half an hour from the carpark on Nepean Lookout Road). The creek can also be accessed from Plagah Rock. There are swimming holes along the creek. Ask the ranger for details of these walks.
Spring is a good time to walk in this area to see the flowering boronias.
Glenbrook Cafes
Jazz Apple Kitchen
6 Ross St, Glenbrook
Telephone 02-4739-1364
Mentioned in SMH Good Food Guide 2012 as a "new, funky, jazz-inspired cafe" and serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. See www.jazzapplekitchen.com.au for more details.
Mash
19 Ross St, Glenbrook
Telephone 02-4739-5908
Also mentioned in the SMH Good Food Guide 2012, Mash is located in a Blue Mountains style weatherboard cottage. Enjoy a meal in the courtyard or inside by the fire. For more details and menus see their website - www.mashcafe.com.au
Mountain Blue Cafe
5 Wascoe St, Glenbrook
A good cafe with a gift shop. The point of interest here is Aitken's Australia in the Round - an Australian Painted Panorama - certainly worth seeing!
Festivals
Glenbrook Spring Fair
November - 8.30am - 3pm
During the annual Glenbrook Spring Festival, huge street markets take over Glenbrook and spill over into the park. Two streets of stalls, also rides and amusements for kids of all ages in the park. Local talent will be showcased on stage. Not to mention all the great local shops and cafes!
Email: bluedragonbooks@aapt.net.au
Annual Gnome Festival
On Australia Day, 26 January - in Glenbrook Park
Music, food stalls, wine and beer tasting, children's activities and of course lots of gnomes!
Website: www.nb.au.com/australiaday/
