Medlow Bath, New South Wales
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Medlow Bath is a small town located near the highest point of the Blue Mountains, between Katoomba and Blackheath. It is located approximately 100 kilometres west of Sydney and 5 kilometres west of Katoomba.[1]
[edit] Description
Medlow Bath is surrounded by the Blue Mountains National Park and has been subject to bushfire threats many times during its history. The most recent of these, in summer 2003, came within metres of destroying the Hydro Majestic Hotel, the town's main commercial development.
The Hydro Majestic Hotel is the site of an elaborate network of walking tracks, which were developed in the bushland between the hotel and the escarpment of the Megalong Valley. The tracks offer scope for many fine bushwalks and views of the Megalong Valley, but in more recent years have deteriorated due to lack of maintenance.[2]
The town is served by a railway station of the same name located on the Blue Mountains railway line; the station is immediately adjacent to the hotel.
The population of Medlow Bath was 504 as of 2001 (Census 2001).
[edit] References
- ^ Gregory's State Road Map of New South Wales, Map 220, 11th Edition
- ^ Sydney and Blue Mountains Bushwalks, Neil Paton (Kangaroo Press) 2004, pp.249-251
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