Scenic World, Adventure park in Katoomba, Blue Mountains, Australia.
Scenic World is a family-owned tourism complex in Katoomba, Blue Mountains, with four attractions. The Scenic Railway is an inclined lift on a 52-degree, 310 m track; the Scenic Skyway is a cable car 270 m above Katoomba Falls; the Scenic Cableway descends 200 m to the Jamison Valley; and the Scenic Walkway is a 2.4 km boardwalk through rainforest.
The Scenic Railway follows a track built in the 1880s for coal and oil shale mining in the Jamison Valley. From 1928 to 1945 it carried coal on weekdays and passengers at weekends. After the mine closed in 1945, Harry Hammon and his sister Isobel Fahey bought the site and kept the railway running as a tourist attraction. It was rebuilt between January and April 2013.
The Scenic Walkway passes the portal of the old coal mine, a replica of a miner's hut and a bronze sculpture of a miner with his pit pony. The site's name comes from the English word scenic, referring to the views over the Jamison Valley. The railway's carriages carry a small yellow oval logo on the window band.
The park sits on the edge of Katoomba and is accessible by several transport options. Wear comfortable shoes because you will walk between different attractions and climb stairs at various points.
The Scenic Skyway features a glass floor that changes from opaque to transparent as you travel along it. This creates an unexpected moment of exposure for visitors suspended high above Jamison Valley.
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