Getting There
The Venue
The festival is being held at the Katoomba Sports and Aquatic Center, corner of Gates Ave and Catalina Ave
(Katoomba). Katoomba is central in the Blue Mountains and the venue is close to the centre of town - only a 1km
walk from the main street - making it an easy place to get to.
This venue provides a great undercover area (so the main areas of the festival will be unaffected if it
rains) as well as a fantastic outdoor area with a large lake and lots of grass and trees.
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Fly
Check out Virgin or Jetstar for some advance specials so you can arrive fresh for a big weekend. From the airport catch the train to CENTRAL STATION and connect with train to the Blue Mountains.
Train from Sydney
Catch a train from CENTRAL STATION to Katoomba (BLUE MOUNTAINS LINE) - see City Rail or phone 131500. It takes just over 2 hours from Central Station to Katoomba and is a really lovely train journey.
Car Pool
Meet new climbers, help the environment, and save your petrol money to spend on more toys! Get together with other
climbers and share lifts to the festival.
We are setting up a section here where you can arrange car pooling to and from the festival. Stay tuned as
this will be up and running soon.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Carpooling with strangers involves a degree of risk. The Australian Climbing Festival,
and anyone associated with it, or this website, takes no responsibility for any outcomes of carpooling. (even good
ones...hehehe) Any carpooling activities are undertaken at own risk.
Driving Distances and Times: (source - www.whereis.com)
From Sydney -103km - 1 hr 24 mins
From Canberra - 317km - 3hrs 31 minutes
From Melbourne - 870km - 9hrs 33 mins
From Brisbane - 1014km - 11hrs 24minutes
From Adelaide - 1307km - 14hrs 28mins
From Hobart - 17hrs 8mins (including ferry)
And for anyone hardcore enough to attempt the following...
From Darwin - 1 day 17hrs and 55mins
From Perth - 1 day 17 hrs and 53 mins
Anyone who has done the latter two drives is automatically entitled to a free beer on arrival!
(Evidence will be necessary to claim your prize!)
