Hargraves Lookout

Hargraves Lookout is an historic accessible lookout that offers wonderful valley views. There is very limited picnic facalities, although there is an accessible toilet. TIP: Visit the lookout and enjoy the views. then the drive over to nearby Mount Blackheath and picnic there. It has great picnic facilities and different, wonderful views. Here: https://w3w.co/experiences.earthworm.dishwater BACK STORY: In the 1900s the focus of track projects switched to west of the railway line. Shipley too was developing as a tourist destination with Hargraves Lookout being opened on 17 March 1915. In the 1920s tourist attractions were increased at Shipley with the signposting of Amphitheatre Lookout in 1928, and the opening of Mount Blackheath Lookout in 1929. Panorama Point Lookout was opened later in 1935. But most tourism development in the 1930s returned to the east side of the railway line. The most famous vantage point, Govetts Leap Lookout, was named in 1934. MORE info on Mount Blackheath: https://www.facebook.com/AskRozBlueMountains/posts/4496179957092056