Mountains Tales

Mountains Tales Welcome to Mountains Tales, where the Blue Mountains come alive through stories.

Guided Group Coach Commentary Tours, Village Walking Tours & Speaker Engagements My name is Sue Collins, I am a Leura Local who is proud to bring my love of the Blue Mountains to visitors. During the COVID lockdowns I took the opportunity to invest in my passion for Australian history with my two foundation tours, The Leura Story Walking Tour, and the Katoomba Story Walking Tour. This process has

taught me to appreciate my village and how fortunate I am to call Leura home. Mountains Tales has grown to offer coach commentary tours for a variety of groups coming to the Blue Mountains; whether conference and events, social groups, or educational tours, I draw on my previous work experience to deliver the best experience for my groups. Having worked in Sydney in the corporate arena in Sales and HR, I understand what goes into a successful corporate getaway; time to chill, form connections, learn and have fun and laughter along the way. My private Social Group Day Trips are always full of laughter, no matter how many times you have visited the Blue Mountains, there are many stories to learn and enjoy, making for a memorable daytrip. My Educational Tours take me back to my childhood, as I learned the colonial stories of Sydney, and my family connection to our not-so distant past. Learning is achieved through storytelling and role play with the spectacular Blue Mountains as our classroom. During my tours I share the stories of the Blue Mountains, and a little of myself. My love for community; as a SES volunteer I enjoy giving back to my community in times of need, I am the coordinator of ANZAC Day services in Leura and involved in both Leura and Blue Mountains heritage committees. As a qualified adult educator, I know my guests will gain a better knowledge and understanding of the Blue Mountains. Join me on tour, and Iโ€™m sure you will fall in love with the Blue Mountains too.

1938 Advertisement from the Queenslander Annual magazine.This beautiful advertisement promotes the Fern Glens and Magnif...
14/06/2026

1938 Advertisement from the Queenslander Annual magazine.

This beautiful advertisement promotes the Fern Glens and Magnificent Canyons of the Blue Mountains, with the Glorious Scenery of the Limestone Caves.

What a fantastic colour promotion for the Blue Mountains, from the interwar period. What do you see in this image?

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๐Ÿ“Œ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ โ€“ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐†๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ž.
๐Ÿ’ป ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ.๐š๐ฎ
๐ŸšŒ Escorted Coach Group Commentary tours across the Blue Mountains
๐Ÿ‘ฃ Village Walking tours of Leura, Katoomba and Mt Victoria
โŒ›๏ธ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ.

Today I attended the Aboriginal Talk at Echo Point, by Dharug man Chris Tobin.It was a great talk, I learned so much and...
13/06/2026

Today I attended the Aboriginal Talk at Echo Point, by Dharug man Chris Tobin.

It was a great talk, I learned so much and appreciated the opportunity to ask questions.

If you are interested in our indigenous story, I recommend this talk, each Saturday at 11am, book at the Visitor Information Centre.

Ask Roz Blue Mountains

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๐Ÿ“Œ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ โ€“ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐†๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ž.
๐Ÿ’ป ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐šl๐ž๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ
๐ŸšŒ Escorted Coach Group Commentary tours across the Blue Mountains
๐Ÿ‘ฃ Village Walking tours of Leura, Katoomba and Mt Victoria
โŒ›๏ธ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ.

Our Village walking tours this weekend will be on Sunday.The Leura Story, investigating why the village was kept in a Fe...
11/06/2026

Our Village walking tours this weekend will be on Sunday.

The Leura Story, investigating why the village was kept in a Federation period time warp - 10.30am Sunday

The Katoomba Story, looking at the story of how the town became the Honeymoon Capital of Australia pre WWII.

Both tours are great fun and an easy walk, see you on tour this weekend.

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๐Ÿ“Œ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ โ€“ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐†๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ž.
๐Ÿ’ป ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ.๐š๐ฎ
๐ŸšŒ Escorted Coach Group Commentary tours across the Blue Mountains
๐Ÿ‘ฃ Village Walking tours of Leura, Katoomba and Mt Victoria
โŒ›๏ธ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ.

The Manor House Model Boarding Establishment, Mt Victoria.The 1887 advertisement advised: "Visitors can be accommodated ...
10/06/2026

The Manor House Model Boarding Establishment, Mt Victoria.

The 1887 advertisement advised: "Visitors can be accommodated at the liberal charge of 7s per day, or 2 pounds 2s per week. Liberal allowance will be made for families.

Good drawing, reading and smoking rooms, and evening amusements include billiards, chess and draughts."

The building would become Hotel Etico Australia, which has recently be sold...... stay tuned for the next step in this wonderful accommodation house, whatever happens, it will be Historic and Unexpected!

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๐Ÿ“Œ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ โ€“ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐†๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ž.
๐Ÿ’ป ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ.๐š๐ฎ
๐ŸšŒ Escorted Coach Group Commentary tours across the Blue Mountains
๐Ÿ‘ฃ Village Walking tours of Leura, Katoomba and Mt Victoria
โŒ›๏ธ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ.

08/06/2026

A cold winter afternoon in Katoomba, my guests on the Katoomba Story Walking Tour, enjoyed warming up at the Carrington Hotel, by the fire with a mulled wine.

When did you last enjoy a warm drink by the fire at the Carrington Hotel?

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๐Ÿ“Œ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ โ€“ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐†๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ž.
๐Ÿ’ป ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐šl๐ž๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ
๐ŸšŒ Escorted Coach Group Commentary tours across the Blue Mountains
๐Ÿ‘ฃ Village Walking tours of Leura, Katoomba and Mt Victoria
โŒ›๏ธ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ.

07/06/2026

Having just finished a wonderful village walking tour of Mt Victoria, I popped into one of my favourite stores in the Blue Mountains Mount Vic and Me

Lucky for me the effervescent Kara was there to assist me with my next purchase.

Yes Mt Vic Pass has a detour in place, but the village is eagerly awaiting your arrival.

Pop up to the โ€œTop of the Mountainโ€ soon, itโ€™s both historic and unexpected!

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๐Ÿ“Œ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ โ€“ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐†๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ž.
๐Ÿ’ป ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐šl๐ž๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ
๐ŸšŒ Escorted Coach Group Commentary tours across the Blue Mountains
๐Ÿ‘ฃ Village Walking tours of Leura, Katoomba and Mt Victoria
โŒ›๏ธ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ.

06/06/2026

It was great to see the heritage train arrive at Mt Victoria station today.

My whole Mt Victoria Story walking tour group joined me on the platform to welcome the train, and itโ€™s happy passengers.

Ask Roz Blue Mountains

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๐Ÿ“Œ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ โ€“ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐†๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ž.
๐Ÿ’ป ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐šl๐ž๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ
๐ŸšŒ Escorted Coach Group Commentary tours across the Blue Mountains
๐Ÿ‘ฃ Village Walking tours of Leura, Katoomba and Mt Victoria
โŒ›๏ธ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ.

Tonight I was honoured to MC the opening night of BentART.What a wonderful event, with over 100 guests celebrating the B...
05/06/2026

Tonight I was honoured to MC the opening night of BentART.

What a wonderful event, with over 100 guests celebrating the Blue Mountains Art community.

The exhibition is open to the public 6-13 June at the Rex-Livingston Art + Objects in Katoomba.

Congratulations to the winners and all entries to Bent Art Inc.

A wonderful tour today in winter conditions. It may have rained, but we were rewarded by a rainbow ๐ŸŒˆ Everyday is differe...
04/06/2026

A wonderful tour today in winter conditions. It may have rained, but we were rewarded by a rainbow ๐ŸŒˆ

Everyday is different in the Jamison Valley.

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๐Ÿ“Œ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ โ€“ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐†๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ž.
๐Ÿ’ป ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐šl๐ž๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ
๐ŸšŒ Escorted Coach Group Commentary tours across the Blue Mountains
๐Ÿ‘ฃ Village Walking tours of Leura, Katoomba and Mt Victoria
โŒ›๏ธ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ.

DID YOU KNOW:Mount Banks overlooking the Grose Valley was named in 1804 by George Caley, after his mentor Joseph Banks.I...
04/06/2026

DID YOU KNOW:
Mount Banks overlooking the Grose Valley was named in 1804 by George Caley, after his mentor Joseph Banks.

In 1827, the name was changed by Hamilton Hume - of the highway fame - to Mount King George, after the monarch of the day.

King George IV was king from 1820-1830, this name remained until 1966, when the Geographical Names Board, reinstated the original name MOUNT BANKS.

Image: Mount Banks today and explorer Hamilton Hume

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๐Ÿ“Œ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ โ€“ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐†๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ž.
๐Ÿ’ป ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ.๐š๐ฎ
๐ŸšŒ Escorted Coach Group Commentary tours across the Blue Mountains
๐Ÿ‘ฃ Village Walking tours of Leura, Katoomba and Mt Victoria
โŒ›๏ธ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ.

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