Plan Book Travel Australia

The Mount Piper Power Station is open daily 10am-4pm and uses interactive exhibits to explain what electricity is and how it is made and distributed. Tour times are 10.30am and 1pm weekdays, and picnic and BBQ facilities are available. The Zig Zag Railway was built in 1869 to conquer the problem of transporting coal over the Blue Mountains. Considered one of the world's engineering marvels, the rail line crosses 3 huge sandstone viaducts and drops 150m into the Lithgow Valley. A section of the line has been restored and is now a major tourist attraction. The trains run daily at 11am, 1pm and 3pm. One of the most popular of the district's walks, the Glow-Worm Tunnel Walk, is accessed via 34km of dirt road through the Wolgan Valley. The walk follows the route of the railway that took shale from the mines at Newnes from 1906 until the 1930s. Lithgow is a good base for campers and bushwalkers wanting to explore the Wollemi NP, the second largest national park in New South Wales. Both Lake Lyell and Lake Wallace are excellent spots for picnics, sailing and fishing.