Photo; Ask Roz Blue Mountains
Photo; Ask Roz Blue Mountains
View from the Lookout. Image courtesy; Blue Mountains City Council
Photo; Ask Roz Blue Mountains
Photo; Ask Roz Blue Mountains
Photo; Ask Roz Blue Mountains
Photo; Ask Roz Blue Mountains
Image courtesy of MAK Urban Group
The new all-accessible lookout with views north and east into the Grose River Valley. Image courtesy of MAK Urban Group
Image courtesy of MAK Urban Group
Image courtesy of MAK Urban Group
Image courtesy of MAK Urban Group
Photo; Ask Roz Blue Mountains
Photo; Ask Roz Blue Mountains
The upgrade included a new roof for the burned-out ironstone picnic shelter shed and adjacent fire-damaged ironstone pan toilet. Photo; Ask Roz Blue Mountains
PULPIT ROCK LOOKOUTS BLACKHEATH BLUE MOUNTAINS NSW
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The MAK Urban Group have completed significant construction works to 33 Parallel’s design at the renowned Pulpit Rock Lookout, a prime tourist destination within the Blue Mountains National Park after it was closed for public safety since the 2019/2020 summer bushfires, which destroyed all visitor infrastructure at the site.
All three lookouts have now been upgraded with Australian Standard-compliant balustrades, new furniture and signage and improved walking track connections.
The project focused on enhancing visitor accessibility with a new all-accessible lookout to complement the existing lookout which is challenging to access.
The project included the design of a large-scale carpark with seating and picnic areas, a major bio retention basin, an upgraded walking track with 250 metres of safety fencing, 1.6kms of walking track with 400 sandstone steps over some very steep terrain, signs, seating and upgrade and new roof for the burned-out ironstone picnic shelter shed and a fire-damaged ironstone pan toilet. Works also include major improvements to Pulpit Rock Road, formalised parking, native landscaping, track upgrades and drainage works.
The upgrade works were supported by $957,985 in funding from the Australian Government through the Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grants Program and $3.7 million from the NSW Government. Restoration works have been delivered in stages as funding became available.
According to Blue Mountains Mayor Mark Greenhill "It looks stunning," and Ask Roz Blue Mountains says “You can't fault the quality of the work done”.