The Greater Blue Mountains consists of 10,000 km2 of mostly
forested landscape on a sandstone plateau extending 60 to 180
kilometres inland from central Sydney, New South Wales.
Description of place The property includes very extensive areas
of a wide range of eucalypt communities and large tracts of
wilderness. The high wilderness quality of much of the Greater
Blue Mountains constitutes a vital and highly significant
contribution to its World Heritage value and has ensured the
integrity of its ecosystems and the retention and protection of
its heritage values. The Greater Blue Mountains is an area of
breathtaking views, rugged tablelands, sheer cliffs, deep,
inaccessible valleys and swamps teeming with life. The unique
plants and animals that live in this outstanding natural place
relate an extraordinary story of Australia's antiquity, its
diversity of life and its superlative beauty. This is the story
of the evolution of Australia's unique eucalypt vegetation and
its associated communities, plants and anim