What is Blue Mountains (New South Wales)?
{{Infobox Australian place | type = region | name = Blue Mountains | state = nsw | image = Three Sisters Sunset.jpg | image_upright = 0.9 | caption = [[Three Sisters (Australia)|The Three Sisters]] sandstone rock formation, one of the region's best-known attractions | coordinates = {{coord|33|43|05|S|150|18|38|E|region:AU-NSW_type:mountain|display=inline,title}}<ref name=gnbpeak>{{NSW GNR|id=ujlpWyKmJP|title=Mount Piddington|accessdate=6 May 2015}}</ref> | map_type = nomap<!-- map in second infobox below --> | pop = 162,000 | pop_year = 2006? | pop_footnotes = <ref>Result based on totalling of population of the 4 LGAs (via LGA's wikipages) that make up the region.</ref> | area = 11400 <!-- Result based on totalling of area of the 4 LGAs (via LGA's wikipages) that make up the region. --> | lga = [[City of Blue Mountains|Blue Mountains]], [[City of Hawkesbury]], [[City of Lithgow]] and [[Oberon Shire]] | stategov = [[Electoral district of Blue Mountains|Blue Mountains]], [[Electoral district of Penrith|Penrith]], [[Electoral district of Bathurst|Bathurst]], [[Electoral district of Hawkesbury|Hawkesbury]], [[Electoral district of Londonderry|Londonderry]] and [[Electoral district of Riverstone|Riverstone]] | dist1 = 50 | dir1 = NW | location1= [[Sydney central business district|Sydney CBD]] | fedgov = [[Division of Macquarie|Macquarie]], [[Division of Lindsay|Lindsay]], and [[Division of Calare|Calare]] | near-nw = [[Central West (New South Wales)|Central West]] | near-n = [[Central West (New South Wales)|Central West]] | near-ne = [[Hunter Region|Hunter]] | near-w = [[Central West (New South Wales)|Central West]] | near-e = [[Western Sydney]] | near-sw = [[Southern Tablelands]] | near-s = [[Southern Tablelands]] | near-se = [[Macarthur (New South Wales)|Macarthur]] |relief = 1 }} [[File:Red Hands Cave.jpg|thumb|[[Australian Aborigines|Aboriginal]] hand [[stencil]]s in Red Hands Cave, near [[Glenbrook, New South Wales|Glenbrook]]]] The '''Blue Mountains''' is a region in [[New South Wales]], [[Au