Perry's Lookdown

{{More citations needed|date=May 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2014}} thumb|250px|Perrys Lookdown [[File:Perryswalkfrombluegum02.jpg|thumb|250px|sign at the Blue Gum Forest]]

'''Perry's Lookdown''' is a lookout situated on the edge of the Grose Valley in the Blue Mountains, Australia.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bushwalking on the Perrys Lookdown|url=http://www.wildwalks.com/bushwalking-and-hiking-in-nsw/blue-mountains-blackheath-/perry-s-lookdown-to-blue-gum-forest.html|work=Walking near Sydney|publisher=Wild Walks|accessdate=7 May 2012}}</ref> It is believed to have been named by Frederick Eccleston Du Faur after either Samuel Augustus Perry or a local innkeeper.<ref>{{cite book|author=Keats, Michael & Fox, Brian| title=The Upper Grose Valley, Bushwalkers Business |publisher=Keats Holdings|orig-year=1973|year=2008|location=Pymble, NSW|page=469|isbn=9780646473192|edition=paperback}}</ref> Free campsites (five individual sites) are adjacent to the car park.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/blue-mountains-national-park/perrys-lookdown-campground/camping |title=Perrys lookdown campground}}</ref> The Blue Gum Forest is often accessed by foot from here, 656 vertical metres below the lookdown. The road to Blackheath is sealed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NSW Place and Road Naming Proposals System |url=https://proposals.gnb.nsw.gov.au/public/geonames/ujYbXtqbGH |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=proposals.gnb.nsw.gov.au}}</ref>

== Geography == Perry's Lookdown is on the edge of the Grose Valley, with the closest town being Blackheath, a few kilometres away.<ref name="map">{{cite map|title=Mt Wilson Topographic Map|cartography=LPI|series=8930-1N|publisher=Government of New South Wales|location=New South Wales}}</ref> The sandstone cliffs of Mount Banks and the Banks Wall across the valley is visible from the lookout.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Perrys lookdown |url=https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/things-to-do/lookouts/perrys-lookdown |access-date=2026-05-03 |website=NSW National Parks |language=en}}</ref> The height of the lookout is {{Convert|980|m}} above sea level.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Perrys Lookdown (Blackheath) {{!}} Hiking the World |url=https://hikingtheworld.blog/lookouts/perrys-lookdown-blackheath/ |access-date=2026-05-03 |language=en-US}}</ref>

Blue Gum Forest is accessible to the walk by a steep walking track descending to the Grose Valley.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Perrys Lookdown |url=https://www.alltrails.com/poi/australia/new-south-wales/blue-mountains-national-park--2/perry-s-lookdown |website=AllTrails}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Perrys lookdown {{!}} NSW Holidays & Accommodation, Things to Do, Attractions and Events |url=https://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/blue-mountains/katoomba-area/attractions/perrys-lookdown |access-date=2026-05-03 |website=www.visitnsw.com |language=en-AU}}</ref>

There are several campgrounds nearby the lookout, adjacent to the carpark.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Donald |first=Darroch |title=Footprint Dream Trip - Australia |last2=O'Brien |first2=Katrina |last3=Swaffer |first3=Andrew |publisher=Footprint |year=2013 |isbn=9781907263651 |pages=56}}</ref><ref name=":2" />

== Flora and Fauna == Perry's Lookdown hosts a diverse range of flora and fauna. Some of these are protected species. They include native wedge-tailed eagles, gang-gang cockatoos, bell miners and yellow-tailed black cockatoos.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Perrys lookdown {{!}} NSW Holidays & Accommodation, Things to Do, Attractions and Events |url=https://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/blue-mountains/katoomba-area/attractions/perrys-lookdown |access-date=2026-05-03 |website=www.visitnsw.com |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Perrys Lookdown to Blue Gum Forest walking track |url=https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/things-to-do/walking-tracks/perrys-lookdown-to-blue-gum-forest-walking-track |access-date=2026-05-03 |website=NSW National Parks |language=en}}</ref> Sydney Blue Gums and Deane's blue gums are also found nearby, especially in the descent to Blue Gum Forest.<ref name=":1" />

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== See also ==

* Three Sisters * Mount Banks * Grose Valley {{Blue Mountains topics |state=autocollapse}}

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