Lawson Voyage Tips and guide

Lawson is a town of 2,651 people (2021) in the Blue Mountains region near Sydney.

33°43′13″S 150°25′41″E

Map of Lawson

Lawson is near Hazelbrook and Bullaburra on the A32 road between Springwood and Wentworth Falls.

Blue Mountains Transit^{[dead link]} route 690K runs from Springwood to Katoomba via Lawson railway station.

Lawson is home to many bushwalking tracks ranging from easy to hard. Bushwalks include Adelina Falls, Cateract Falls and Echo Bluff. Walkers must stay on tracks and look for cliffs.

• -33.719150.42991 Lawson railway station, Loftus Street. A heritage-listed railway station on the Main Western line. The station opened in 1867, and the building dates from 1902.  (updated Sep 2021)
• South Lawson Waterfall Circuit, Honour Avenue (head on the Great Western Highway toward Lawson, turn on Honour Avenue; the walk will be on the right). A 2-km walk of five waterfalls, with many native flora and fauna. (updated May 2026)

Apart from bushwalks, Lawson is home to a skate park, BMX, a 50-m Olympic swimming pool and some small nature and play parks.

Lawson has a small supermarket, a hardware shop, a pub, a bakery, post office/newsagent to name a few. For better shopping go to Katoomba.

• -33.72150.43051 Ben's Cafe (Ben Roberts), 10 Benang St, ☏ +61 434 314 254, [email protected]. Tu-F 8AM-2PM, Sa 8:30AM-1:30PM.  (updated Sep 2021)
• -33.7181150.43052 The Lawson Bowling Club and Chinese Restaurant (Lawson BC), 2 Loftus St, ☏ +61 2 4759 1417. Su Tu W 11AM-9PM, Th-Sa 11AM-10PM.  (updated Sep 2021)
• The Blue Mountains Hotel listed below has a restaurant.

Lawson has one pub and one Bottle Shop located in the pub.

Lawson has one hotel and a few B&Bs. Katoomba has more range.

• -33.7195150.431 Blue Mountain Hotel, 286 Great Western Highway, ☏ +61 2 4759 1023. Hotel, restaurant, pub.  (updated Sep 2021)