Leura Cascades

Wet and misty today so despite the title, didn't actually make it down to the Cascades. This is a lesser waterfall looking towards Chelmsford Bridge near the picnic ground where the baths used to be. The baths were made by damming the Leura Creek, there were two - one for each sex, of course. The kiosk, built in 1913, was a short walk up the hill and is now a restaurant.

From 1942-1948 the Cox's operated Leura Falls Kiosk while their father was away at the war. Warren Cox reminisces:

"Mum and my brother and I lived in a house called 'Sunnyside' in Warne Street. The postman delivered the mail on horseback and the milkman brought fresh milk in a tank, by horse and cart. Our backyard ran down to a creek where we climbed fruit trees and ate fruit till we were sick. We would swim at the Leura Baths and walk up the hill for an ice-cream at the kiosk. Mum worked at the Leura Falls Kiosk on weekends making afternoon teas. We picked blackberries for Mum to make into jam for the kiosk. We also made "Mountain Devil Dolls" from the seed husks of the Honey Flower tree. The husks made the devil's head and we would use pipe cleaners for the bodies, and red wool and material for their capes. We sold them at the Kiosk. They were the most popular souvenir of the Blue Mountains. The Jamison Valley was our backyard and we ran wild."