Katoomba - a city in the New Southern Wales around Blue mountains. Katoomba is an aboriginal designating "bright falling water" or, simply speaking, falls. It is connected by that in area is a lot of falls. In a city the mining industry has initially been developed, but after time tourist business became dominating branch. The surrounding district is very picturesque. Many people come to admire mountain landscapes and to take a walk in mountains. In mountains there are rope-ways. In a city it is a lot of hotels, sanatoria and restaurants. In a city lives many artists, poets, defenders of environment.