Winmalee is located 77 kilometres west of the Sydney CBD, in the local government area of the City of Blue Mountains.

[citation needed] The area now officially known as Winmalee was once inhabited by Aboriginal Australians known as the Dharug tribe.

Archaeological evidence from the aboriginal inhabitants is common throughout Winmalee and includes several open sites and occupation shelters.

Terry Macauley, who was to be one of the school's original primary students, suggested the name "Winmalee", a supposed Aboriginal word for North.

[6] Winmalee is the site of the 'Holy Monastery of St George', a monastic community for men under the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia.

[citation needed] Other churches in Winmalee include: Summerhayes Park is a public reserve which is used for sport and recreational activities.

Its facilities include tennis and netball/basketball courts, a skate park, outdoor gym equipment and fields for Football (soccer) both local (NDSFA) and Representative (FNSW) all year round.

Summerhayes Park has a rich diversity of native flora and fauna and contains many threatened or endangered species and ecological communities.

It is also a great bushwalking area with many interesting tracks, vistas and aboriginal archeological sites The Winmalee Village centre was officially opened in the early 1980s and refurbished in 2005.

There is a small strip mall located on Hawkesbury Road with a Caltex petrol station, car mechanic, takeaway shop, butcher, hair salon and a general store.

It currently has about 50 operationally active members with a reserve of approximately 150 people, with a total fire fighting experience in excess of 2200 years.