Yellow Rock, New South Wales (Blue Mountains)

Yellow Rock is a small village or locality[3] in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia.

[1] Yellow Rock is located approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) west north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the Blue Mountains local government area.

[2] It is surrounded by the suburbs of Mount Riverview, Warrimoo and Springwood to the south, Winmalee to the west, Hawkesbury Heights and Yarramundi to the north and northeast respectively, and Castlereagh across the Nepean to the east.

The village, surrounding bushland and nearby towns of Springwood and Winmalee were badly affected by bushfires in October 2013.

200 residential properties were destroyed, and 198 damaged in those localities, including a significant number in Yellow Rock.

Nepean River