Update on the Gordon Falls Reserve Upgrades - amenities building

March 2024

Work to improve the accessibility of Gordon Falls Reserve, Leura, is underway with the first stage of the upgrade in construction - the new amenities building.

Replacing the current amenities at the reserve, the new building will include two accessible cubicles (one with a baby change table), two ambulant cubicles and two standard cubicles.

The building features a well-ventilated design with views through to the bush beyond and is anticipated to be completed in the second quarter of 2024.

Once the amenities building is completed, the next stage of the upgrade will take place providing improvements to the carpark, footpaths and landscaping, including the planting of local native trees, shrubs and groundcovers grown from locally sourced seed.

During construction, access to walking tracks from Gordon Falls and the reserve itself will remain open whenever possible. Temporary toilets are provided in the reserve for the duration of the period that the permanent toilets are not in use.

When the amenities building is first constructed, it may appear to be raised above the current level of the northern part of the carpark. This is because the next part of the upgrade work will involve adjustments to the northern carpark area, to provide a flatter, more accessible grade.

When all the upgrade work is completed, the levels will match and provide more accessible access to the reserve.

Before work commences on the second stage of the upgrades, updated plans showing what will occur will be provided to the community.

The works at Gordon Falls Reserve are the result of a Precinct Planning process with the community that commenced in August 2022. The Precinct Plan for Gordon Falls Reserve (and Prince Henry Cliff Walk – east) was adopted by Council at the meeting on 28 February 2023.

View the Precinct Plan on Council’s website - Item 6 within the Council Business Paper (28 February 2023).

Further details about the work can be found in the News Feed below and in the FAQs to the right of the page.

View the artist's impression of the new amenities building.

Gordon Falls Reserve is being upgraded as part of the overall development of the Grand Cliff Top Walk, funded by the Australian and NSW Governments Bushfire Local Economic Recovery Fund. The $2.4 million upgrade to Gordon Falls Reserve is funded by the NSW Government's Western Sydney Infrastructure Grants Program, in association with Blue Mountains City Council.