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I seem to love the Blue Mountains most when there is mist at the windows and something warm in my hands. I keep finding that pull from Katoomba and Leura out towards Oberon and Bilpin, where a weekend can turn on a flaky pie eaten in the cold, an old hotel dining room, a truffle dog nosing at the earth or the sudden feeling that the drive from Sydney has properly loosened its grip.

Common Ground Cafe, Katoomba - A Most Unusual Cafe!
Featured Story Common Ground Cafe, Katoomba - A Most Unusual Cafe!

When reader Crystal emailed me about Common Ground cafe in Katoomba, I immediately looked it up. There were very positive reviews of it on eatability but they also revelaed that it was a cafe with a little twist to it. It was run by people of the Twelve Tribes religious movement, which immediately intrigued me.  So when Myriam, Ed, Mel and I are headed through the area on our way back from Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa one afternoon and needed a refreshment I suggested that we go here.

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