Leura has gone bus mad - not mad as in enthusiastic but mad as in cranky.
It all stems from the bus stop at Megalong Street. It's a strip where tourist coaches, mini-buses and the local buses vie for the same small space, inevitably creating a solid wall that obstructs the view of anyone trying to get out of the village's main carpark.
It is, in the words of more than one resident, "an accident waiting to happen".
Local Lorraine Droga calls it "horrendous".
"You can go out there any day and any time of day and find the bum of the bus hanging over the allocated space. Any residents you speak to that use the carpark ... they will tell you a horror story of a close shave, or cars trying to creep out of Woolworths and having no vision," she said. "Everyone's got a horror story."
It was particularly bad on one day last month when 36 buses bringing tourists from the cruise ships berthed in Sydney made a lightning visit to Leura, she said. But even on a quiet day there are problems.
Ms Droga has letter-boxed nearby residents, encouraging them to email council, urging it to come up with a solution. Her own view is that the buses should park up on or near the highway, leaving visitors to stroll down and up the mall.
President of the Leura Village Association (LVA), Barry Jarrott, said they lobbied council about the issue about 18 months ago.
"They acknowledged that there was a problem there but that's pretty much where we are at the moment. I haven't had advice about what council is planning to do in the long-term.
"Nothing about it is good. It's dangerous and it's an accident waiting to happen in its worst case scenario."
Mr Jarrott said it was "one of the prime issues" identified in a village management strategy compiled by the LVA.
"We want to do it in the best way so no visitors to Leura feel disadvantaged or that they are not welcome. We are hoping there will be an integrated approach to it through the bus lines, the association and the council."
His thoughts were echoed by Jason Cronshaw, managing director of Blue Mountains Explorer Bus, which operates the hop-on, hop-off service. It frequently has to pull in half on a no-stopping sign because tourist buses have filled the spots.
"The solution needs an industry-wide forum," Mr Cronshaw said. "The majority of operators from Sydney work well together. But there are a small number of rogue operators who park there and leave the bus."
There was an urgent need for more lay-over zones, where buses could park after dropping off their passengers before returning to collect them.
"Mind you, if council put a ranger there and policed it, it would solve some of their debt problem," he said, tongue-in-cheek.
A council spokeswoman said the high rate of tourist visits to Leura was "a mark of success of the work undertaken by the council and the Leura Village Association to boost employment and economic wellbeing".
But it acknowledged there are problems and concerns that come from such success, she said.
"Council is investigating possible solutions to address the immediate safety concerns and impact on village and residential amenity, expressed by some residents. In the longer term, council will consider the need for a coach parking strategy in Leura and surrounding locations in Katoomba to accommodate possible increased capacity for in-bound tourism."