If you get the chance to go to Katoomba, do it. The Three Sisters are up there but that is the tip of the fun. Look up a guy named Jason from Hign and Wild Adventures and sign up for the canyon tour. The morning is filled with rappelling (absieling), then the afternoon is action packed with a few awesome jumps into cold water(so refreshing) and then a rap down a waterfall. Do it on your knees or your likely to come out with bruises. It's a blast. The Katoomba YHA is the only hostel I could find but it was fantastic. Liquor land around the corner and a bakery to boot. Cute little town but the black flies are all over NSW and they like to get into you mouth and eyes and ears. Deet
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