Blogs from Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 38

elo friends strange the lull and surge of the blog. i thought for sure there would be mounds of backblog for me to sludge through. tis ok though. i blog on. It was a long over-night bus journey on a bus and then onto a train which took us into the beautiful blue mountains. These are the main mountain ranges and cliffs of australia. Very dramatic and the home of the famous rock formation 'The 3 Sisters". We stayed in a very quant mountain town called katoomba in a cozy bed and breakfast. We filled our time by going on lovely hikes though the odd rainforest. The climax of this nature adventure was a full day of rock-climbing and repelling(they call it abseiling). This was extroidanary...at times it could be literally breathtaking as you looked down ... read more

Like King's Canyon, the Blue Mountains are also often referred to as Australia's Grand Canyon. Again, they are not a patch on the American version but they were spectacular none-the-less. The whole area is covered in a blue haze - hence the name - which is apparently caused by the evaporation of Eucalyptus oil. The main 'sight' - oh how very touristy - in the Blue Mountains are the Three Sisters. These are three spikes of rock which were formed when some witch cast a spell on three - wait for it - sisters. I can't remember exactly why such an extreme reaction was necessary, although it was probably due to an argument over some bloke or something. Hell hath no fury and all that! The best way to reach the base of the Three Sisters ... read more