Blogs from Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 5

Tonight ends our time in the Blue Mountains and it has been enjoyable. The only downside with this house sit was Gordy the cat forgetting where it was acceptable to go to the toilet while he was inside one night; other than that he was the perfect gentleman and provided us with a bit of company. The highlight for me was taking two day trips on the train into Sydney (my first time!). On the first day we caught the train to Circular Quay and took in the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House. I was surprised at how impressed I was with the Harbour Bridge, it was simply stunning. We then took a ferry over to Manly and we both loved the area, the beach was beautiful and there were some lovely coffee shops dotted ... read more

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Wo- no not good enough, amaz- no still not there, simply phenomenal-take our breath away- rendered utterly speechless- yes that is our view of the Blue Mountains. A two hour retreat from Sydney and you could be anywhere, but no you couldn't with everything we have seen of Australia thus far, it could only be here. We are going to keep this relatively short but sweet, just like our trip here. The worst part- leaving after one night, although eleven hours of bush trekking and our dogs are more than barking- speaking of which we definitely had a near miss! Our hostel was quite simply the best we had been in, a quad room but only us two, a heater so Lauren could get warm plus a fire with huge wooden table and chairs and a ... read more

Our first outing in George was to Katoomba in the Blue Mountains. After driving through the darkness for an hour and a half we arrived to find nothing open in this little town except for Dominos Pizza so we stopped off at a Motel nearby. Unfortunately it was sandwiched between a road and a train line giving us a less than restful night. Taking advantage of another beautiful sunny day we drove down a tourist trail to explore our new surroundings. Our first sighting of the Blue Mountains was breathtaking, nothing but mountains and rainforest for mile after mile. Along the trail we visited a place called Scenic World. Here we rode on the worlds steepest railway, which is almost vertical through a natural tunnel in the rocks, viewed Katoomba Falls from the Skyway (a cable ... read more

Samedi matin on part tôt du camping, sans visiter le parc. On longe la côte, on prend la Grand Pacific Drive au lieu de prendre la Princes Highway, plus rapide. Mais en réalité c'est pas terrible comme route, seuls quelques villes offrent des vues intéressantes. Arrêt rapide à Wollongong, pour voir le phare qui date de 1872 et le bord de mer, ainsi qu'au Sea Cliff Bridge, pont construit en 2005 au-dessus de la mer et à côté des falaises. On continue toujours plus au nord et cette fois on prend l'autoroute pour accéder au Bulli Lookout, point de vue très en hauteur sur la South coast. On fait un petit crochet pour aller voir un temple hindu, splendide. C'est une première pour nous qui n'avons jamais voyagé en Asie, on se déchausse et on pénètre ... read more