Blogs from Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 33

MORE PHOTOS TO COME. THIS COMPUTER IS REALLY SLOW A really bad nights sleep because of the freezing cold was followed by a cold morning in the Blue Mountains. The walk to the abseiling centre didnt take long, then pretty much went straight to the moutains! Ian and Kam got us harnessed up, they quickly went through it all and off we went! ok, so it was only a 4 metre high rock but it was still new to me! we then practiced on a 20 meter cliff, then on the 30 meter cliff i managed to go upside down. Don't really know what happened there, it was just as i went off the top my legs seemed to give way! i didnt panick!! well...maybe a little. The harness hurt so much, i have bad bruises ... read more

OI OI OI Hello all from OZ The day starts at about 3 am… with us freezing lol it was cold. Jason got up and fired up the furnace, which made things better. Wes crawled into bed with us as he got cold. The furnace works nice, but makes a bit of noise. The day part 2 starts around 7:30 we get up, and are a little more organized than yesterday. Breakfast is made and everyone gets showered. Today our destination is the Jenolan caves, apparently they’re very nice. I’m not sure what it is with us, but wherever we go we’re into some sort of cave. Carlsbad, NM, Maui, HI, even the caves up in Collingwood… we’ve been to them all; I wonder if Fiji will have some lol. Anyhow, the drive to the caves ... read more

We get a fairly early rise today, it sure was cool last night, and we didn’t have the heater on, but should have, at 2 o’clock in the morning it was too much fiddling to start it up. Jason makes breakfast for everyone (not quite the same as we’re used to, but ok for camping - it’ll get better.) We decide to use the park’s facilities for their showers, and they’re pretty good! The water is much better here than Sydney, as it turns out I’m having a pretty good hair day. We all get showered and set for the day. First stop Scenic World. This is I guess Australia’s version of the Grand Canyon. Not quite as spectacular, but pretty cool. We take a cable car across a small canyon that has a clear glass ... read more

This is our final day in Sydney, although there have been some very cool sites, and we’ve had a lot of fun we’re really looking forward to getting in the RV and doing some exploring. Our day started off by going down to the rocks area (again - this is a real nice part of town, with lots of good cafe’s and interesting shops.) We explored the Saturday market which sold lots of locally crafted items and trinkets; it was an outdoor covered flea market. We stopped at a local café which setup shop outside and cooked food to order. Really excellent and cheap breakfast, I would have definitely gone back here again. Nice view also, just a couple hundred feet from the waters edge, overlooking the opera house. After breakfast we went back to our ... read more

The blue mountains are just out of Sydney and we went for a day trip there. Sorry the pictures aren't that great because it was a little cloudy. The reason they are called the Blue Mountains are because the blue eucalyptus trees tint the mist blue, its far prettier in person. We went hiking and saw a bunch of beautiful waterfalls and cliffs. The main attraction in the blue mountains is the Three Sisters. The Aboriginal story behind them is that there were tribes, one of which had three beautiful sisters, and the other with three brothers who had their eye on them. A war broke out and the shaman of the sister's tribe turned them into stone to protect them, but died in battle, so they remained that way forever. ... read more