Blogs from Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 9

Left home at 9.30am on a beautiful, warm sunny day and made our way towards the Blue Mountains. Stopped at Leura for lunch and nearly died of cold. It was only 5ºC. Couldn’t believe it! Despite the chill in the air, we pulled in to Katoomba to view the magnificent Three Sisters. The sun was shining and the view as clear as crystal. Quite an awesome sight. Having bought a warm scarf and some gloves, we rushed back to the car for warmth. We arrived at McKeowans Rest at Jenolan welcomed by hosts Brian and Sandra with a delicious roast lamb dinner. This is a five start B & B which we highly recommend to anyone considering a quiet retreat where they will be completely spoilt by the view, the venue and the service.. ... read more

On Saturday morning five of us (Me, Kim and her friends Al, Jimmy, & Nikki) drove off for the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, about 3 hours from Wollongong. What would a trip be without a little adventure? We made it to Mount York to do some climbing and got all our gear out and ready. I was belaying Al on a route and Jimmy started another climb before we heard a large crash. Unfortunately, Jimmy had taken a ground fall trying to clip in his rope while lead climbing. He fell about 4 m and landed hard on a rock. I should say now that rock climbing is like any sport...not dangerous, but accidents do happen. Just to be cautious we decided he shouldn't walk out and called in an ambulance. Since it was pretty ... read more

Rickety old tram, massive caves and more Devonshire scones!! We were up pretty early to catch our train to the Blue Mountains, especially as I think we were both checking the alarm was still on but mostly because we were 4 floors up in one of the busiest streets in Sydney. So you should know what an early morning means to us by now - that’s it McDonalds, except MacDonald’s wasn’t at the station, it was Hungry Jacks aka Burger King. This however didn’t stop Nath making it obvious he was cheating on them with another food outlet as he asked for a “Mac” muffin!! (Force of habit, I think.) We didn’t wait long for the train which was good as we were still pretty tired, so we found a place to drag our bags onto ... read more

The Blue Mountains is a mountainous region in New South Wales, Australia. It borders on Sydney's metropolitan area, its foothills starting approximately 50 kilometres west of the state capital. Consisting mainly of a sandstone plateau, the area is dissected by gorges up to 760 metres deep. The highest point of the range is 1,190 metres above sea level. A large part of the Blue Mountains is incorporated into the Greater Blue Mountains Area World Heritage Site, consisting of seven national park areas and a conservation reserve. The Aboriginal dream-time legend has it that three sisters, 'Meehni', 'Wimlah' and Gunnedoo' lived in the Jamison Valley as members of the Katoomba tribe. These beautiful young ladies had fallen in love with three brothers from the Nepean tribe, yet tribal law forbade them to marry. The brothers were not ... read more

Friday 9th April, went to Blue Mountains and saw the three sisters rock formation. Also saw the Simpson-Lee House on behalf of the architecture paparazzi. ... read more