After a stop for an early lunch -- we spent about 1 hour walking around on trails in the Blue Mountains.
Two of the more famous spots are the Three Sisters and Katoomba Falls. There are a couple supposed aboriginal legends about the Three Sisters -- but they seem to have been debunked as being made up by a local in the 1920s. Summer is fairly dry in the Blue Mountains -- so the falls were more like a trickle.
We also went to Scenic World -- took a cable car down into a temperate rainforest -- we took the long walk through the forest (set path on a raised boardwalk -- protects the forest -- keeps the leeches off (yuck!)) -- and then took the scenic train back up to the top.
Side note: not sure why the area is called "mountains" -- it's more like a plateau with carved out canyons -- highest point is a bit more than 3,000 feet.
On the way back to the city -- we were dropped off at the Olympic Village to catch a ferry back into town. Weather was a bit crappy by that point (overcast & very windy) -- so could have done without
the ferry bit.
Two of the more famous spots are the Three Sisters and Katoomba Falls. There are a couple supposed aboriginal legends about the Three Sisters -- but they seem to have been debunked as being made up by a local in the 1920s. Summer is fairly dry in the Blue Mountains -- so the falls were more like a trickle.
We also went to Scenic World -- took a cable car down into a temperate rainforest -- we took the long walk through the forest (set path on a raised boardwalk -- protects the forest -- keeps the leeches off (yuck!)) -- and then took the scenic train back up to the top.
Side note: not sure why the area is called "mountains" -- it's more like a plateau with carved out canyons -- highest point is a bit more than 3,000 feet.
On the way back to the city -- we were dropped off at the Olympic Village to catch a ferry back into town. Weather was a bit crappy by that point (overcast & very windy) -- so could have done without
the ferry bit.
Weather: sunny start, clouded up around 2pm (75 - 80F)
Miles Walked: 4.5 (some wicked hills -- should count for more!)
Miles Walked: 4.5 (some wicked hills -- should count for more!)
Transportation: tour bus, gondola, cable car, scenic train, ferry
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