Kurrara Guest House Katoomba

... collected birds. He finally expanded with many of Australia’s indigenous animals and finally sold it to a corporation. The park is located in a residential area but they residents love the park and wouldn’t allow the city to close it and move it several years ago.

We got to pet some kangaroos but not a lot were out of the "refuge center" which are blocked off areas ...

... them when I get to Adelaide probably (along with all the other pictures I've been promising for weeks now). We did a whole bunch of hiking on the first day, and then on the second day I went spelunking in the breathtaking Jenolean Caves (which I got zero pictures of, unfortunately).

But the scenery, I don't think, was the best thing about the Blue Mountains. No, the best part, in fact, was the smell. Why, you ask? Two things: Wild tea trees and ...

... beckon.

Arrived in Leura at about 11am, for coffee, then headed to Katoomba where we have B & B arranged for two nights. Went to Scenic World and did the cable car, scenic railway and scenic skyway experiences, high above the valley floor. Also walked a bit through the rainforest.

After that we had a wander through Katoomba town centre before booking into the B & B, which came ...

... o)))….

Ce que je vais décrire c’est le but de Vipassana (de la façon dont je le vois), comment j’en ai entendu parler et ce qui m’a pousse à le faire…le comment je me sentais avant, un peu pendant et après ce cours, et tout ça de manière relativement générale, sans les détails….

Alors qu’est-ce que la méditation Vipassana?....

Ce site vous expliquera mieux que moi ce que c’est: http://www.french.dhamma.org ...

... have some pasta for dinner. On Tuesday we got up and had breakfast before setting off back to the three sisters, this time to climb down to the first sister itself on the Giant Staircase. They looked very different in the morning light. We then headed along the rest of the Prince Henry Cliff Path, taking in the changing view on the way, to the Katoomba Cascades. The cascades are at the top section of the Katoomba falls which drop off the cliff a ...

... leads me to the transparent still waters of Jellybean Pool to cool down my toes after an up-and-down-and-up-again hike through Blue Mountains National Park. Feeling rather adventurous, us girls go VietCong-styles through the wilderness...under and over ducking and diving to end up at Red Hands Cave. Ochre-painted hands of all sizes carress the inside of the cave. This Aborginal cave art ...

... is the steepest incline railway in the world, the incline is 52° and it went through a tunnel. We were just getting comfortable when it was over! We had no idea that it would only take two minutes and it didn't bring us to the valley floor. So after a disappointing railway ride we set off on a rainforest walking trail. Along the way we passed old coal mines. They have a bench named miner's rest where there is a pipe of ice cold drinkable water. They also have a few ...

... Yellow Cable Car in the pictures as the floor opens to a glass bottom across the middle of the valley. I'm still preparing myself for the Bridge Climb.........a bit at a time!!! Right I think that's enough, check the pictures out they are truly stunning. Tomorrow we move onto Manly. A little shipping port on the outside of Sydney for some proper R&R!! Enjoy!! Love Heather and Jamie xx