Blue Mountains, Australia Travel Blogs

Blackheath v Katoomba
Oct 17, 2004 (10 photos)

When you hear people talk about their visit to the Blue Mountains they are usually talking about their drive up to Echo Point lookout at Katoomba, which overlooks the Three Sisters. Over the years this small town has developed a huge tourist ...

Mountain biking in the Blue Mountains
Sep 19, 2004 (10 photos)

Today Mat offered to take me out west to the Blue Mountains for some mountain biking. It had been a few months since I had been cycling and I was keen to do get some riding in, even though I had never before attempted to ride off road down mountainous ...

Canyoning in the Blue Mountains
Sep 20, 2004 (11 photos)

Some photos from my first canyoning trip in the Blue Mountains.

Blue Mountains
Oct 17, 2005 (8 photos)

Well Australia has redeemed itself. The blue Mt's were fantastic. A 2hr train ride took us in land to the BM, and its surprising how much of a climate change there was. It was cold, freezing compared to Sydney with a drop of around 8c and it was raining ...

Blue is the Colour, Ironman is the Game
May 14, 2004 (15 photos)

... on the road. After 40km of driving with head pinned against windscreen we arrived at Katoomba, the main town in the Blue Mountains National Park, and a good base to stay for seeing the sights the following day if the weather cleared. Well it would have ...

Blue Mountains
Dec 9, 2004

... of the Three Sisters rock formation and the Jamison Valley, way below. Our morning began at the clifftop 'Scenic World Blue Mountains' which operates 3 different rides. Katoomba Scenic Railway - 'the worlds steepest incline railway' was a unique if ...

Big Blue Mountains
Jan 23, 2006 (5 photos)

... (AFTER 4 HOURS!!!) we found the place and it really lived up to the hype we heard before we came. They are called the Blue Mountains because the air looks like it has a blue mist hanging above the forests, caused by the eucalyptus trees that grow here. ...

Walkabout
Jan 15, 2004 (1 photos)

***************************************** Sunday 11th January From Sydney it is easy to get out to Katoomba and the Blue Mountains. They were named after the haze created by all the eucalyptus oil defracting the light. For the most part it is a remote ...

Car Selling and Stud Farming
Feb 20, 2004 (16 photos)

... Market" in Sydney, followed by a great 10 days hard work (yes, we did say work!!) on a Stud Farm in Portland, near the Blue Mountains...... Thu 29th Jan - Get up at 9.30am and L receives a call from Les. Take the car to the car wash, eventually finding ...

Blue is the colour
Jan 6, 2007 (15 photos)

... with lots of spirit and we are going to give it a spin along the East Coast..... So we traveled East to the Blue Mountains, named Blue because of the hazy produced by the eucalyptus tress. Less than 2 hours drive we were at our first stop. Wentworth ...

The Beautiful Blue Mountains
Nov 8, 2006 (6 photos)

I decided when uploading piccies that even though we have talked about the beautiful Blue Mountains on another blog, it at least deserves a photo album on its map pin!

STILL haven't found the Reverend Evans!
Apr 11, 2008 (30 photos)

... and nodding your head in simple sound satisfaction. In short I packed it in, made the most and saw a shit load. The bright blue skies that replaced the storms of yesterday meant that I was in for a treat. Having got down to the Three Sisters lookout ...

Yes i know there is a lot to catch up on ...
Dec 21, 2002

... has a high water content (hence koala bears don't need to drink too much) but the gum is highly flammable which is why the Blue Mountains suffer so much in the bush fires. We saw some areas which had been damaged but thankfully not too many and it didn't ...

Blue Mountains
May 6, 2007 (36 photos)

... of a parrot vs. snake encounter, however...and it was pretty obvious that the snake won!! We also learned that the Blue Mountains are named because the eucalyptis leaves that cover the area exude a blue colored oil - which in turn ...

Tales of Exploration and Rejection
Jan 12, 2009 (23 photos)

... destination of the Blue Mountains - only an hour or so drive west of Sydney, yet it's another world entirely. The Blue Mountains are a place of profoundly spectacular natural beauty. Regrettably, we had only a day and a half to explore their splendour. ...

Settling in Nicely
Aug 20, 2007 (97 photos)

... all to the Blue Mountains. It was great catching up and hearing about everyone back home. We had a great time in the Blue Mountains which is more like a vast tableland of dramatic eroded scenery rather than a mountain range and they are not even blue??? ...

Misty Mountain Hop
Jul 3, 2007 (48 photos)

... really fancy it... My best day in Sydney though was probably the daytrip I took out of Sydney into the Blue Mountains. It included a 300 metre waterfall, rolling mountainous valleys that disappeared into the horizon, a boomerang and didgeridoo. Also ...

Quick trip inland
Jan 27, 2007 (2 photos)

And we were lucky with the weather...again!

Blue Mountains
Jul 22, 2009 (20 photos)

... best views we had seen so far. After getting over the shock of the view we packed the the car and headed for the Blue Mountains. After about 1.5 ho urs we stopped at Glenbrook visitors centre where we were given some advice on where to stop at our Whistle- ...

Australia Day in the Mountains
Jan 27, 2007 (22 photos)

... ). I'm the navigator again and am proud we didn't get lost even if we're just holding a very limited local map of the Blue Mountains. Our first stop was at Echo Point to meet the Three Sisters.  We were not contented just seeing them from afar so we ...

18.March.2006 - Part 2 - Blue Mountains
Mar 19, 2006 (24 photos)

... strait up, through a rock tunnel thing, eventually depositing us at the top of the mountain again. And that's all from the Blue Mountains. Make sure to check out the pictures I took, they were awesome! And stay tuned for my next update, which should ...

Last leg of Aussie Journey!
Nov 12, 2009 (86 photos)

... and won back $179!! Tonight we are catching up with Nicola's and Gary, sharing stories and eating Betty Boobs Thia food!  Yum yum! Going to sign off now - will add a few last words before leaving Australia, but until Good day Possums!  

Blue Mountains
Mar 27, 2005

Bush-walk on Heritage Fairfax Trail

Ghostly Gaol
Nov 16, 2009

... cells and around the prison yard, while listening to tales of the ex-inmates. From here we drove to Blackheath in the Blue Mountains... I even drove some of the way! Again we stayed with relatives... Bill has the most amazing views of the Blue Mountains ...

Rehab's Over!
Jun 11, 2008 (7 photos)

... beer or several when I reach Melbourne this evening...God help the contents of John's fridge!!! Here are a couple of pics of the Blue Mountains on the one day the sun half-shone, and of Sydney when, miraculously, the sky turned blue for a couple of ...

Climb every mountain
Jul 22, 2007 (13 photos)

... where we were met by Karen (Anne's sister) & Victor (boyfriend).  We drove to a great lookout point over the Blue Mountains where we could see a rock formation called the Three Sisters with clouds floating over it - beautiful.  Then we went ...

Blue Mountains
Dec 26, 2006

... ! At least you can go where you want and when you want... First we went to see the Three Sisters, most famous spot in the Blue Mountains, just have a look at the pictures... We did a little walk around. It's just amazing, as far as you can see there's ...

Blue Mountains
Nov 27, 2006 (22 photos)

We are in the Blue Mountains national park and the hikes and views are spectacular! The forest fires are far enough away that we don't have to worry about them (we can also hike quickly if there is a problem.) Tomorrow, we are headed to the Jenolan ...

Blue Mountains....how gorg are they ??
Oct 6, 2005

... anything. That will so learn me for not going to the gym in an age ! ) Today caught a train to go to the Blue Mountains which is about 2hours outside Sydney. The journey to Katoomba gave us chance to see the countryside as well. Because time was limited ...

Week 3 - Sydney - The Blue Mountains
Dec 26, 2005 (13 photos)

This week we headed to the blue mountains which are located just outside Sydney for three days, with the first day on an ozexperience tour. (They appear to be blue because the oil released from the euculyptis trees allows all the colours of the spectrum ...