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Travel Blogs from Blue Mountains, Australia
Blackheath v Katoomba
This is a top pick! 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
This is a top pick! ... on these bikes I had not tried before were the rather high-tech disc brakes. Whatever next, ABS? The drive out to the Blue Mountains took about two hours, which did not seem like a huge distance when compared with the sprawling city limits of Sydney ...
Canyoning in the Blue Mountains
This is a top pick! Some photos from my first canyoning trip in the Blue ...
Blue Mountains
This is a top pick! 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 ...
Blue Mountains
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Blue is the Colour, Ironman is the Game
This is a top pick! ... settled 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 ...
Big Blue Mountains
This is a top pick! ... (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 ...
Car Selling and Stud Farming
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Walkabout
This is a top pick! ***************************************** 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 ...
Blue is the colour
This is a top pick! ... 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
This is a top pick! 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 ...
STILL haven't found the Reverend Evans!
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Blue Mountains
This is a top pick! ... 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
... anticipated 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 ...
Settling in Nicely
... was great to see her and we met her parents Tom and Brenda and the kids at the airport. Then Tom drove us 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 ...
Ghostly Gaol
... the old 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... Uncle Bill was great fun and has the most ...
Misty Mountain Hop
... 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 ...
Visiting Blue Mountains National Park
... .au Our first pitstop was for some juice and biscuits in a park along the Parmatta river before heading to the "City of Blue Mountains" which is a trail of villages/towns stretching along the highway to Lithgow farthest out. Along the way we passed some ...
Australia Day in the Mountains
... ). 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 ...
Blue Mountains
... Wohl fuers WE gesorgt hatten, gings dann auch los: etwas mehr als 100 Kilometer in 2 Stunden in Richtung Landesinneres, zu den Blue Mountains. DAS Reiseziel schlechthin, wenn man eh schon ein mal in Sydney ist. DAS MUST DO! Die "Blauen Berge" haben ihre ...
Blåfjell
... mountains are a series of hills shaped by dramatic gorges, and they are located about 3 hours drive from Newcastle. Blue Mountains promise cool climate, stunning scenery and fabulous bushwalking opportunities. The mountains get their name from a fine ...
18.March.2006 - Part 2 - Blue Mountains
... almost 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 ...
Last leg of Aussie Journey!
... 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! ...
A home away from Home
... and nearly wet our pants at the sight of duvets on our bed, a dorm room to ourselves and a real homely feel. The Blue Mountains is a national park with various towns where one can hike and see amazing valleys, mountains and waterfalls. After resting for ...
Rehab's Over!
... 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 ...
Blues in the Mountains
... stay on vacation a little bit longer and continued north turning inland near Canberra and heading towards the foothills of the Blue Mountains National Park. Arguably the most famous part of the Great Dividing Range (The One significant mountain range in ...
Climb every mountain
... 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 ...