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Katoomba Slideshow
Katoomba
Travel Blogs from Katoomba, Australia
Trip to Katoomba
... were both exploding but had a relatively gentle walk around the cliff tops and then I took Dave to see the three sisters and the Katoomba falls. Altogether we had walked for just over four and a half hours butto get out you had to get a 45 degrees train ...
Blue Mountains
... le beau gosse de Prison Break), and they were a bit of a disappointment compared to other National parks we have visited before in Australia. The good thing was that we did a short walk in the bush ans saw some cockatoos! Echo Point is the most ...
The rest about Sydney and Baking in the Blue Mtns
... Mom for those tickets. I dont think we'll ever forget it. Today we rented a car and drove from the heart of Sydney to Katoomba, approx 100 km north in the Blue Mountains. All I will say about negotiating a right hand drive car is that you are ...
A Scribe in the Mountains
Ice-age heat wave, can't complain. If the world's at large, why should I remain? Walked away to another plan. Gonna find another place, maybe one I can stand. I move on to another day, to a whole new town with a whole new way. Went to the porch ...
The Blue Mountains
... 1100 meters altitude. It was a bit bizarre because everything looked a bit flat to be that high up. We entered the town of Katoomba and just followed the tourist signs until they took us to a spot on the edge of the town called Echo Point. ...
It's cold up here!
... better, so we gave up on our walking plans for the day and took the more comfortable option of a trolley bus tour around Katoomba and Leura, an adjoining town, balanced a little further along the canyon. It was actually pretty good, going to all the ...
She'll be comin' round the mountain
... to a town called Leura which was not the one I wanted to be at for the afternoon. Managed to catch the train back to Katoomba and rushed down the hill to grab my bag and haul it back up the hill (it's getting better, Diane). Finally, seated ...
Blue Mountains
... rock formation ityself where we got a slightly better view into the valley, then came back and walked the other way over to Katoomba Cascades and the scenic railway. The railway was really short, but a bit like a white knuckle ride as it is the ...
Blue Mountains
... I then followed the Giant Stairway down 800 steps to get to the valley. There was a lovely walk through the rainforest to Katoomba falls. I was hoping to take the World's steepest railway (52°), but it was closed for maintenance so I walked up the ...
Wentworth falls & Echo Point
Got up after a disturbed nights sleep due to the rain, and luckly the weather was a lot clearer so we went for a massive walk out in the mountain halfway to the bottom of a 200m water fall it was a great walk up the edges of the mountains but the way ...
BLUE MOUNTAINS: EUROVISION AND KILLER TREES
... the Swiss Alps variety, but they're a nicely dramatic piece atop of the Great Dividing Range that runs down the east coast of Australia. It was the old coast line, millions of years ago, and it's called 'Blue' because of the blue-tinged vapour ...
Havin' a wee trek
... for the Three Sisters lookout) and took the bus to the small village of Leura. Leura itself isn't too dissimilar to Katoomba with its preserved Victorian architecture and host of quirky little shops and cafes. I had heard about one such cafe called ...
Freezing Mountains I tell ya!
... . The weather was atrocious. Going back tomorrow though, so maybe we'll actually do something? Yesterday we got the train into Katoomba, in the Blue Mountains, which is BLOODY FREEZING.. took a long long long walk to the Three Sisters lookout at Echo ...
Off to the mountains
... an hour and fifteen minutes before it eventually all worked (across three different computer systems, apparently). 'Nuff said. Anyway, Katoomba, while steep (the Blue Mountains are actually canyons, so the civilised areas are constructed on the ridges) ...
Katoomba -- Blue Mountains
CSU took all the exchange students to Katoomba to the Blue Mountains on a day trip. Upon arriving at 10:00am Jasmine, Jacquie and myself choose to do a tour where we'd get to see the whole area, plus a pass to go on the sky trolly (a cable car across the ...
Big Brother Walkabout
***Pictures will follow later*** Katoomba, the main gateway to the Blue Mountains, was a lot nicer than expected. We found a nice little hostel and there were much less tourists than expected. Obviously though, buses brought masses to the 3 Sisters ...
Left Tumut...Thru Sydney...Into the Blue Mountains
... room, they played music and had a choreographed light show. Enjoy the pictures and the video. Then we drove back to Katoomba for dinner. If you remember, on Saturday we couldn't get reservations anywhere, so we made a reservation for Sunday ...
Blue Mountains
OK - it isnt a mountain and it isnt blue.... Very cold and big hills. The hostel is EMPTY and huge. We have seen only 5 other backpackers. Its a very quiet town with everything closed by 5:30 pm. Most of the pubs in town close by 11pm. We happened to be ...
Blue Mountains
... a bushwalk to Wentworth Falls stopped at the Village of Leura very picturesque village. The centre of the Blue Mountains.: Katoomba waterfall, Three Sisters rock formation, Scenic World - the world's steepest inclined railway to the floor of the ...
Katoomba
As the train journey continued the weather changed from the Sydney sunshine to much gloomier skies. Once in the Blue Mountain region we travelled though a rain storm but it had passed by the time I got to my station. Or so I thought. After walking only ...
Rehab's Over!
I made it! A whole week off drink and chocolate! I have succesfully completed the rehab programme! It is months since I managed more than 2 beer-free days so I think my liver had earned the rest. And I think the pictures speak for ...
What Parrot?
Today, when we eventually woke up, was mercifully dry and sunny, although still cold in the wind. We walked down to Scenic World (mercifully, the name is far more 'Disney' than the actual location), which has two cable cars and a funicular railway, ...
Sydney - Katoomba
... to New Zealand, we assured them that they most definitely should and that they'd find it cheaper out there than it was in Australia. When the hostel owner he arrived, we got a sinking feeling in our stomachs when he immediately said that there'd been a ...
New Years Eve in the Blue Mountains
31 Dec 2009 - 2 Jan 2010 My Mum is here on holidays, neither of us particularly like New Years, my husband is working that night, I am 7 months pregnant, so he encouraged us to go for a couple of days of pampering. Got a good enough deal for ...
The Blue Mountains, Summer Bay and back to Sydney
The Blue Mountains are actually in a place called Katoomba. I thought I should just mention that. So Neil and I got up early and by 10am we did a few walks around the place and walked to some viewpoints. It was already touching 38 degrees and because ...
Day's 40-42 - Blue Mountains
... found one and went to the counter to pay for it, it was only 75 cents. Amazing, we've actually found something cheap in Australia! The shop was just closing but I quickly dashed back inside to buy the last two that were on the shelf. We bought ourselves ...
Blue Mountains
... 's say you need to know where you're going otherwise you would never find them! They are the best known limestone caves in Australia, they were discovered 160 years ago. The pictures are not that good but trust it's beautiful and unique! The trip was ...
The Blue Mountains.
... dreamtime story, the three huge rocks formation were once three beautiful sisters named "Meehni", "Wimlah" and "Gunnedoo" from the Katoomba tribe. The three sisters fell in love with three brothers from the Nepean tribe but their tribal laws forbade ...
Vandretur i Blue Mountains
... ikke klage sig en eneste gang. Efter et par små pauser undervejs med lidt nødder og müslibar indtog vi frokosten ved udsigten til Katoomba Falls. Her satte vi os ved et bord og spiste de lækre burgerboller, vi havde medbragt. Nu havde vi alle fået ...