Katoomba, Australia Travel Blogs

The Blue Mountains
Jan 5, 2005 (5 photos)

We hired a car for a few days and headed out of the city and into the Blue Mountains. First we visited the famous three sisters but the place was packed so we decided to head on to Govetts Leap. We did a cracking bush walk from Govetts Leap lookout to ...

Buenisimo!!
Mar 30, 2007

Pase tres dia en este pueblo tranquilo, que fueron muy agradables. Esta en un parque nacionla llamado las 'montanas azules' que no esta muy lejos de sydney, pero que no podria ser mas diferente. Sole y yo pasamos todos los dias andando y haciendo ...

Katoomba
May 1, 2006 (3 photos)

... stay to do the Blue Mtns. We wanted to stay in the Flying Fox but it was fully booked by the time we got there. We stayed in Katoomba YHA instead and it is one of the nicest YHA hostels I have ever stayed in. I usually try to avoid YHA hostels as they are ...

Blue Mountains
May 20, 2007

Okay, so I may have exaggerated a little in yesterday's entry. I gave in and booked a tour to the Jenolin caves with Sara for today. The Thai girls from the bus were going to be on the trip as well so we could have a little reunion! It was an early start ...

Getting lost in the Blue Mountains
Jan 19, 2006 (4 photos)

... booked and I had to head back to Sydney for the pick up. On arrival back in Sydney I found out there was a cricket game on, Australia Vs Sri Lanka, I had planned to go to Bondi Beach as I hadn't been yet, but as the cricket ground was on the way I ...

Back to the Mountains
Aug 16, 2006 (3 photos)

... and the air is like wine!! At night it gets very cold and we have frost. Our campsite is on the edge of the town of Katoomba, right opposite the main beauty spots of the area and the start of the walking tracks. The town itself, rests on the edge of a ...

Blue Mountains
Apr 28, 2008 (2 photos)

Sunday we drove out to Katoomba, a town in the Blue Mountains, with Chris. We took a look around at the Three Sisters and the huge gorge that fills with the blue-tinged air characteristic of the area. Parts of the forest below us really ...

Adventuring in the Blue Mountains
Mar 1, 2008 (13 photos)

The blue mountains are part of the great dividing range of oz which i'm pretty sure divides the coast from the "center" (no one seems to talk about or even know much about this mysterious place - most people we talked to have never been there). It's ...

Blue Mountains
Oct 30, 2008

... a shock when you go down, it really is vertical! We had a nice walk around the rainforest and came back up on the cableway - the world's steepest cable ride. That night we stayed in Katoomba - a lovely town in the heart of the blue mountain region.

Misty Days
Nov 23, 2009 (20 photos)

... it down. Was also misty and cold, and incredible contrast to the previous day and one which meant that my planned walks around Katoomba area would be impossible. Fecked about, tried to have a meal around 9pm only to find the place closed (yes, the town ...

Hiking in Jamison Valley
Jun 23, 2007

... Walk back around to Echo Point was relatively easy going after that so I was feeling quite good by the time I got back into Katoomba.  That was before I remembered that i had to carry my backpack through a throng of Solticers (is that a word?) to the ...

More Blue Mountains
Dec 29, 2007 (19 photos)

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Zigzag Railway
Sep 30, 2009 (5 photos)

... beautiful on a warm sunny afternoon, but we felt we wanted something we couldn't get at home, so moved on, heading back to Katoomba and a walk recommended by a couple we met on the train. However as we passed through a town called Blackheath, we saw a sign ...

Blue Mountains
Mar 25, 2009

... hopped on an old fashioned tour bus and headed for the point of ascent. Having gone back to our point of origin twice and through Katoomba town once, we felt we may have missed our stop. We were assured by the bus driver that ours was the last stop, so we ...

Blue Mountains National Park
Jan 10, 2007 (4 photos)

... long and if we'd had time, it would have been something i'd like to have done. However, pressed for time we moved onto Katoomba, where the Blue Mountains most famous landmark is to be found. These are the 3 Sisters. 3 pillars of rock, which according to ...

Echo Point/3 Sisters: A Longer Walk Than Expected
Jun 22, 2007

... they watch from their stone bodies, waiting for their father to find his bone and return them to their original forms. People in Katoomba joke that they do not want Tyawan to find his bone, as it would do the tourist trade too much damage!  ...

Blue Mountains
May 12, 2009 (34 photos)

Blue Mountains

Blue Mountains
Feb 14, 2007 (20 photos)

Checking ourselves into somewhat more comfortable lodgings for Valentine's Day, we spent three lovely days bush walking and taking in the spectactular views. Aside from the well signposted Echo Point, from which you can see The Three Sisters, thanks to Ma ...

blue mountains - they really are blue!
Dec 14, 2006 (4 photos)

we are in the blue mountains. they are blue but more like hills. its kind of boring and kind of dirty...kind of like whitehorse! we took the train here and ate good waffles and we are sleeping in a tent which is both cold and painful. we have decided ...

Washed Out
Feb 8, 2008 (1 photos)

Australia's spell of bad weather caught up with us today. After we picked up our rental car & Richard drove so capably west on the other side of the road it really socked in.  The 100% humidity did not stop us from viewing Wentworth Falls and ...

Katoomba
Dec 31, 2008

... after about a month and then I left with Stu and Jo to Sydney, the other boys will follow in a couple of hours. the train return is only $20 and takes 2.5 hours - not bad really so we will ba coming back to Katoomba at some ungodly time in the morning.

Katoomba
Jan 1, 2009

1 Hours sleep, awake to find everyone miraculously here and in one piece and drag the other 3 (Paddy, Mike and Chris) out of bed to catch the train - now!

Blue Mountains
Jun 13, 2006 (35 photos)

... our options as open as possible at the moment. Back to travelling type adventures! Well, last weekend was the 'Queen's Birthday' so Australia (unlike the Queen's homeland) gave everyone a day off to do what they do best here... eat and drink! So a few ...

Katoomba, New South Wales
Mar 27, 2008 (5 photos)

Today we headed west out of Sydney to Katoomba in the Blue Mountains National Park.   They are called the Blue Mountains because the oil from all the eucaliptous trees creates a blue haze in the air and makes them look a lovely shade of blue. ...

Blue Mountains
Aug 1, 2009 (42 photos)

... tired and didn't have all my bags packed and would have been rushing around and probally would have left somthing at the apartment. Australia is a great place and only just starting on my trip up the coast, and have made good friends here and sad to leave ...

Day 4 - Blue Mountains Part 2
Apr 5, 2006

Day 4 - Blue Mountains, Wildlife Reserve, Cruise on the Parramatta. Wow! What a beautiful day! We really haven't had bad weather since we've gotten here - and the first couple of days were supposedly 'cold snaps'! Nonetheless, we were told that ...

welcome back to the three sisters
Dec 23, 2009

... ther for about thre hours and we only saw 4 people the entire time. Another thing that we have experienced here in Katoomba is their small yet personal chocolate making factory (or house with chocolate in it), very small, very cute, and i am told, ...

We're off to the BLUE MOUNTAINS!
Mar 30, 2007 (6 photos)

... to wikipedia (my most recent source of virtually infinite encyclopedic knowledge), The Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, are situated approximately 100 kilometres west of Sydney. They are a range of sandstone geological structures that reach ...

Blue Mountains-Day 2
May 10, 2006 (3 photos)

... and tourism industry. That afternoon we got lunch and explored the town a little more. I can totally see myself living in Katoomba. The town is like a quiet alpine village; it's only a short walk to great hiking, climbing crayoning, and caving and only 2 ...

Into the blue
Nov 26, 2009 (10 photos)

... in sydney up and down the cliffs around town. Spent a great evening with a local football team (not what you'd expect), it's them doing the "praise you" dance. I have a strange feeling that my time in Australia is almost over. Anyway, pictures! :