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Cloudy Mountains
Sunday 25th March Righto, off to the Blue Mountains, so called because the eucalyptus trees colour the haze blue. We arrived mid-afternoon and alas the weather had taken a turn for the worse, 10 degrees cooler and raining. However we wandered off to the Echo Point viewpoint and dangled off the 900m escarpment that drops straight down to temperate …
Blue mountains
Today we decided to venture to the Blue mountains as we could get there by train and for free with our mymulti tickets. Although it was a 2 hour journey there and 2 hours back. So setting off with a map of all the train stops, like London underground tube map we jumped on a train and to cut a long story short it took us about 4 hours instead of 2!! Anyway arriving in katoomba a bit later than we ...
Oz Grand Finale: The Blue Mountains and Coogee
... down to the beach.
If Sydney's where you want to live, this is one of the lovelier suburbs to live in....not being on the main train network gives it that 'removed' feel, whilst still being very close to the city. Coogee Beach is absolutely beautiful, with a really great vibe. Crashing waves, white sand....with green grassy banks behind filled with groups of people having family/friend get-togethers for BBQs using the borrowable areas (a really great ...
Blue Mountains
... een flinke bergwandeling gemaakt in het regenwoud. Werkelijk de mooiste scenes. Ik voeg een paar foto's bij. Ook voor de liefhebbers van mensen. Morgen vertrek ik naar Sydney. Heb al contact gelegd met de kennissen van mijn nicht Sanne, die me Sydney willen laten zien. Het weer is nog steeds prima en de campings worden al voller, dus wat meer ...
Obsessed with the Weather
... temperature. For a summer day. Not for a day in early spring. The day the boys and I returned home, the temperature hit 32.5C (90.5F). Arrrrgh! I tried to persuade Chris to map out a commute from the Blue Mountains to the mine. It would only add a few hours to his commute. No luck.
By the way, there's a cute story about how the Blue Mountains got their name. It seems that the early settlers, being British, had never seen proper mountains (after all, they ...
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