Palais Royale Blue Mountains Katoomba

... the short answer: I only eat what's good for me.<br><br>The long answer is a bit more complicated. The original decision was made as a bit of an experiment. Ever since I can remember I've been getting somewhat regular (almost daily) stomach aches. I've tried a few different things to make them go away, at one point I thought that I was lactose intolerant, at another I tried to eat more vitamin C than any man every should. But nothing really worked ...

... seen this on Sky TV Great Railway Journeys programme and were interested in the technicalities of getting the train down the mountain, involving stopping at 3 points, changing the engine from back to front and "zigzagging" downhill. Possibly it was better on the TV than in real life, but it was OK.<br><br>From there we went to Mount Tomah Botanic Gardens which were beautiful on a warm sunny ...

... again, we walked past earlier this morning. He is about 77 years old has an artificial hipjoint and still goes walking regularly. Incredible how he get up there trough 2m deep narrow cravices, while even we were huffin and puffin on our way up! This walk happens to be his, and now also my, first bushwalk, he`s ever done. He was full of good tipps and recomendations. He told us where we could find natural spring water, and where ...

... various lookouts to take even more photos of the vistas. It took just over an hour before we reached one of the most famous features of the area, the Three Sisters (Abi, Natalie and Amy and Maddi, Taz and Libby were both mentioned!) which is a beautiful rock formation with three pillars. We were there just before sunset so the colour of the rocks was really beautiful. We went into the visitors centre briefly and then headed back to the Hostel ...

... as many photos as I could, although how it really was won't probably come out on the photos that well....Already at this stage I was so glad that I hadn't come on one of these tourist buses that just let you out for 10 minutes to take a photo and then keep going again....Just before the end of our walk we took the Scenic Railway; the steepest railway in the world. And shortly after that we found ourselves looking at the famous 'Three Sisters'. This is an impressive rock formation ...

Before we left Sydney we went to the Blue Mountains for two nights. Myself and John had planned on going to the Blue Mountains before we went to Cairns to do the east coast. After everyone knew we were going they all decided to go so all eight of us went to the Blue mountains for two nights. Myself and John were glad to be leaving Dulwich Hill because our room was like a prison cell, it was so small that I could touch one wall with my feet and the opposite wall with my ...

... and Jo wanted to do a painting. So she found a spot and would board the bus, and I would do the walk to Leura cascades. The walk was just outstanding with amazing views across the valley, strange and beautful rock formations, and every lookout on the way adding something different. It took me 35 minutes at a very quick pace, and I was waiting for Jo when the next bus arrived at the cascades. She came armed with a ...

... as it would be since it hadn't rained for a few days. We were also told by Jim about a fascinating bird called a Lyre bird, which could mimic any of the sounds it could hear. We didn't see or hear one, but were told that if we searched on youtube for Lyre bird with David Attenborough we would get to see what he meant by it, sounds such as a car alarm and even a chainsaw! Well after walking down the Giant Stairway ...

We woke up at about 7am, Katie feeling refreshed and well-rested, me feeling like half the house had collapsed on my head. <br><br>Thankfully we both went straight back to sleep, until Rob knocked on the door at 8:30 to say goodbye as he was off to work. <br> <br ...