The Carrington Hotel Katoomba

... that it's always good to listen to your body and experiment with your diet (and other things). So, basically what I'm getting at is: Vegetarianism works for me, and why mess with what works?<br><br>Alright, on to the more basic stuff.<br><br>The past couple of days have been totally awesome. I went up to the Blue Mountains, which are totally beautiful. I did manage to take some pictures before the yellow sensor in my camera went AWOL on me, so I'll ...

... beckon.<br><br>Arrived in Leura at about 11am, for coffee, then headed to Katoomba where we have B &amp; B arranged for two nights. Went to Scenic World and did the cable car, scenic railway and scenic skyway experiences, high above the valley floor. Also walked a bit through the rainforest. <br><br>After that we had a wander through Katoomba town centre before booking into the B &amp; B, which came ...

... scenic world (a cheap made, expensive tourist attraction). Arrived at the top we took a cab back to our lodge again, lazy as we are. Mary and Mary-Ellen had gone back to Sydney already after a ride out somewhere near Katoomba. <br><br>I, ignoring my bad concience for not going to hospital another day, decided to stay in the wonderful Blueys and took a loooong hot bath before going to sleep. Posted by Lorenz at 10:50 AM 0 comments <br><br>

... We stopped at the bottom for lunch (cold pasta from the night before) before catching the cable car back up to the top. As it wasn't too late in the day we decided to go back to the place where we first saw the view and turn left instead of right along the top of the cliff (after we had a cream tea complete with scones and jam!). We clambered down along the path until we reached the Leura Cascades. The path went alongside the cascades and so the ...

... That walk the next day was even more amazing than the one from the previous day. The only way that I can describe it is that it felt like being 'Alice in Wonderland'. Two girls all alone in a big rainforest with trees, plants, stones and cliffs so big that they made you feel very little. The walk was called 'the little Grand Canyon' and Ross had told us that we would get the 'isolated from the rest of the world feeling'. And that's exactly what it was. And Veronika was the best ...

... train line to Auburn (about 6km from Melbrourne) and the home of Daisy's Aunt Noelene. Noelene was actually down in Sorrento, about 90 mins from Melbourne though her son (and Daisy's cousin) Andy was there to greet us, along with pooches Oli and Basil. It was great to meet Andy and he gave us a tour of the local area before we headed into central Melbourne to meet my old house mate from uni Phil and his girlfriend Laura, who also went to Plymouth uni. We headed out ...

... so it was fine and we all stayed in the same place as planned. The main attraction in the Blue Mountains are the Three Sisters. The Aboriginal legend has it that three sisters, 'Meehni', 'Wimlah' and 'Gunnedoo' lived in the Jamison Valley as members of the Katoomba tribe. The ladies had fallen in love with three brothers from the Nepean tribe but tribal law forbade them to marry. The brothers were not happy to accept this law and so they decided to use force to capture ...

... jumped on a bus back up to the station. The driver let us ride the 1 stop to the top without Jo's ticket. On arrival back in central, we managed to persuade Junayd, my cousin, to pick us up from the station and he kindly did this and drove us back to his place in Bondi. An excellent seafood marinara cooked by his girlfriend, Tamsin, was provided that evening, and the beers and G&amp;T went down a treat. Since ...

From Port Macquire we headed on down in the sydney direction and a bit inland to the blue mountains. They are called the blue mountains because the air is tinted with (i cant spell it.....the stuff that koala bears eat !!) Very spectacular place, lots of canyons and rainforests/sheer cliffs and waterfalls. The town we headed for was Katoomba. It was a bit of a dive - but very close to some of the scenic vantage points. There ...

... them this time.<br><br>Katie was also looking forward to seeing these famous mountainous forests full of eucalyptus trees, whose oil creates the blue sheen which from a distance turns the mountains blue, hence the name. <br><br>Navigating west across Sydney was ok ...