3 Explorers Motel Katoomba

... ticket for the sights, for skycar, inclined railway and cable car. This is as adventurous as we get this trip! The skycar had a glass floor to view the waterfalls and scenery below, and crossed over an enormous gorge. We then took the inclined railway, extremely steep to the bottom, and walked about ½ hour to the station for the cable car to return to ...

... man, it now makes a lot more sense! The garden area was very tranquil, and the single story house interesting to walk around, which is now a gallery, although it didn't require a lot of time to see everything.<br><br>Being tired from two days of solid walking, and sunset not too far away, I decided against going to see the Red Hands Cave, which is an Aboriginal cave, and will save it for when I am return to Sydney in December.

... much.<br><br>Went out for a nice meal in a café where live music was being played. Imogen drew a great picture and it was stuck on the wall in pride of place. (We drove past the following day and the picture was still there!)<br><br>Saturday 22 August 2009<br><br>Brilliant blue sky and loads of sunshine today, but still cold. After breakfast we headed to Echo Point, which was just down the road from the hotel. What a view! The ...

... On the way back up the stairs huffing and puffing, Smokey decided it would be funny to check my pulse, i must be really unfit. haha. He also commented on the fact that i voice pretty much everything i do, like i my loud sighs, and how i always make noises when i sit down or when a tree hits me in the face, he found this quite hilarious...but it is true. haha We then walked down to see the Three Sisters, and saw a waterfall where the rock looked like either a witch ...

... abhielten, aber dafür erspähten wir ein hüpfendes Känguru, was wirklich witzig war! Wir fuhren weiter zu den Wentworth Wasserfällen - oder besser Wentworth Spray - wo wir für ca. eine Stunde mit schönem Blick über die Blauen Berge herumliefen. Nach einem schnellen Mittagessen in Katoomba ging es weiter zum Echo Point mit einem schönen Blick zu den Drei Schwestern und dann weiter zu den Furber Treppen, die uns ins Jamison-Tal f ...

... winery before heading to a far nicer boutique vineyard, where we picked up a beautiful sweet Shiraz Rose. We visited a couple more places before a BBQ in the grounds of the Richmond Grove vineyard in the 37 degree heat - far more bearable than yesterday but still pretty much scorchio!!! We picked up a very nice Semillon blend as a gift for Noelene and visited a beautiful look out point over the valley. All in all a really good day and defintely a worthwhile 2000 km ...

... to the train station there was a guy trying to baptise people, very random! He tried to nab John but he escaped. We were on the train in plenty of time so John and John went to get a few bottles of water. Some guy started talking to John C so he just told him that they are both from Ireland and just stepped aside leaving poor John A being stuck with the guy. He ended up chatting to John C, got on the same carriage that we were all in talked to John C for around half an ...

... this time we went down the valley in the steepest Railway in the world at a 45 degree angle you have to hold on but its great fun. This railway was used in the 1870's when the men worked down in the mines and used it to transport the coal. The way back up saw us in a cable car which was very relaxing and again gave us some great views of the valley. I opted out of the Skyway which is ...

Lo mejor conocer a nuestro buga, la furgoneta que nos va a llevar por este gigante pais.... Como veis esta bastante bien, la cocinita, bueno que lo tiene todo para hacer tu casa en estos dos meses. Ya estamos rollo gitanos, como podeis imaginar, hacer y deshacer la cama-mesa a diario, reponer el agua del tanque que se acaba en dos fregadas, y organizar el micro espacio para dos sin agobiarnos demasiado. A mi me parece divertido, y la verdad tiene su rollo levantarte por la manyanita y ...

... so it was very interesting! <br><br> <br><br>This was the view from the car, looking back down from whence we'd come!<br><br> <br><br>Unfortunately we had 3 of the world's loudest Americans in the seats in front of us (sample dialogue: Dad "OH MY GODDDD ...