Katoomba Motels - Reviews and Rates

Andy and I got up around 9 on Friday to go to the Blue Mountains, but because we screwed around at the house for too long, and then had trouble getting a rental car for a reasonable price, we didn't actually hit the road until around noon. After talking to Budget, Avis, and Hertz, we located this total dive place that had one car available for u...

We pick up our hire car. It is a Toyota Yaris and manages to absorb our travelling bags without too much difficulty. We have been "upgraded" from a manual to an automatic which is a nuisance as the engine struggles to cope with hauling the bags and us up hills. We eventually navigate out of Sydney and are soon driving through small suburban town...

So, it's been a little while since I've written again. On Friday, my part of the job here was finished. So Saturday, Jacqui and I took off driving North and East, then back West. I had gotten to trade in my Toyota Corolla rental car when I took my coworker to the airport on Monday. Now I'm driving a Ford Fairlane Ghia. It's monstrous compared to...

March 3rd My cousin Marie and I traveled west of Sydney to the Blue Mountains, where we spent a few days exploring. One of the things we discovered was why the mountains are blue! The blue mist that rises from millions of eucalyptus trees and hangs in the mountain air tints the sky and the mountain range blue. You can imagine the scent of the mo...

Even if Ptit Pierre was a little sick, we went to do a hike in the park of Blue Mountains and we understood why the town where we were sleeping seemed very bumpy with a lot of hills. We walk 10 min from our guest house and we arrived at the hedge of a huge canion with forest as far as you can see. We started by the normal hike just above the cli...

We obtained fully comprehensive insurance in anticipation of the completion of our van but were told by the insurance company that we could only drive on a UK licence for 3 months and after that we would have to get an Australian licence. That was great until we found out that only residents of New South Wales could obtain a NSW licence. Needles...

After only two days in Cronulla and Sydney, Kat and I decided to head out to the Blue Mountains. The Blue Mountains National Park is a 1 million hectare wilderness area about two hours north of Sydney. I could tell, as soon as we got off the train, that I was going to fall in love with the area, and I did. The hiking was awesome, the views were ...

Hi All Well I've made it out of Sydney to one of Sydneysiders weekend retreats - an area called the Blue Mountains. I got out here by train - just 2 hours, and after dumping my stuff at my hostel - very good one too - I wandered up to the cinema with the intention of buying a ticket for Pirates of the Caribbean 3 for Sat or Sun night, I ended up...

It was still bitingly cold when we woke up today, with a little drizzle thrown into the mix, too! We headed down to Echo Point, a local beauty spot at the edge of the canyon where you can look out over the forest spread out beneath. It really _was_ huge, and indeed had a blue haze of Eucalyptus oil around it, despite the weather. By this stage t...

Arrived in Katoomba yesterday and was underwhelmed by the city itself. The population is about 9,000 people, so I don't know why I was expecting something spectacular; perhaps because everyone raves about the Blue Mountains. Then I found out what all the raving was about when I went for a walk in the evening down Main Street and saw the sign for...