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The Blue Mountains

Saturday, July 22
Sydney, 6:15 PM

We decided to take the train up to the Blue Mountains today, as we’ve seen most of what we wanted to see in Sydney. We’ll catch the Power Museum tomorrow while we wait for our departure. We went
to a town named Katoomba, about two hours out of Sydney. It is on a plateau above some steep cliffs around a series of valleys and waterfalls. It would have been more dramatic if it hadn’t been fog shrouded. We took a one hour trail to Katoomba Cascade, a waterfall. Muddy, but an easy hike.

After the hike, we took the expensive bus to the village of Leura for lunch. Leura is nicer than Katoomba, which was a bit worn down. Both are little tourist destinations, with both the good and bad that that entails. Then to the train and back to Sydney. Tomorrow we head home.

posted by Jim @ 9:56 AM